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Cisco IP Phone 7960G and 7940G Release Notes for Firmware Release 7.2(2)
New Cisco IP Phone Software Features
Secure PC Log Off in an 802.1X Network
Upgrading from Firmware Release 6.0(5)
Resetting a Cisco IP Phone Model 7960 or 7940
Cisco IP Phone 7914 Expansion Module
Configurable SRST Router Fallback Waiting Period
Using Barge on an Encrypted Call
Configurable Parameter for PCs on a VLAN
Cisco Product Security Overview
Reporting Security Problems in Cisco Products
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Cisco Technical Support Website
Definitions of Service Request Severity
Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
Cisco IP Phone 7960G and 7940G Release Notes for Firmware Release 7.2(2)
July 2005
Use these release notes with the 7.2(2) firmware release (P00307020200) for the Cisco IP Phone models 7960G and 7940G that are running on Cisco CallManager Versions 4.1, 4.0, 3.3, 3.2, and 3.1.
You might need to notify your Cisco IP Phone users about some of the information provided in this document. These release notes provide the following information:
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Obtaining Technical Assistance
Related Documentation
Refer to these documents for more information about the Cisco IP Phone models 7960G and 7940G, and Cisco CallManager.
Release Information
The following sections provide information about the 7.2(2) firmware release P00307020200 for the Cisco IP Phone models 7960G and 7940G:
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New Cisco IP Phone Software Features
The following new software features are supported in the P00307020200 firmware release for the Cisco IP Phone models 7960G and 7940G that are running on Cisco CallManager Release 4.1(2) and later.
For a complete list of all new features in Cisco CallManager Release 4.1(2), refer to the Release Notes for Cisco CallManager Release 4.1(2).
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Secure PC Log Off in an 802.1X Network
Firmware release 7.2(2) provides support for the Cisco IP Phone models 7960G and 7940G 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 7.2(2) or greater, be aware that you must re-authenticate a PC that is connected to a Cisco IP Phone 7940/60 after the upgrade.
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.htmlUpgrading from Firmware Release 6.0(5)
If you are upgrading from firmware release 6.0(5), note that the "Known and Resolved Problems" section is a cumulative list of problems since firmware release 7.0(2). To see the list of resolved problems in firmware release 7.0(2), refer to the Cisco IP Phone 7960G/7940G Release Notes for Firmware Release 7.0(2).
Resetting a Cisco IP Phone Model 7960 or 7940
In previous releases, you could enter the reset code when a phone was on-hook at the main phone screen. With this release, you can no longer reset the phone from the main screen; instead, you must use the Settings screen or any other screen that does not accept user input. This new behavior results from a customer requirement to allow beginning a dialing sequence with * or # while the phone is on-hook.
To reset a Cisco IP Phone model 7960 or 7940, follow these steps:
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The IP phone goes through the reset cycle.
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Cisco IP Phone 7914 Expansion Module
If you are using the Cisco IP Phone 7914 Expansion Module, you must upgrade the Expansion Module to firmware release S00104000100 before you install the Cisco IP Phone firmware release 7.2(2). 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/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/ip-7900ser
Configurable SRST Router Fallback Waiting Period
When a Cisco IP Phone loses its connection to the Cisco CallManager server, the connection fails over to an SRST router. After a failover to an SRST router, the phone will monitor the links to the Cisco CallManager servers that the phone can register to. When a server has been available for two minutes, by default, the phone will fall back from the router to that server.
You can change this default time by specifying another value for the station connection monitor duration parameter in Cisco CallManager Administration. For more information, refer to Cisco CallManager Administration Guide.
Using Barge on an Encrypted Call
Cisco IP Phone models 7960G and 7940G users cannot barge into an encrypted call if the phone that is used to barge is not configured for encryption. When barge fails in this case, a fast busy tone plays on the phone where the user initiated the barge. No error message displays on the initiator phone to indicate that barge failed because the call is encrypted.
