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Chapter 3 Additional Configuration Tasks
Information About Additional Configuration Tasks
DETAILED STEPS
Enabling a Top-Line Description
This task enables an alphanumeric description label in the top black bar on the display screen for a
Cisco IP Phone 7960 and Cisco IP Phone 7940 connected to a Cisco IOS Telephony router.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. ephone-dn tag
2. number number
3. description text-string-with-spaces
DETAILED STEPS
Command Purpose
Step 1
Router(config)# ephone-dn dn-tag
Enters ephone-dn configuration mode and configures
the directory numbers for the Cisco IP phone lines.
The maximum directory number is platform
dependent. For details, see the “Memory
Requirements” section on page 1-4.
Step 2
Router(config-ephone-dn)# no huntstop
Disables huntstop.
Step 3
Router(config-ephone-dn)# huntstop
Enables huntstop.
Command Purpose
Step 1
Router(config)# ephone-dn tag
Enters ephone-dn configuration mode and configures the directory
numbers for the Cisco IP phone lines.
Step 2
Router(config-ephone-dn)# number number
Configures a valid number for the Cisco IP phone.
Step 3
Router(config-ephone-dn)# description
text-string-with-spaces
Enables an alphanumeric description label in the top black bar on
the display screen for a Cisco IP Phone 7960 and
Cisco IP Phone 7940.
The text-string-with-spaces argument is a meaningful
alphanumeric text string up to 16 characters in length, including
spaces.
Note Although 32 characters can fit in the top line of the phone
display, we recommend using 16 characters. If more than
16 characters are used, the extra characters will erase the
existing time and date display in the black bar.
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