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Cisco SIP IP Phone Administrator Guide
Chapter 2 Getting Started with Your Cisco SIP IP Phone
Installing the Cisco SIP IP Phone
Downloading Files to Your TFTP Server
Before installing the Cisco SIP IP phones, copy the following files from Cisco.com to the root directory
of your TFTP server.
Configuring SIP Parameters
Note
This section describes how to configure the basic SIP parameters that are required for the phone to
operate in a SIP VoIP environment. For a complete list of the SIP parameters that you can configure, see
the
“Modifying the Phone’s SIP Settings” section on page 3-5
.
File
Required or Optional
Description
OS79XX.TXT
Required
Enables the phone to automatically determine and initialize for
the VoIP environment in which it is being installed.
After downloading this file, you must use an ASCII editor to open
it and specify the file name (without the file extension) of the
image version that you plan to run on your phones.
SIPDefaultGeneric.cnf
Optional
File in which to configure SIP parameters intended for all phones.
For more information on using the SIPDefault.cnf file, see the
“Creating the Default SIP Configuration File” section on
page 2-5
.
SIPConfigGeneric.cnf
Required
File that can be used as a template to configure SIP parameters
specific to a phone. When customized for a phone, this file must
be renamed to the MAC address of the phone.
RINGLIST.DAT
Optional
Lists audio files that are the custom ring type options for the
phones. The audio files listed in the RINGLIST.DAT file must
also be in the root directory of the TFTP server.
For more information on custom ring types, see the
“Customizing
the Cisco SIP IP Phone Ring Types” section on page 2-17
.
P0S3xxyy.bin
Required
The Cisco SIP IP phone firmware image. The xx variable
represents the version number, and yy is the sub-version number.
Note
Applies to Cisco SIP IP Phone Release 2.3 and earlier.
P0S3-xx-y-zz.bin
Required
The Cisco SIP IP phone firmware image. The xx variable
represents the major version number, y is the minor version
number, and zz is the sub-version number.
Note
Applies to Cisco SIP IP Phone Release 3.0 and later.
dialplan.xml
Optional
North American sample dial plan. The dialplan.xml file can be
pushed down to the phones using a NOTIFY with a check-sync
Event header.
syncinfo.xml
Optional
Controls the image version and associated synchronization value
to be used for remote reboots.