Documentation Guide
Introduction
This guide summarizes the documentation that is available for Release 11.0(1) of Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the IM and Presence Service, including subsequent 11.0(1)SU releases.
Unless the documents are versioned for a specific SU release (for example, Readme File for Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Release 11.0(1a)SU2, these documents can be applied to all 11.0 versions, including SU releases.
New and Retired Documents for 11.0(1)
This section outlines the new documents that were created for release 11.0(1), and outlines the documents that have been retired.
Retired Documents
The following documents, which were included in previous releases, have been deprecated and will no longer be published as of this release:
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide (old version)
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Operating System (OS) Administration Guide
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide
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Features and Services Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
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Disaster Recovery System Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
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TCP and UDP Port Usage Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
The material from these retired guides has been consolidated and rewritten in a set of new documents that were newly created for this release, and which provide detailed end-to-end tasks for how to configure and maintain Cisco Unified Communications Manager. The following table provides a high-level outline summary of how material from the retired books is presented for 11.0.
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New 11.0 Guides |
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide (old version) |
Configuration tasks and overview information for the system components now appear in the new System Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager, which provides a detailed end-to-end flow for how to configure the call control system. Field description help can be accessed via the GUI-based online help system. |
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Operating System (OS) Administration Guide |
Administration tasks for the Cisco Unified OS Administration user interface are documented in the new task-based Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager. |
Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide |
The new System Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager provides an end-to-end configuration process flow and overview information for the call control system. |
Features and Services Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager |
The new Feature Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager provides a detailed configuration and overview information for how to configure features in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. |
Disaster Recovery System Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager |
Backup and restore administration tasks now appear in the new task-based Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager. |
TCP and UDP Port Usage Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager |
The System Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager contains a detailed list of port options that are available in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. |
For detailed information on the new guides that are available for 11.0, see New Documents
New Documents
This section provides details for the new documents that were created as of this release. These new documents provide detailed end-to-end tasks for how to configure and maintain Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
System Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
This new guide provides the task flows and procedures that you need to perform in order to configure the call control system. This guide includes procedures for configuring the following elements of your call control system:
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licensing
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device pools
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system and enterprise parameters
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gateways and trunks
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dial plans
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call admission control
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end users
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endpoint devices
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applications
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media resources
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call handling
You can access the System Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/unified-communications/unified-communications-manager-callmanager/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html.
Feature Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
This new guide provides the task flows and procedures that you need to complete in order to configure features on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager system. This guide is meant to complement the new System Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager, and is designed to be used after you configure the call control system.
The Feature Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager provides information about the following:
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features for remote workers
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remote network access
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monitoring and recording
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call center features
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voice messaging
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conferencing
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phone features for placing and receiving calls
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presence and privacy features
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custom features
You can access the Feature Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/unified-communications/unified-communications-manager-callmanager/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html.
Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
This new guide provides procedures for operating and maintaining the Cisco Unified Communications Manager system. It includes information about ongoing administrative tasks, such as:
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managing users
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managing devices
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monitoring the system status
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installing security certificates
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managing credential policies and single sign-on
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backing up and restoring the system
You can access the Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/unified-communications/unified-communications-manager-callmanager/products-maintenance-guides-list.html.