If the initiator phone is configured for encryption, the barge initiator can barge into an authenticated or nonsecure call from the encrypted phone. After the barge occurs, Cisco CallManager classifies the call as nonsecure.
If the initiator phone is configured for encryption, the barge initiator can barge into an encrypted call, and the phone indicates that the call is encrypted.
A user can barge into an authenticated call, even if the phone that is used to barge is nonsecure. The authentication icon continues to display on the authenticated devices in the call, even if the initiator phone does not support security.
Configurable Parameter for PCs on a VLAN
When PCs are connected to Cisco IP Phones, a new IP phone parameter enables phones to strip the 802.1p/q tags from packets as they exit the phone PC port. This parameter applies to systems that use voice VLANs with non-Cisco switches. The parameter is available only when the Admin VLAN is active.
The parameter setting is disabled when it is blank. If the parameter has any value (from 1-4094), the phone will strip tags from all VLANs. For example, if PC VLAN = 123, then tags from VLAN 123 and all other VLANs will be stripped.
To access the new PC VLAN parameter, follow these steps:
Procedure
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Known and Resolved Problems
Known problems (bugs) are graded according to severity level. These release notes contain descriptions of:
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You can search for problems by using the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit.
To access Bug Toolkit, you need the following items:
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To use the Software Bug Toolkit, follow these steps:
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Known Problems
Table 2 describes the problems that are known to exist in the 7.2(2) firmware release for the Cisco IP Phone models 7960G and 7940G (shortened to Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 in the problem summary).
Table 2 Known Problems
CSCeg78353
A call is blind transferred and a Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 user chooses Barge to enter the call. When the transferred call is not answered and exceeds the ring timeout, the user does not hear fast busy tone.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCeg78353
CSCin75052
After a user attempts to use Direct Transfer and the transfer fails, the Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 displays no call status message.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCin75052
CSCsa75199
When using the IVR function with Nuance, the Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 user hears only part of a short text-to-speech message.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa75199
CSCsa77267
The Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 loses its selected ring type.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa77267
CSCsa80492
When the Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 is using a power supply and the Ethernet cable gets unplugged, the phone does not display the "Ethernet disconnected" message.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa80492
CSCsa81133
When using locales other than English and searching in the Directories, the user presses "O" and strange characters display instead of "O".
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa81133
CSCsa82234
When the Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 is in SRST mode, the 24-digit directory number for the phone does not display properly.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa82234
CSCsa82333
When setting up a speed-dial number on the Cisco CallManager User Options web page with a 30 digit comment, the last digit does not display properly on the Cisco IP Phone 7960/40.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa82333
CSCsa83576
The Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 plays multicast audio from other VLANs as well as the voice VLAN.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa83576
CSCsa83692
The Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 reboots after several hours of operation on a high-delay network.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa83692
CSCsa85042
The Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 is unable to boot completely. The phone displays "Protocol Application Invalid". The phone accepts a DHCP offer from the data VLAN and tries to communicate on the voice VLAN with this IP.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa85042
CSCsa86376
When the user goes off-hook and dials a number using Fast Dial or Directory lookup, the number does not display until the call begins to ring.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa86376
CSCsa88888
When a Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 user places a conference call and the phone gets reset, the parties in the conference are dropped, but when the originating phone comes back up, Conference still displays on the phone.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa88888
CSCsa89509
When a Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 has a shared line that is in use remotely, call information does not display correctly.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa89509
CSCsa90359
When the Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 has a shared line and a user answers an incoming call and puts it on Hold, sometimes the call gets dropped.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCsa90359
Resolved Problems
Table 3 describes the problems that are resolved in the 7.2(2) firmware release for the Cisco IP Phone models 7960G and 7940G (shortened to Cisco IP Phone 7960/40 in the problem summary).
Obtaining Documentation
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Cisco.com
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Documentation DVD
Cisco documentation and additional literature are available in a Documentation DVD package, which may have shipped with your product. The Documentation DVD is updated regularly and may be more current than printed documentation. The Documentation DVD package is available as a single unit.
