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Chapter 2 Campus Infrastructure Considerations
IP Addressing and Management
Connecting to the Network
The following steps outline the process that takes place when an IP phone is
powered up and plugged into the network:
1. The IP phone begins a CDP exchange with the switch. The phone issues a
trigger CDP to force a response from the switch. That response contains the
VVID for the phone.
2. If the IP phone is configured to use DHCP (the default), it issues a DHCP
request on the voice subnet it got from the switch. This is the recommended
mode of operation. Static addressing can be used, but it prevents mobility.
3. The IP phone gets a response from the DHCP server in the network. Along
with the DHCP response, which provides the IP address to the telephone, it
is also possible to supply the address of the TFTP server from which the
phone gets its configuration. This is done by configuring option 150 on the
DHCP server and specifying the address of the TFTP server; Cisco DHCP
server supports this feature. Again, it is possible to specify the TFTP server
address manually, but this would limit adds, moves, and changes, as well as
remove some other benefits.
4. The IP phone contacts the TFTP server and receives a list of addresses of
Cisco CallManagers. Up to three Cisco CallManagers can be specified in the
list. This provides redundancy in case the first Cisco CallManager in the list
is not available.
5. The IP phone now contacts the Cisco CallManager and registers itself,
receiving in return a configuration file and runtime code necessary for the
phone to operate. For each configuration, the IP phone receives a directory
number (DN) from the Cisco CallManager to be used for calling that
particular IP phone.
6. The IP phone is ready to make and receive calls.
Note This process takes about 90 seconds. To speed it up, turn on portfast
and turn off port channeling and trunking. This reduces the time to
about 30 seconds.
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