Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G Release Notes for Firmware Version 1.4(1)SR1

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Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G Release Notes for Firmware Version 1.4(1)SR1

Contents

Related Documentation

New and Changed Information

Support of the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G

Support of the 64K Certificate Trust List file

Installation Notes

Installing Firmware Release 1.4(1)SR1 on Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Installing Firmware Release 1.4(1)SR1 on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express

Installing the Bulk Deployment Utility for the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G

Installing the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 792xG Configuration Utility Using the Wavelink Avalanche Server Console

Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 792xG Configuration Utility Requirement for Wavelink Server

Important Notes

Use in Healthcare Environments

Increasing the Debug Level in Trace Settings Can Impact Voice Quality

USB Connection Disabled After Powering Off/On the Phone

Running Game MIDlets Can Impact Voice Quality

Caveats

Using Bug Toolkit

Open Caveats

Resolved Caveats

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G Release Notes for Firmware Version 1.4(1)SR1

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Published: June 27, 2011

Use these Release Notes with the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G running with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 6.0 and later, or Cisco Unified CallManager Releases 5.1, 4.3, 4.2, and 4.1.

Contents

These release notes provide the following information:

•Related Documentation

•New and Changed Information

•Installation Notes

•Important Notes

•Caveats

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Related Documentation

Cisco Unified IP Phone Documentation

Refer to publications that are specific to your language, phone model and Cisco Unified Communications Manager release. Navigate from the following documentation URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Documentation

Refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Documentation Guide and other publications specific to your Cisco Unified Communications Manager release. Navigate from the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition Documentation

Refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition Documentation Guide and other publications that are specific to your Cisco Unified Communications Manager release. Navigate from the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7273/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express Documentation

Refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express Documentation Guide and other publications specific to your Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express release. Navigate from the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps4625/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G Deployment Guide

Refer to the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G Deployment Guide. Navigate from the
following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379/products_implementation_design_guides_
list.html

New and Changed Information

This section contains these topics:

•Support of the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G

•Support of the 64K Certificate Trust List file

Support of the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G

This release supports the new Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G, This phone provides the same wireless capabilities as the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and contains a barcode scanner.

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Note A DevPack must be applied to Cisco Unified Communications Manager in order to enable some of these features. For more information, see "Installing Firmware Release 1.4(1)SR1 on Cisco Unified Communications Manager" section.

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Support of the 64K Certificate Trust List file

This release supports a 64K Certificate Trust List (CTL) file. The phone must use the size of CTL file that the communications system supports.

Installation Notes

This section contains these topics:

•Installing Firmware Release 1.4(1)SR1 on Cisco Unified Communications Manager

•Installing Firmware Release 1.4(1)SR1 on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express

•Installing the Bulk Deployment Utility for the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G

•Installing the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 792xG Configuration Utility Using the Wavelink Avalanche Server Console

Installing Firmware Release 1.4(1)SR1 on Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Before using the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you must install the latest firmware on all Cisco Unified Communications Manager servers in the cluster.

Before You Begin

To make the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G available in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager system, you might need to upgrade your system with the latest DevPack patch for your release of Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

Check the Readme file that is posted with the firmware version 1.4(1)SR1 for more information:

•For Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, the Readme file is cmterm-7921-sccp.1-4-1SR1-Readme.html.

•For Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925 and 7925G-EX, the Readme file is cmterm-7925-sccp.1-4-1SR1-Readme.html.

•For Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G, the Readme file is cmterm-7926-sccp.1-4-1SR1-Readme.html.

To download and install the firmware, follow these steps:

Procedure

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Step 1 To access the firmware files, go to this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html?mdfid=268437892&flowid=5293

Step 2 Choose Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900 Series.

Step 3 Choose Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G, or Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G.

Step 4 Choose Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) Software.

Step 5 Choose 1.4(1)SR1 under the Latest Releases folder.

Step 6 Depending on the switch, click one of the hyperlinks, and follow the prompts to download the firmware:

•For Cisco Unified CallManager release 4.3 and earlier:

Phone	Filename
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G	cmterm-7921-sccp.1-4-1SR1.exe
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and 7925G-EX	cmterm-7925-sccp.1-4-1SR1.exe

•For Cisco Unified CallManager release 5.1 and Cisco Unified Communications Manager release 6.0 or later:

Phone	Filename
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G	cmterm-7921-sccp.1-4-1SR1.cop.sgn
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and 7925G-EX	cmterm-7925-sccp.1-4-1SR1.cop.sgn
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G	cmterm-7926-sccp.1-4-1SR1.cop.sgn

•For image upgrade via USB:

Phone	Filename
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G	CP7921G-1.4.1SR1.TAR
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and 7925G-EX	CP7925G-1.4.1SR1.TAR
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G	CP7926G-1.4.1SR1.TAR

Step 7 Double-click one of the downloadable files in Step 6, and click the Readme hyperlink, under the Additional Information section, which contains installation instructions for the corresponding firmware:

•Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G: cmterm-7921-sccp.1-4-1SR1-Readme.html

•Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and 7925G-EX: cmterm-7925-sccp.1-4-1SR1-Readme.html

•Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G: cmterm-7926-sccp.1-4-1SR1-Readme.html

Step 8 Follow the instructions in the Readme file to install the firmware.

