Configuring Features, Templates, Services, and Users

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Configuring Features, Templates, Services, and Users

Telephony Features Available for the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Adding Users to Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Managing the User Options Web Pages

Giving Users Access to the User Options Web Pages

Specifying Options that Appear on the User Options Web Pages

Configuring Features, Templates, Services, and Users

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After you install Cisco Unified IP Phones in your network, configure their network settings, and add them to Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you must use the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration application to configure telephony features, optionally modify phone templates, set up services, and assign users.

This chapter provides an overview of these configuration and setup procedures. Cisco Unified Communications Manager documentation provides detailed instructions for these procedures.

To list supported features for all phones or for a particular phone model on your Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you can generate a Unified CM Phone Feature List report on Cisco Unified Reporting.

For suggestions about how to provide users with information about features, and what information to provide, see Appendix A, "Providing Information to Users Via a Website."

For information about setting up phones in non-English environments, see Appendix C, "Technical Specifications."

This chapter includes following topics:

•Telephony Features Available for the Cisco Unified IP Phone

•Adding Users to Cisco Unified Communications Manager

•Managing the User Options Web Pages

Telephony Features Available for the Cisco Unified IP Phone

After you add Cisco Unified IP Phones to Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you can add functionality to the phones. Table 5-1 includes a list of supported telephony features, many of which you can configure using Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration. The Reference column lists Cisco Unified Communications Manager and other documentation that contains configuration procedures and related information.

For information about using most of these features on the phone, refer to Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3905 User Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

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Note Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration also provides several service parameters that you can use to configure various telephony functions. For more information on accessing and configuring service parameters, refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.

For more information on the functions of a service, select the name of the parameter or the question mark help button in the Service Parameter Configuration window.

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Table 5-1 Telephony Features for the Cisco Unified IP Phone 

