Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series

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Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE Release Notes for Firmware Release 7.0(2) SR1 for Cisco CallManager 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1

Documentation Roadmap

Installation Notes

Firmware Information

Supported CallManager Versions

Cisco CallManager Device Packs

Cisco IP Phone Expansion Module 7914

Important Notes

Cisco CallManager Load Server Setting for Firmware Upgrades

Securing the Phone with a Cable Lock

Secure PC Log Off in an 802.1X Network

Resolved and Open Caveats

Obtaining Documentation

Cisco.com

Product Documentation DVD

Ordering Documentation

Documentation Feedback

Cisco Product Security Overview

Reporting Security Problems in Cisco Products

Obtaining Technical Assistance

Cisco Technical Support & Documentation Website

Submitting a Service Request

Definitions of Service Request Severity

Obtaining Additional Publications and Information

Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE Release Notes for Firmware Release 7.0(2) SR1 for Cisco CallManager 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1

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October 28, 2005

Use these release notes with the Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE for firmware release 7.0(2) SR1 running on Cisco CallManager Versions 3.3(5) SR1, 4.0(2) SR2b, and 4.1(3) SR1.

These release notes provide the following information. You might need to notify your users about some of the information provided in this document.

•Documentation Roadmap

•Installation Notes

•Important Notes

•Resolved and Open Caveats

•Obtaining Documentation

•Documentation Feedback

•Cisco Product Security Overview

•Obtaining Technical Assistance

•Obtaining Additional Publications and Information

Documentation Roadmap

For detailed information about administering or using the Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and the Cisco IP Phone 7941G/7941G-GE, refer to the following documentation references.

Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE

•Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE Installation Guide

•Cisco IP Phone 7941G/7941G-GE Installation Guide

•Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE Phone Guide

•Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE Enhancements document

•Cisco IP Phone Features A - Z Guide

•Customizing Your IP Phone on the Web guide

•Cisco IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco CallManager,
Cisco IP Phone Models 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE

•Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco IP Phone 7900 Series

These documents are available at this location on Cisco.com:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/c_ipphon/index.htm

Cisco CallManager

•Cisco CallManager Administration Guide

•Cisco CallManager System Guide

•Cisco CallManager Serviceability Administration Guide

•Cisco CallManager Serviceability System Guide

•Cisco CallManager Features and Services Guide

•Cisco CallManager Troubleshooting Guide

•Bulk Administration Tool User Guide for Cisco CallManager

•Cisco CallManager Compatibility Matrix

These documents are available at this location on Cisco.com:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/c_callmg/index.htm

Installation Notes

This section contains firmware information and installation instructions.

Firmware Information

The Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE firmware installation program is named cmterm-7941_7961-sccp.7-0-2-SR1.exe. The readme file that contains installation instructions is named cmterm-7941_7961-sccp.7-0-2-SR1-readme.htm.

Both files can be downloaded from this location on Cisco.com:

http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/ip-7900ser

Supported CallManager Versions

The Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE firmware release 7.0(2) SR1 is supported on these Cisco CallManager versions:

•Cisco CallManager version 4.1(3) SR1 or later

•Cisco CallManager version 4.0(2) SR2b or later

•Cisco CallManager version 3.3(5) SR1 or later

Cisco CallManager Device Packs

You should install the following device packs for these Cisco CallManager versions. You can download the device packs from this location on Cisco.com:

http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/sw-center/sw-voice.shtml

The device pack readme files provide installation information.

Cisco CallManager Version	Device Pack
3.3(5) SR1	ciscocm.3-3-DevPack-64.exe, or later
4.0(2) SR2b	ciscocm.4-0-DevPack-43.exe, or later
4.1(3) SR1	ciscocm.4-1-DevPack-23.exe, or later

Cisco IP Phone Expansion Module 7914

The Cisco IP Phone Expansion Module 7914 is only supported on the Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE.

If you are using the Cisco IP Phone Expansion Module 7914, you must upgrade the Expansion Module to firmware release S00104000100. You can download the installation program, which is named cmterm-7914-sccp.4-0-1.exe, and the readme file from Cisco.com at this location:

http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/ip-7900ser

Important Notes

Review these important notes for this firmware release.

Cisco CallManager Load Server Setting for Firmware Upgrades

A new setting that optimizes installation time for phone firmware upgrades is available in Cisco CallManager Administration.

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Note The new setting is intended for future use, and is not yet a supported feature.

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To view the load server setting, you must install the latest Cisco CallManager Device Pack (see the "Cisco CallManager Device Packs" section).

The new Load Server setting is visible on the Phone Configuration page (Product Specific Configuration section) in the Cisco CallManager Administration application. This setting lets you specify another TFTP server IP address or name (other than the TFTP Server 1 or TFTP Server 2) from which the phone firmware can be retrieved for upgrades on the phones. When the Load Server is set, the phone contacts the designated server for the firmware upgrade.

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Note•If the firmware load is not found on the Load Server, the phone does not upgrade and is not redirected to the TFTP Server 1 or TFTP Server 2.

•On a factory reset or during a software recovery operation, the phone may fall back to using TFTP Server 1 or TFTP Server 2 to recover the phone load. In these scenarios, the phone will recover the phone load either via the term61.default.loads or term41.default.loads file, or it will attempt to recover the phone load based on its load.hist file.