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Installing Firmware Release 1.4(1)SR1 on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express

You must download the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G version 1.4(1)SR1 firmware image file from the software download center.

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Note The Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G is supported with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express 4.1 and later.
The Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and 7925G-EX are supported with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express 4.3 and later.
The Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G is supported with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express 8.6 and later.

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To install the firmware, follow these steps:

Procedure

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Step 1 To access the firmware files, go to this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html?mdfid=268437892&flowid=5293

Step 2 Choose Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900 Series.

Step 3 Choose Cisco Unified IP Phone 7921G, Cisco Unified IP Phone 7925G, or Cisco Unified IP Phones 7926G.

Step 4 On the web page, click this hyperlink, and follow the prompts to download the firmware image:

•For the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, cmterm-7921-sccp.1-4-1SR1.zip

•For the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and 7925G-EX, cmterm-7925-sccp.1-4-1SR1.zip

•For the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G, cmterm-7926-sccp.1-4-1SR1.zip

Step 5 Extract the files from the TAR image, manually copy them to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express TFTP server (router flash), and enable them for TFTP.

For the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G:

•CP7921G-1.4.1SR1.LOADS

•APPS-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•GUI-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•SYS-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•TNUX-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•TNUXR-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•WLAN-1.4.1SR1.SBN

For the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and 7925G-EX:

•CP7925G-1.4.1SR1.LOADS

•APPSH-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•GUIH-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•JSYSH-1.4.1.SBN

•JUIH-1.4.1.SBN

•SYSH-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•TNUXH-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•TNUXRH-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•WLANH-1.4.1SR1.SBN

For the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G:

•CP7926G-1.4.1SR1.LOADS

•APPSS-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•EA15FW-BF3-220.SBN

•GUIS-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•JSYSS-1.4.1.SBN

•JUIS-1.4.1.SBN

•SYSS-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•TNUXS-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•TNUXRS-1.4.1SR1.SBN

•WLANS-1.4.1SR1.SBN

Step 6 For the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, set the load type to CP7921G-1.4.1SR1.LOADS

For the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and 7925G-EX, set the load type to CP7925G-1.4.1SR1.LOADS

For the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G, set the load type to CP7926G-1.4.1SR1.LOADS

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For more information about this procedure, refer to the "Installing and Upgrading Cisco Unified CME Software" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express System Administrator Guide at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps4625/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Installing the Bulk Deployment Utility for the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G

To install the Bulk Deployment utility, follow these steps:

Procedure

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Step 1 To access the file, go to this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html?mdfid=268437892&flowid=5293

Step 2 Choose Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900 Series.

Step 3 Choose Cisco Unified IP Phone 7921G, Cisco Unified IP Phone 7925G, or Cisco Unified IP Phone 7926G.

Step 4 Download the 792xBD-1.0.exe file to the desired location.

Step 5 Double-click on the file to launch the install wizard.

Step 6 At the Welcome screen, click Next.

Step 7 Click Next to accept the default destination folder as the installation path.

Step 8 Click Install to start the installation.

Step 9 Click Finish when the installation has completed.

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Installing the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 792xG Configuration Utility Using the Wavelink Avalanche Server Console

To install the Cisco Wireless IP Phone 792xG Configuration utility, follow these steps:

Procedure

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Step 1 To access the file, go to this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html?mdfid=268437892&flowid=5293

Step 2 Choose Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900 Series.

Step 3 Choose Cisco Unified IP Phone 7921G, Cisco Unified IP Phone 7925G, or Cisco Unified IP Phone 7926G.

Step 4 Download the 7921CU-1.2.1.AVA or 7926CU-1.3.1.AVA file to a host that is accessible to the Avalanche Console.

Step 5 Launch the Avalanche Console and connect to an Avalanche agent.

Step 6 Select Software Management > Installing Software Package from the menu.

Step 7 Enter the path for the 7921CU-1.2.1.AVA, 7925CU-1.3.1.AVA, or 7926CU-1.3.1.AVA file.

