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Cisco SIP IP Phone 7960 Administrator Guide
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Chapter 2
Getting Started with Your Cisco SIP IP Phone
Installing the Cisco SIP IP Phone
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The default configuration file must be stored in the root directory of the TFTP
server. The phone-specific configuration file can be stored in the root
directory or in a subdirectory in which all phone-specific configuration files
are located.
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Each line in the configuration files must use the following format:
variable-name : value ; optional comments
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Use colons to separate variable names and values.
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Only one value can be associated with a variable.
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The variable and value can have as much white space before or after them and
can contain any characters. However, if white spaces are needed within the
value, the value must be enclosed in single or double quotes. If the value is
enclosed in quotes, the end quote must be the same as the start quote.
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After the value, you can include optional comments. Use the semicolon (;)
and pound (#) delimiters to distinguish the comments.
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Blank lines are allowed.
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Comment lines are allowed.
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Variable names are not case sensitive.
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Only one variable can be set per line.
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Distinguish the end of a line using <lf> or <cr><lf>.
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The variable and value must be on the same line and cannot break the line.
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Except for parameters used to defined the lines and users on a phone, all other
SIP parameters can be defined in either the default configuration file or the
phone-specific configuration file. However, for network control and
maintenance purposes, we recommend that you define the parameters that
you want to apply to all phones in the default configuration file
(SIPDefault.cnf).
Creating the Default SIP Configuration File
In the default configuration file (SIPDefault.cnf), we recommend that you define
the SIP parameters that will be common to all of your phones such as the
image_version parameter and call environment parameters (for example, will the
phones be required to register with a proxy server and which codec will the
phones use when initiating a call).