Documents for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
This section contains information on the documents that are available for this release of Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
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Description |
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Release Guides |
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Provides detailed information about upgrade paths and compatible devices and applications for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
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Release Notes for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service |
Lists and describes release-specific information such as system requirements, new features, changed information, documentation updates, and open caveats for the latest release of Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
This chapter from the 11.0(1) Release Notes contains information on the new and changed features for this release. You can also access this information by clicking the Release Notes link. |
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This chapter from the 11.0(1) Release Notes contains documentation updates from defects that were not available when the guides in this list were published as well as errors and omissions in the published guides. You can also access this document by clicking the Release Notes link. |
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Lists and describes release-specific information such as system requirements, new features, changed information, documentation updates, and open caveats for the latest release of Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment |
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Contains instructions on installing and deploying the OVA for 11.0(1). |
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Readme Files for 11.0(1a) SU Releases |
If you have installed an 11.0(1a) SU release of Cisco Unified Communications Manager, the documentation in this guide applies to the SU release. In addition, refer to the Readme file specific to your SU release for supplementary installation procedures and resolved caveats: |
Open Source Used Documents |
This document contains licenses and notices for open source software used in this product. Open Source Used in Cisco Unified Communications Manager: |
Design Guides |
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Cisco Collaboration System 11.x Solution Reference Network Design |
Provides design considerations and guidelines for deploying Cisco Unified Communications and Collaboration solutions, including Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server, IM and Presence Service, and other components of a Cisco Unified Communications and Collaboration System. |
Install and Upgrade Guides |
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Use this guide to install Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service on the publisher database and subscriber nodes. |
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Use this guide to upgrade to the latest release of Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
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Migration to Cisco Unified Communications Manager 11.0(1) using Prime Collaboration Deployment |
Use this guide to migrate to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 11.0(1) running on virtual servers from an earlier release that is running on physical servers. |
Use this guide to replace an entire cluster or a single server in a cluster for Cisco Unified Communications Manager |
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Use this guide to get technical information that you need to run Cisco Unified Communications Manager on virtual servers. |
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Configuration Guides |
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Use this guide to configure the call control system of Cisco Unified Communications Manager. This guide includes Day 1 configurations such as inbound and outbound calling, dial plans, and network resources. |
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Use this guide to configure features on Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Refer to this guide after you configure the call control system. |
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Programming Guides |
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Describes the Cisco implementation of JTAPI for the Cisco Unified Communications Manager platform. |
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Describes the Cisco TAPI Service Provider (TSP), which allows developers to create customized IP telephony applications for Cisco users. Cisco conforms as closely as possible to the JTAPI specification while providing extensions that enhance JTAPI and expose the advanced features of Cisco Unified Communications Manager to applications. |
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Maintain and Operate Guides |
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Use this guide to perform administrative tasks on a configured system. You can use this to perform tasks such as adding users, adding devices, or running backups and restores for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
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Use this guide to configure authentication and encryption for Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (Unified SRST) references, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) gateways, and Cisco Unity and Cisco Unity Connection voice-messaging ports. |
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Use this guide to learn key concepts, terminology, and high-level information that you need to configure and enable the SAML-based SSO solution across a defined set of Cisco collaboration applications. |
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Use Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment to migrate existing Unified Communication server clusters to new clusters. It also describes how to perform operations on existing clusters such as fresh installs, upgrades, migrations, installs, upgrades, and IP address or hostname changes. |
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Use the Bulk Administration Tool to add, update, or delete a large numbers of users, devices, or ports in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. |
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Use Cisco Unified Serviceability to configure alarms, traces, and SNMP for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the IM and Presence Service. This document also describes how to activate, start, and stop feature and network services. |
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Cisco Unified Real-Time Monitoring Tool Administration Guide |
Use this guide to install and use the Real-Time Monitoring Tool to monitor the real-time behavior of system components for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
Use this guide to change the IP address, hostname or domain for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
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Refer to this guide for examples and descriptions of CDR and CMR records in CDR Analysis and Reporting. |
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Use this guide to configure and use Cisco Unified Communications Manager CDR Analysis and Reporting (CAR), to create user, system, device, and billing report. |
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Refer to this guide for an overview of the Cisco Unified Reporting web application on Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service. |
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Refer to this guide for the Command Line Interface (CLI) commands that are available for a Cisco Unified Communications Solution. |
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Use this guide to deploy a dial plan. This guide applies to all releases of Cisco Unified Communications Manager |
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Use the Dialed Number Analyzer to test and diagnose a deployed Cisco Unified Communications Manager dial plan configuration. |
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Use this guide to monitor and maintain service provider networks, including the monitoring of system health, SNMP traps and syslog messages, MIBs, Cisco Unified Serviceability alerts and alarms, CiscoLog messages, and Cisco Unified Real-Time Monitoring Tool traces, perfmons, and alerts. |
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End User Guides |
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Refer your end users to this user guide for procedures on how to use the Cisco Unified Communications Self Care Portal to customize user options such as speed dials, conference settings, and IM and Presence status on their Cisco Unified IP Phones. |
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Use this guide to configure the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Assistant (Manager Assistant). |
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Troubleshooting Guides |
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Use this guide to troubleshoot and resolve Cisco Unified Communications Manager system and configuration problems. |
Documents for IM and Presence Service
This section contains information on documents for IM and Presence Service. Please note that because IM and Presence Service shares a server platform with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, many Cisco Unified Communications Manager documents contain information for the IM and Presence Service.
