Configuring TelePresence E911 IP Phone Support

The Catalyst 3560 switch command reference has command syntax and usage information.

Understanding TelePresence E911 IP Phone Support

You can use a Cisco IP phone as a user interface in a Cisco TelePresence System. See in Figure 1. In this configuration, the IP phone must always be on and available for emergency calls. If the power to the codec in the Cisco TelePresence System fails, is disrupted or if the codec fails, the IP phone is not available.

Figure 36-1 Phone-Codec-Switch Connection

 

 

1

Switch

3

IP phone

2

Cisco TelePresence System with a codec

 

 

Use the TelePresence E911 IP phone support feature to ensure that the IP phone is always on and available for emergency calls. When a CDP-enabled IP phone is connected to the codec through a switch, you can configure the switch to forward CDP packets from the IP phone only to the codec in the Cisco TelePresence System. The switch adds ingress-egress port pairs to the CDP forwarding table. An ingress-egress port pair is a one-to-one mapping between an ingress switch port connected to the IP phone and an egress switch port connected to the codec.

The IP phone and the codec communicate through the IP network. If power to the codec fails, is disrupted or if the codec fails, the IP phone is still connected to the IP network and is available for emergency calls.

The switch forwards all CDP packets received on the ingress port to the egress port. If multiple IP phones are connected to the codec through a single port on the switch, only one phone communicates with it through the IP network. This phone is usually the one that sent the first CDP packet received by the codec.

Figure 36-2 Phone-Switch-Codec Connection

 

 

1

Switch

3

CDP-enabled IP phone

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Cisco TelePresence System with a codec

 

 

Configuring TelePresence E911 IP Phone Support

Configuration Guidelines

  • You must use only CDP-enabled phones with TelePresence E911 IP phone support.
  • You can connect the IP phone and codec in the Cisco TelePresence System through any two ports in a switch stack.

Enabling TelePresence E911 IP Phone Support

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode:

 

Command
Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

cdp forward ingress port-id egress port-id

Configures an ingress-egress port pair.

  • ingress port -id —Specifies the port connected to the CDP-enabled IP phone.
  • egress port-id Specifies the port connected to the codec in the Cisco TelePresence System.

Repeat this step to configure additional ingress-egress port pairs.

Step 3

end

Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 4

show cdp forward

Verifies the ingress-egress port pairs. The command output also shows the number of forwarded and dropped packets.

Step 5

copy running-config startup config

(Optional) Saves your entries in the configuration file.

Example

Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# cdp forward ingress gigabitethernet2/0/1 egress gigabitethernet2/0/12
Switch(config)# cdp forward ingress gigabitethernet2/0/1 egress gigabitethernet2/0/13
Ingress interface already configured
Switch(config)# cdp forward ingress gigabitethernet2/0/2 egress gigabitethernet2/0/12
Egress interface already configured
Switch(config)# cdp forward ingress gigabitethernet2/0/2 egress gigabitethernet2/0/13
Switch(config)# end
Switch#
*Mar 1 13:38:34.954: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console
Switch# show running-config | include cdp
cdp forward ingress GigabitEthernet2/0/1 egress GigabitEthernet2/0/12
cdp forward ingress GigabitEthernet2/0/2 egress GigabitEthernet2/0/13
Switch# show cdp forward
 
Ingress Egress # packets # packets
Port Port forwarded dropped
-------------------------------------------------------------
Gi2/0/1 Gi2/0/12 0 0
Gi2/0/2 Gi2/0/13 0 0
 
Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# no cdp forward ingress gigabitethernet2/0/1
Switch(config)# end
Switch#
*Mar 1 13:39:14.120: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console
Switch# show running-config | include cdp
cdp forward ingress GigabitEthernet2/0/2 egress GigabitEthernet2/0/13
Switch# show cdp forward
Ingress Egress # packets # packets
Port Port forwarded dropped
-------------------------------------------------------------
Gi2/0/2 Gi2/0/13 0 0
 
Switch#