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Chapter 9 Troubleshooting and Maintenance
General Troubleshooting Tips
General Troubleshooting Tips
Table 9-2
provides general troubleshooting information for the Cisco Unified IP Phone.
802.1X Not Enabled
Phone cannot obtain a DHCP-assigned IP address These errors typically indicate that 802.1X
authentication is not enabled on the phone. To
enable it, see the
“802.1X Authentication and
Status” section on page 4-34.
Phone does not register with
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Phone status display as “Configuring IP” or
“Registering”
802.1X Authentication Status displays as
“Disabled”
Status menu displays DHCP status as timing out
Factory Reset Deleted 802.1X Shared Secret
Phone cannot obtain a DHCP-assigned IP address These errors typically indicate that the phone has
completed a factory reset (see the
“Performing a
Factory Reset” section on page 9-15
) while
802.1X was enabled. A factory reset deletes the
shared secret, which is required for 802.1X
authentication and network access. To resolve this,
you have two options:
•
Temporarily disable 802.1X authentication on
the switch.
•
Temporarily move the phone to a network
environment that is not using 802.1X
authentication.
Once the phone starts up normally in one of these
conditions, you can access the 802.1X
configuration menus and re-enter the shared secret
(see the
“802.1X Authentication and Status”
section on page 4-34
).
Phone does not register with
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Phone status display as “Configuring IP” or
“Registering”
Cannot access phone menus to verify 802.1X
status
Table 9-1
Cisco Unified IP Phone Security Troubleshooting (continued)
Problem
Possible Cause
Table 9-2
Cisco Unified IP Phone Troubleshooting
Summary
Explanation
Daisy-chaining IP phones
Daisy chaining (connecting an IP phone to another IP phone
through the access port) is not supported. Each IP phone should
directly connect to a switch port.
Poor quality when calling digital
mobile phones using the G.729
protocol
In Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you can configure the
network to use the G.729 protocol (the default is G.711). When
using G.729, calls between an IP phone and a digital mobile phone
will have poor voice quality. Use G.729 only when absolutely
necessary.