Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series

Revised September 06, 2005

August 01, 2005

Products Affected

Problem Description

After upgrading to 6.0(3), the phone will boot and after 15 - 30 seconds and the switch will drop power to the port. The phone will continually boot up, then lose power.

Note: This problem may appear regardless of whether the CP-7970G or CP-7971G-GE is using proprietary Power Over Ethernet or standards-based 802.3af.

Background

The CP-7970G or CP-7971G-GE must be running 6.0(3) and running on inline power when connected to various combinations of OS, platforms and blades. The IP Phone with 6.0(3) loaded and connected to a switch does not advertise its power consumption values in Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP).

If your CP-7970G or CP-7971G-GE is not exhibiting power-up problems, there is no need to implement the workarounds noted below.

Problem Symptoms

The CP-7970G or CP-7971G-GE will be stuck in power-on, power-off loop every 15-30 seconds. The phone will not be usable when this state is reached.

Workaround/Solution

Workaround:

1. Setting static power to 7 watts works on some combinations of OS and platforms. Set power inline mod/port static 7000. Use the command inlinepower static 7000 to set power.

2. If option 1 is not available, the other workaround is to power the phones with wall power using the CP-PWR-CUBE-2 or CP-PWR-CUBE-3.

In order to obtain a CP-PWR-CUBE-2 or CP-PWR-CUBE-3, contact your service partner or Cisco TAC and request a return materials authorization (RMA). Service Logistics has good inventory at this time. The standard RMA process and delivery times are in effect. Request on each CP-PWR-CUBE-2 or CP-PWR-CUBE-3 for each CP-7970G or CP-7971G-GE that is affected.

Solution:

Upgrade phone software to 6.0(3)SR1. In order to accomplish this, you may have to temporarily attach a power cube model CP-PWR-CUBE-2 or CP-PWR-CUBE-3 to achieve online state.

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