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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone
Converting an In-Use Phone from One Protocol to the Other Protocol
For information about how to convert an in-use phone from one protocol to the other, see the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide, Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuration,
section Migration Existing Phone Configuration to a Different Phone.
Deploying a Phone in an SCCP and SIP Environment
To deploy Cisco Unified IP Phones in an environment that includes SCCP and SIP and in which the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Auto-Registration parameter is SCCP, perform these general
steps:
1. Set the Cisco Unified Communications Manager auto_registration_protocol parameter to SCCP.
From Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, choose System > Enterprise
Parameters.
2. Install the phones.
3. Change the Auto Registration Protocol enterprise parameter to SIP.
4. Auto-register the SIP phones.
Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone
Several of the procedures that are described in this manual require you to determine the MAC address
of a Cisco Unified IP Phone. You can determine the MAC address for a phone in any of these ways:
• From the phone, choose Settings > Network Configuration and look at the MAC Address field.
• Look at the MAC label on the back of the phone.
• Display the web page for the phone and click the Device Information hyperlink.
For information about accessing the web page, see Accessing the Web Page for a Phone, page 8-2.