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Description |
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Release Guides |
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Provides detailed information about upgrade paths and compatible devices and applications for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
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The Readme file contains instructions for installing and deploying the Virtual Server Template (OVA) file. |
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Release Notes for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service |
Lists and describes release-specific information such as system requirements, new features, changed information, documentation updates, and open caveats for the latest release of Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
This chapter from the 11.0(1) Release Notes contains information on the new and changed features for this release. You can also access this information by clicking the Release Notes link. |
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This chapter from the 11.0(1) Release Notes contains documentation updates from defects that were not available when the guides in this list were published as well as errors and omissions in the published guides. You can also access this document by clicking the Release Notes link. |
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Lists and describes release-specific information such as system requirements, new features, changed information, documentation updates, and open caveats for the latest release of Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment |
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Design Guides |
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Cisco Collaboration System 11.x Solution Reference Network Design |
Provides design considerations and guidelines for deploying Cisco Unified Communications and Collaboration solutions, including Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server, IM and Presence Service, and other components of a Cisco Unified Communications and Collaboration System. |
Install and Upgrade Guides |
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Use this guide to install Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service on the publisher database and subscriber nodes. |
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Use this guide to upgrade to the latest release of Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
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Configuration Guides |
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Use this guide to configure and administer IM and Presence Service. |
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Use this guide to configure an external database to store information synchronized from the IM and Presence Service. |
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Use this guide to configure the Instant Messaging Compliance feature on the IM and Presence Service. |
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Use this guide to configure IM and Presence Service for interdomain federation over the SIP protocol with Microsoft OCS, and over the XMPP protocol with IBM Sametime, Googletalk, Webex Connect, and another IM and Presence Service enterprise. |
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Use this guide to configure Partitioned Intradomain Federation between IM and Presence Service and Microsoft Lync/OCS. |
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Use this guide to integrate IM and Presence Service with Microsoft Exchange Calendar 2003, 2007, or 2010. |
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Microsoft Office Communicator Call Control with Microsoft OCS Guide |
Use this guide to integrate IM and Presence Service with Microsoft Office Communications Server or Microsoft Live Communications Server for Microsoft Office Communicator (MOC) call control. |
Use this guide to integrate IM and Presence Service with Microsoft Lync Server for Remote Call Control (RCC). |
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Maintain and Operate Guides |
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Use this guide to perform administrative tasks on a configured system. You can use this to perform tasks such as adding users, adding devices, or running backups and restores for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
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Use this guide to configure authentication and encryption for Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified IP Phones, Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (Unified SRST) references, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) gateways, and Cisco Unity and Cisco Unity Connection voice-messaging ports. |
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Use this guide to learn key concepts, terminology, and high-level information that you need to configure and enable the SAML-based SSO solution across a defined set of Cisco collaboration applications. |
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Use Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment to migrate existing Unified Communication server clusters to new clusters. It also describes how to perform operations on existing clusters such as fresh installs, upgrades, migrations, installs, upgrades, and IP address or hostname changes. |
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Use this guide to change the IP address, hostname or domain for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
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Use Cisco Unified Serviceability to configure alarms, traces, and SNMP for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the IM and Presence Service. This document also describes how to activate, start, and stop feature and network services. |
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Cisco Unified Real-Time Monitoring Tool Administration Guide |
Use this guide to install and use the Real-Time Monitoring Tool to monitor the real-time behavior of system components for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service. |
Use this guide to monitor and maintain service provider networks, including the monitoring of system health, SNMP traps and syslog messages, MIBs, Cisco Unified Serviceability alerts and alarms, CiscoLog messages, and Cisco Unified Real-Time Monitoring Tool traces, perfmons, and alerts. |
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Refer to this guide for an overview of the Cisco Unified Reporting web application on Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service. |
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Refer to this guide for the Command Line Interface (CLI) commands that are available for a Cisco Unified Communications Solution. |
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End User Guides |
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Refer your end users to this user guide for procedures on how to use the Cisco Unified Communications Self Care Portal to customize user options such as speed dials, conference settings, and IM and Presence status on their Cisco Unified IP Phones. |