•If the phone is auto-registering with Cisco CallManager for the first time, the phone will request the phone load via TFTP Server 1 or TFTP Server 2. This will only occur once when the phone is first installed into the system. This can be mitigated by preloading the phones with the correct firmware so that no firmware upgrade is required in combination with the auto-registration, or by auto-registering the phones at the main site prior to deployment at a remote site.

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You can view the Load Server setting on the phone from Settings > Device Configuration > Network Configuration > Load Server. If the value in the Load Server setting is invalid, a "Load Server is invalid" message is displayed on the phone in Settings > Status > Status Messages.

Securing the Phone with a Cable Lock

You can secure the Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE to a desktop using a laptop cable lock. The lock connects to the security slot on the back of the phone and the cable can be secured to a desktop.

The security slot can accommodate a lock up to 20 mm. Compatible laptop cable locks include the Kensington® laptop cable lock and laptop cable locks from other manufacturers that can fit into the security slot on the back of the phone.

Secure PC Log Off in an 802.1X Network

Firmware release 7.0(2) SR1 provides support for a Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE to monitor IEEE 802.1X messages between an authenticating switch and a connected PC (supplicant).

When a PC is disconnected from the Cisco IP Phone, the phone issues an EAPOL-Logoff message on behalf of the PC to the authenticating switch. The proxy EAPOL-Logoff message causes the authenticating switch to set the PC port on the phone to an unauthenticated state and immediately terminates the 802.1x secure session.

If you have an 802.1X network and upgrade to Cisco IP Phone firmware release 7.0(2) or greater, be aware that you must re-authenticate a PC that is connected to a Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE.

For more information about 802.1X re-authentication, refer to the Cisco Catalyst switch configuration guides at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/tsd_products_support_category_home.html

Resolved and Open Caveats

These release notes contain descriptions of resolved and open caveats of severity level 1 or 2 and significant severity level 3 caveats.

If you have an account with Cisco.com (Cisco Connection Online), you can use the Bug Toolkit to find caveats of any severity for any release.

•To access the Bug Toolkit, log on to http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/launch_bugtool.pl

Table 1 describes the caveats that are resolved in this version.

Table 2 describes the caveats that are known to exist in this version.

Table 1 Resolved Caveats 

Identifier	Summary
CSCsb74796	Phone freezes after reset stress test.
CSCsb83788	The Exit softkey is not working on the Callback screen.
CSCsc03492	Phone crashes (reloads) when a CDP from another neighbor is broadcasted to it.
CSCsc03743	Privacy lamp is not being displayed correctly on the phone.
CSCsc04301	Add fault-tolerance to file system.
CSCsc05743	Phone responds to CDP triggers from upstream port.
CSCsc11411	The phone does not come up with DHCP enabled when the voice VLAN and the data VLAN are the same.

Table 2 Open Caveats 

Identifier	Summary
CSCeg40271	Received and missed calls show wrong calling party number. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCeg40271
CSCsb14397	Phone indicates "CM Fallback Service Operating" when it is registered to a Cisco Call Manager. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb14397
CSCsb26814	Extra reboot on the phone erases the call history logs. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb26814
CSCsb27783	Phones loses the display of "Your current options" after a Cisco CallManager failover. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb27783
CSCsb32965	Phone UI might lock up after pressing the Directory button. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb32965
CSCsb45684	Phone stops playing multicast after an unanswered call. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb45684
CSCsb51620	Phone resets randomly. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb51620
CSCsb56569	Cisco IP Phone Doctor enables logging automatically. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb56569
CSCsb58897	Phone display goes blank for a consult transfer to a busy monitored line. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb58897
CSCsb59801	A phone user has to press the Mute button twice for an incoming intercom call. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb59801
CSCsb61289	Softkey buttons not sensitive enough. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb61289
CSCsb62226	Softkeys intermittently do not gray out on the phone after any softkey button is pressed. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb62226
CSCsb85391	Services URL doesn't work on the phone. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb85391
CSCsb89882	Phone drops IPX rip response during IPX logon. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb89882
CSCsb91567	Phone unable to update the service pane with XML Service. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb91567
CSCsb95198	Phone does not preserve the state of the Mute and Speakerphone buttons when switching to the handset. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsb95198
CSCsc05640	Phone does not fall back to Cisco CallManager when in security mode. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsc05640
CSCsc05666	Phone does not exit the Services menu when the Cancel softkey is pressed. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsc05666
CSCsc05821	Phone does not play the call precedence call waiting tone. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsc05821
CSCsc09627	Phone is stuck when trying to register when encyrpted configuration is set to on and the phone load is not available on the TFTP server. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsc09627
CSCsc14366	Unicast traffic on a data VLAN will affect the active call on a Gigabit phone. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsc14366
CSCsc15482	During a conference call, the phone does not display the MLPP indications. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsc15482
CSCsc15504	If one or more MLPP calls are on hold on the phone, the precedence indications are not displayed. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsc15504
CSCsc16263	CDP Voice VLAN query message includes the Admin and Voice VLAN ID on Port 2. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsc16263
CSCsc23475	Delayed audio connection on a phone with Cisco CallManager Express. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsc23475
CSCsc28148	Phone with two attached Expansion Modules 7914 died with corrupted flash during a power on/off test. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsc28148

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