Step 8 Click New, and enter the 7921CU-1.2.1.AVA, 7925CU-1.3.1.AVA, or 7926CU-1.3.1.AVA file name.

Step 9 Follow the prompts to complete the installation.

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Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 792xG Configuration Utility Requirement for Wavelink Server

For firmware release 1.4(1)SR1, Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7926G Configuration Utility version 1.3(1) or the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G Configuration Utility version 1.2(1), depending on which model is used, is required for using the Wavelink Avalanche server to configure the phone.

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Note If you use the Wavelink Avalanche Management Console to configure your phone, be aware that the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 792xG Configuration Utility (CU) version 1.3(1) is labeled as 7926G, but that CU works for the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G.

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Important Notes

This section provides general information about using and supporting the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G in your system:

•Use in Healthcare Environments

•Increasing the Debug Level in Trace Settings Can Impact Voice Quality

•USB Connection Disabled After Powering Off/On the Phone

•Running Game MIDlets Can Impact Voice Quality

Use in Healthcare Environments

This product is not a medical device and uses an unlicensed frequency band that is susceptible to interference from other devices or equipment.

Increasing the Debug Level in Trace Settings Can Impact Voice Quality

Voice quality can be impaired when you set system log trace files for higher debug levels. Set only the modules that are required when capturing trace files for a phone.

USB Connection Disabled After Powering Off/On the Phone

If you power off the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G with the USB cable connected and then power it on again, the USB connection might fail.

To enable the USB connection, unplug the USB cable from the phone and then plug it back in.

Running Game MIDlets Can Impact Voice Quality

If you are running a game MIDlet in the background during an active call, audio on the call might get delayed or you might experience a drop in audio.

Caveats

This section contains these topics:

•Using Bug Toolkit

•Open Caveats

•Resolved Caveats

Using Bug Toolkit

Known problems (bugs) are graded according to severity level. These release notes contain descriptions of:

•All severity level 1 or 2 bugs.

•Significant severity level 3 bugs.

You can search for problems by using the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit.

To access Bug Toolkit, you need the following items:

•Internet connection

•Web browser

•Cisco.com user ID and password

To use the Software Bug Toolkit, follow these steps:

Procedure

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Step 1 To access the Bug Toolkit, go to http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/action.do?hdnAction=searchBugs.

Step 2 Log on with your Cisco.com user ID and password.

To look for information about a specific problem, enter the bug ID number in the "Search for bug ID" field, then click Go.

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Open Caveats

Table 1 lists Severity 1, 2, and 3 defects that are open for the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G using firmware release 1.4(1)SR1.

For more information about an individual defect, you can access the online record for the defect by clicking the Identifier or going to the URL shown. You must be a registered Cisco.com user to access this online information.

Because defect status continually changes, be aware that Table 1 reflects a snapshot of the defects that were open at the time this report was compiled. For an updated view of open defects, access Bug Toolkit as described in the "Using Bug Toolkit" section.

Table 1 Open Caveats for the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G 

Identifier	Headline
CSCtj21700	Phone may not play out the ring tone or audio when call is in connected state
CSCtk58591	792x may not reconnect to the WLAN after returning to the coverage area
CSCtn18577	Cannot set CFwdAll to voice mail by selecting message softkey
CSCto03375	7925 ring delay issues with certain ringtones
CSCto14908	7921 could get set back to 01/01/70 causing WLAN authentication failure
CSCto75197	DHCP renewal causes call to be dropped
CSCto98949	792x stuck in DHCP mode when out of range of the supposed connected AP

Resolved Caveats

Table 2 lists Severity 1, 2, and 3 defects that are resolved for the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G using firmware release 1.4(1)SR1.

For more information about an individual defect, you can access the online record for the defect by clicking the Identifier or going to the URL shown. You must be a registered Cisco.com user to access this online information.

Because defect status continually changes, be aware that Table 2 reflects a snapshot of the defects that were resolved at the time this report was compiled. For an updated view of resolved defects, access Bug Toolkit as described in the "Using Bug Toolkit" section.

Table 2 Resolved Caveats for the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G, 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G 

Identifier	Headline
CSCti17533	7925 phone getting stuck on an AP where network connectivity is lost
CSCtl77483	Contact name and Line Text Label display issues with long name
CSCtl91988	Ampercent is incorrectly escaped in HTTP request
CSCtn14577	792x phones can not launch Personal and Corporate directories
CSCto64825	7921 phone getting stuck on an AP where network connectivity is lost
CSCto56729	7925 may reset while in idle state

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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