Registered Cisco.com users (Cisco direct customers) can order a Cisco Documentation DVD (product number DOC-DOCDVD=) from the Ordering tool or Cisco Marketplace.
Cisco Ordering tool:
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Cisco Marketplace:
http://www.cisco.com/go/marketplace/
Ordering Documentation
You can find instructions for ordering documentation at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/es_inpck/pdi.htm
You can order Cisco documentation in these ways:
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Cisco Systems
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Cisco Product Security Overview
Cisco provides a free online Security Vulnerability Policy portal at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.html
From this site, you can perform these tasks:
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A current list of security advisories and notices for Cisco products is available at this URL:
If you prefer to see advisories and notices as they are updated in real time, you can access a Product Security Incident Response Team Really Simple Syndication (PSIRT RSS) feed from this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_psirt_rss_feed.html
Reporting Security Problems in Cisco Products
Cisco is committed to delivering secure products. We test our products internally before we release them, and we strive to correct all vulnerabilities quickly. If you think that you might have identified a vulnerability in a Cisco product, contact PSIRT:
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Never use a revoked or an expired encryption key. The correct public key to use in your correspondence with PSIRT is the one that has the most recent creation date in this public key server list:
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=psirt%40cisco.com&op=index&exact=on
In an emergency, you can also reach PSIRT by telephone:
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Obtaining Technical Assistance
For all customers, partners, resellers, and distributors who hold valid Cisco service contracts, Cisco Technical Support provides 24-hour-a-day, award-winning technical assistance. The Cisco Technical Support Website on Cisco.com features extensive online support resources. In addition, Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) engineers provide telephone support. If you do not hold a valid Cisco service contract, contact your reseller.
Cisco Technical Support Website
The Cisco Technical Support Website provides online documents and tools for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with Cisco products and technologies. The website is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Access to all tools on the Cisco Technical Support Website requires a Cisco.com user ID and password. If you have a valid service contract but do not have a user ID or password, you can register at this URL:
http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do
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Submitting a Service Request
Using the online TAC Service Request Tool is the fastest way to open S3 and S4 service requests. (S3 and S4 service requests are those in which your network is minimally impaired or for which you require product information.) After you describe your situation, the TAC Service Request Tool provides recommended solutions. If your issue is not resolved using the recommended resources, your service request is assigned to a Cisco TAC engineer. The TAC Service Request Tool is located at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/techsupport/servicerequest
For S1 or S2 service requests or if you do not have Internet access, contact the Cisco TAC by telephone. (S1 or S2 service requests are those in which your production network is down or severely degraded.) Cisco TAC engineers are assigned immediately to S1 and S2 service requests to help keep your business operations running smoothly.
To open a service request by telephone, use one of the following numbers:
Asia-Pacific: +61 2 8446 7411 (Australia: 1 800 805 227)
EMEA: +32 2 704 55 55
USA: 1 800 553-2447For a complete list of Cisco TAC contacts, go to this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/techsupport/contacts
Definitions of Service Request Severity
To ensure that all service requests are reported in a standard format, Cisco has established severity definitions.
Severity 1 (S1)—Your network is "down," or there is a critical impact to your business operations. You and Cisco will commit all necessary resources around the clock to resolve the situation.
Severity 2 (S2)—Operation of an existing network is severely degraded, or significant aspects of your business operation are negatively affected by inadequate performance of Cisco products. You and Cisco will commit full-time resources during normal business hours to resolve the situation.
Severity 3 (S3)—Operational performance of your network is impaired, but most business operations remain functional. You and Cisco will commit resources during normal business hours to restore service to satisfactory levels.
Severity 4 (S4)—You require information or assistance with Cisco product capabilities, installation, or configuration. There is little or no effect on your business operations.
Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
Information about Cisco products, technologies, and network solutions is available from various online and printed sources.
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http://www.cisco.com/go/marketplace/
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning/index.html
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