Feature |
Benefit |
Gigabit Ethernet switch |
The phone has a 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet connection through two RJ-45 ports, one for the LAN connection and the other for connecting a downstream Ethernet device such as a PC. |
Wideband audio |
The phone supports wideband audio (G.722 codec and adherence to TIA 920)
Note: Wideband audio is supported in the handset and headset only, not in the speakerphone. |
PoE Class 1 |
It supports IEEE 802.3af PoE (Class 1); power consumption does not exceed 3.84 watts. |
Lighted Hold key |
The key lights, when pressed, to put a call on hold, and stays lit until the held call resumes. The key flashes if one call is held while another is engaged. The key is dark when no calls are on hold. |
Lighted Menu key |
The key lights, when pressed, to access voicemail messages, call logs, network settings, user preferences, corporate directories, and XML services; it stays lit while menu items are active. |
Lighted message waiting indicator (MWI) |
The key lights when there is new voicemail, and the light is visible on both the phone chassis and the handset; it stays lit until you process your new voicemail. |
Deep-Sleep option |
You can save power by cycling power - by time of day and day of week. |
Co-branding |
The Co-Branding button allows you to include your logo on the Cisco Unified IP Phones 6900 Series phones. Cisco has approved third-party vendors to produce the buttons. |
Multiple-language support |
The following languages are supported:
• Arabic (Arabic area)
• Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
• Catalan (Spain)
• Chinese (China)
• Chinese (Hong Kong and Taiwan)
• Croatian (Croatia)
• Czech (Czech Republic)
• Danish (Denmark)
• Dutch (Netherlands)
• English (United Kingdom)
• Estonian (Estonia)
• French (France)
• Finnish (Finland)
• German (Germany)
• Greek (Greece)
• Hebrew (Israel)
• Hungarian (Hungary)
• Italian (Italy)
• Japanese (Japan)
• Latvian (Latvia)
• Lithuanian (Lithuania)
• Korean (Korea Republic)
• Norwegian (Norway)
• Polish (Poland)
• Portuguese (Portugal)
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Romanian (Romania)
• Russian (Russian Federation)
• Spanish (Spain)
• Slovak (Slovakia)
• Swedish (Sweden)
• Serbian (Republic of Serbia and Republic of Montenegro)
• Slovenian (Slovenia)
• Thai (Thailand)
• Turkish (Turkey) |
Speakerphone |
The full-duplex speakerphone allows for flexibility in placing and receiving calls. |
Headset support |
An RJ-9 interface to the optional headset offers you additional options for placing and receiving calls. |
Graphical display |
A white backlit, monochrome, 396 x 162 pixel-based display with an antiglare screen provides scrollable access to calling features and text-based XML applications. |
Four soft-key buttons and a scroll toggle bar |
Your calling options are dynamically presented; the scroll toggle bar allows easy movement through the displayed information. |
Network features |
Network features include Cisco Discovery Protocol and IEEE 802.1 p/q tagging and switching. |
Volume control |
A volume-control toggle provides easy decibel-level adjustments of the handset, monitor speaker, and ringer. |
Dual-position foot stand |
The display is easy to view and the buttons and keys are easy to use; you can remove the foot stand for wall mounting, with mounting holes located on the base of the phone. |
Multiple ring tones |
The phone offers seven user-adjustable ring tones. |
American Disabilities Act (ADA) features |
The hearing-aid-compatible (HAC) handset meets the requirements set by the ADA; it also meets ADA HAC requirements for a magnetic coupling to approved hearing aids. The phone dialing pad also complies with ADA standards. |
Signaling protocol support |
The phones are supported on Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition Versions 7.1(2) and later, compatible with both Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). |
Codec support |
G.722, G.711a, G.711, G.729a, G.729b, G.729ab, and Internet Low Bitrate Codec (iLBC) audio-compression codecs are supported. |
Voice quality |
Comfort-noise generation and voice-activity-detection (VAD) programming is provided on a system basis. |
Video communications |
Video communications requires Cisco Unified Video Advantage 2.2 and later and the Cisco VT Camera III. |
Security features |
• Certificates
• Image authentication
• Device authentication
• File authentication
• Signaling authentication
• Media encryption using Secure Real-Time Transfer Protocol (SRTP)
• Signaling encryption using Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
• Encrypted configuration files
Cryptography is not enabled by default and may only be enabled through a cryptographically enabled CUCM. |