Feature	Description	Configuration Reference
Audible Message Waiting Indicator (AMWI)	A stutter tone from the handset or speakerphone indicates that a user has one or more new voice messages on a line.	For more information, go to the "Cisco Unified IP Phone" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide.
Auto Answer	Connects incoming calls automatically after a ring or two. Auto Answer works with the speakerphone.	For more information, go to the "Directory Number Configuration" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.
Block External to External Transfer	Prevents users from transferring an external call to another external number.	For more information, go to the "External Call Transfer Restrictions" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Call Forward	Allows users to redirect incoming calls to another number. The Call Forward All option is supported. You will hear a stutter tone after off-hook if Call Forward All feature is configured on your phone.	For more information, refer to: •Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide, "Directory Number Configuration" chapter. •Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide, "Cisco Unified IP Phone" chapter. •"Specifying Options that Appear on the User Options Web Pages" section
Call Forward All Loop Breakout	Detects and prevents Call Forward All loops. When a Call Forward All loop is detected, the Call Forward All configuration is ignored and the call rings through.	For more information, go to the "Cisco Unified IP Phone" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide.
Call Forward All Loop Prevention	Prevents a user from configuring a Call Forward All destination directly on the phone that creates a Call Forward All loop or that creates a Call Forward All chain with more hops than the existing Forward Maximum Hop Count service parameter allows.	For more information, go to the "Cisco Unified IP Phone" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide.
Call Forward Destination Override	Allows you to override Call Forward All (CFA) in cases where the CFA target places a call to the CFA initiator. This feature allows the CFA target to reach the CFA initiator for important calls. The override works whether the CFA target phone number is internal or external.	For more information, go to the "Understanding Directory Numbers" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide.
Call Pickup	Allows users to answer a call that is ringing on a co-worker's phone by redirecting the call to their phone You can configure an audio alert for the primary line on the phone. This alert notifies the users that a call is ringing in their pickup group.	For more information, go to the "Call Pickup" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Call Waiting	Indicates (and allows users to answer) an incoming call that rings while on another call. The phone sounds the call waiting tone (single beep) and the phone screen displays the second incoming call.	For more information, refer to: •Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide, "Understanding Directory Numbers" chapter.
cBarge	Allows a user to join a non-private call on a shared phone line. cBarge adds a user to a call and converts it into a conference, allowing the user and other parties to access conference features.	For more information, refer to: •Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide "Barge and Privacy" chapter.
Conference	•Allows a user to talk simultaneously with multiple parties by calling each participant individually. •Allows a non-initiator in a standard (ad hoc) conference to add participants; also allows any conference participant to join together two standard conferences on the same line.	The service parameter, Advance Adhoc Conference, (disabled by default in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration) allows you to enable these features. For information on conferences, go to the "Conference Bridges" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide. For more information, go to the "Cisco Unified IP Phone" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide. Note Be sure to inform your users whether these features are activated.
Forced Authorization Codes (FAC)	Controls the types of calls that certain users can place.	For more information, go to the "Client Matter Codes and Forced Authorization Codes" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Group Call Pickup	Allows a user to answer a call that is ringing on a directory number in another group.	For more information, go to the "Call Pickup" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Hold/Resume	Allows the user to move a connected call from an active state to a held state by using the Hold/Resume button. The user resumes a held call by pressing the Hold/Resume button, speaker button, or going off-hook.	Requires no configuration, unless you want to use music on hold. See "Music-on-Hold" in this table for information.
Hookflash Timer	Controls the length of time before the hookflash indicates a timeout (or call disconnect).	For more information, refer to: •Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide,"Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuration" chapter.
Message Waiting	Defines directory numbers for message-waiting on and message-waiting off indicator. A directly connected voice-messaging system uses the specified directory number to set or to clear a message-waiting indication for a particular Cisco Unified IP Phone.	For more information, refer to: •Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide, "Message Waiting Configuration" chapter. •Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide, "Voice Mail Connectivity to Cisco Unified Communications Manager" chapter.
Message Waiting Indicator	A light on the phone that indicates that a user has one or more new voice messages.	For more information, refer to: •Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide, "Message Waiting Configuration" chapter. •Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide, "Voice Mail Connectivity to Cisco Unified Communications Manager" chapter.
Music on Hold	Plays music while callers are on hold.	For more information go to the "Music On Hold" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide.
Mute	Mutes the microphone from the handset or speakerphone.	Requires no configuration.
On-hook Call Transfer	Allows a user to press the Transfer button and then go on-hook to complete a call transfer.	For more information refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide, "Cisco Unified IP Phones" chapter.
Plus Dialing	Allows the user to dial E.164 numbers prefixed with a "+" sign. To dial the + sign, the user needs to press and hold the "*" key for at least 1 second. This applies to dialing the first digit for both on-hook or off-hook calls.	Requires no configuration.
Private Line Automated Ringdown (PLAR)	The Cisco Unified Communications Manager administrator can configure a phone number that the Cisco Unified IP Phone dials as soon as the handset goes off-hook. This can be useful for phones that are designated for calling emergency or "hotline" numbers.	For more information, go to the "Directory Number Configuration" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.
Redial	Allows users to call the most recently dialed phone number by pressing the Redial button.	Requires no configuration.
Shared Line	Allows a user to have multiple phones that share the same phone number or allows a user to share a phone number with a coworker.	For more information, go to the "Understanding Directory Numbers" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide.
Telnet	You can use Telnet to connect to your Cisco Unified IP Phone for use in troubleshooting and phone maintenance.	For more information, refer to: •Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide,"Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuration" chapter. •Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide,"SIP Proflie Configuration Settings" chapter.
Time-of-Day Routing	Restricts access to specified telephony features by time period.	For more information refer to: •Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide, "Time Period Configuration" chapter. •Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide, "Time-of-Day Routing" chapter.
Time Zone Update	Updates the Cisco Unified IP Phone with time zone changes.	For more information, refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide, "Date/Time Group Configuration" chapter.
Transfer	Allows users to redirect connected calls from their phones to another number.
Voice messaging system	Enables callers to leave messages if calls are unanswered.	For more information refer to: •Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide, "Cisco Voice-Mail Port Configuration" chapter. •Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide, "Voice Mail Connectivity to Cisco Unified Communications Manager" chapter.

Adding Users to Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Adding users to Cisco Unified Communications Manager allows you to display and maintain information about users and allows each user to perform these tasks:

•Create a personal directory.

•Set up call forwarding numbers.

