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Product Overview
Key Features and Benefits
Specifications
Ordering Information

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New Product: Cisco 7960 — IP Telephone

Product Overview

Cisco second-generation IP phones once again advance the state-of-the-art technology to voice communication solutions. Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, now delivers new opportunities for rapid deployment of classic and New World voice applications by providing high-quality voice instruments that use IP transport technology. This allows the consolidation of data and voice into a single network infrastructure, including a single cable plant, a single switched Ethernet fabric for campus or branch offices, and unified systems for operations, administration, and management (OAM) for data and voice.

The Cisco IP Phone 7960 voice instrument is a second-generation full-featured IP phone primarily designed for executives and managers. It provides six programmable line/feature buttons and four interactive soft keys that guide a user through call features and functions. The 7960 also features a large pixel-based LCD display. The display provides features such as date and time, calling party name, calling party number, and digit dialed. The display also provides feature and line status, speaker (hands free) and headset features, and a mute button, which controls speaker or handset or headset microphones.

Key Features and Benefits

The 7960 is dynamic and designed to grow with system capabilities. Features will be able to keep pace with new changes via software updates from the system. Each of the features below will have expanded capabilities as the future unfolds.

• Messages—The 7960 identifies incoming messages to display them as internal, external call logs. This allows you to quickly identify and effectively return calls.

• Directories—Among the directories that will be available are Personal, Local, and Corporate. The corporate directory will integrate with your corporate LDAP3 standard directory.

• Settings—Display contrast, over 24 user configurable ringer tones, volume settings, and other user settings and preferences. Network Configuration preferences can also be set up.

• Services—This is the key of the future. Capabilities using XML for instance will allow user access to ever growing features and destinations.

• Information—This on line help feature gives the user instant information via the large display on how keys, buttons, and features are used.

The pixel display allows for greater flexibility of features and significantly expands the information viewed when using features such as Services, Information, Messages, and Directory. For example, the Directory button can show local and server-based directory information.

The Cisco IP phone features a high-quality, Polycom speaker phone technology. It also includes an easy-to-use speaker on/off button and microphone mute buttons.

The internal Ethernet switch allows direct connection to a 10/100BaseTx Ethernet network via an RJ-45 interface that provides single LAN connection. The second RJ-45 can be used to connect a colocated PC. Users can direct the phone and PC at separate virtual LANs (VLANs) (802.1Q). A dedicated headset port eliminates the need for a separate amplifier when using a headset. Also the handset can remain in its cradle making headset use simpler.

The Cisco IP phone`s convenient volume control buttons for the speakerphone, handset, headset, and ringer volume provide for easy decibel-level adjustments. The footstand of the 7960 is adjustable from flat to 60 degrees to provide optimum display viewing and comfortable use of all buttons and keys.

The Cisco IP Phone 7960 can also receive power down the LAN from any of the new Cisco inline power capable blades and boxes.

The Phone also features:

• 24-user adjustable ring tones

• A hearing-aid-compatible handset (meets American Disabilities Act [ADA] requirements)

• G.711 and G.729a audio compression

• H.323 and Microsoft NetMeeting compatibility

• An IP address assignment—Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client or statically configured

• Comfort noise generation and voice activity detection (VAD) programming on a system basis

• EIA/TIA RS-232 port for add-on options

It also features settings for:

• Display contrast

• Ring type

• Network configuration

• Call status

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Specifications

Ordering Information

For Part Descriptions and Part Numbers for Cisco IP Telephony Solutions, see

Part Descriptions and Part Numbers for Cisco IP Telephony Solutions

Posted: Wed Sep 27 05:15:36 PDT 2000
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