You can add users to Cisco Unified Communications Manager using one of these following methods:

•To add users individually, choose User Management > End User from Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration.

For more information, go to the End User Configuration chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.

•To add users in batches, use the Bulk Administration Tool. This method also enables you to set an identical default password for all users.

For more information, go to the "Bulk Administration" chapter in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.

•To add users from your corporate LDAP directory, choose System > LDAP > LDAP System from Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration.

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Note Once the Enable Synchronization from the LDAP Server is enabled, you will not be able to add additional users from Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration.

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For more information on LDAP, go to the "Understanding the Directory" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide.

•To add a user and phone at the same time choose User Management > User/Phone Add from Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

Managing the User Options Web Pages

From the User Options web page, users can customize and control several phone features and settings. For detailed information about the User Options web pages, refer to Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3905 User Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

Giving Users Access to the User Options Web Pages

Before a user can access the User Options web pages, you must add the user to the standard Cisco Unified Communications Manager end user group and associate the appropriate phone with the user.

To add the user to the standard Cisco Unified Communications Manager end user group, you must follow these steps:

Procedure

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Step 1 From Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, choose User Management > User Group.

The Find and List Users window displays.

Step 2 Enter the appropriate search criteria and click Find.

Step 3 Click the Standard CCM End Users link. The User Group Configuration page for the Standard CCM End Users displays.

Step 4 Click Add End Users to Group. The Find and List Users window displays.

Step 5 Use the Find User drop-down list to find the end users that you want to add and click Find.

Step 6 A list of end users that matches your search criteria displays.

Step 7 In the list of records that display, click the check box next to the users that you want to add to this user group. If the list comprises multiple pages, use the links at the bottom to see more results.

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Note The list of search results does not display end users that already belong to the user group.

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Step 8 Click Add Selected.

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To associate phones with the user, you must follow these steps:

Procedure

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Step 1 From Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, choose User Management > End User.

The Find and List Users window displays.

Step 2 Enter the appropriate search criteria and click Find.

Step 3 In the list of records that display, click the link for the user.

Step 4 Click Device Association.

The User Device Association window displays.

Step 5 Enter the appropriate search criteria and click Find.

Step 6 Choose the device that you want to associate with the end user by checking the box to the left of the device.

Step 7 Click Save Selected/Changes to associate the device with the end user.

Step 8 From Related Links drop-down list in the upper, right corner of the window, select Back to User, and click Go.

The End User Configuration window displays and the associated devices that you chose display in the Controlled Devices pane.

Step 9 Click Save Selected/Changes.

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Make sure to provide end users with the following information about the User Options web pages:

•The URL required to access the application. This URL is:

http://<server_name:portnumber>/ccmuser/, where server_name is the host name of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

•A user ID and default password are needed to access the application.

These settings correspond to the values you entered when you added the user to Cisco Unified Communications Manager (see the "Adding Users to Cisco Unified Communications Manager" section).

For additional information, refer to:

•Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide, "User Group Configuration" chapter.

•Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide, "End User Configuration" chapter.

Specifying Options that Appear on the User Options Web Pages

Most options that are on the User Options web pages appear by default. However, the following options must be set by the system administrator by using Enterprise Parameters Configuration settings in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration:

•Show Ring Settings

•Show Call Forwarding

•Show Message Waiting Lamp

•Show Audible Message Waiting Indicator

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Note The settings apply to all User Options web pages at your site.

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To specify the options that appear on the User Options web pages, follow these steps:

Procedure

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Step 1 From Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, choose System > Enterprise Parameters.

The Enterprise Parameters Configuration window appears.

Step 2 In the CCMUser Parameters area, specify whether a parameter appears on the User Options web pages by choosing one of these values from the Parameter Value drop-down list for the parameter:

•True—Option displays on the User Options web pages (default except for Show Ring Settings, and Show Call Forwarding).

•False—Option does not display on the User Options web pages.

•Show All Settings—All call forward settings display on the User Options web pages (default).

•Hide All Settings—No call forward settings display on the User Options web pages.

•Show Only Call Forward All—Only call forward all calls displays on the User Options web pages.

Step 3 Click Save.

Step 4 Click Apply Config.

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