Contents
- Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821 Release Notes for Firmware Release 11.0(3)
- New and Changed Features
- Features Available with the Firmware Release
- Background Noise Filter
- FIPS 140-2 Level 1 Support
- Power Saving Enhancements
- Regulatory Domain Support Updates
- Voice VLAN Support for USB to Ethernet Interface When Docked
- Related Documentation
- Cisco Wireless IP Phone 882x Series Documentation
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager Documentation
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express Documentation
- Installation
- Installation Requirements
- Install Firmware Release 11.0(3) on Cisco Unified Communications Manager
- Install Firmware Release 11.0(3) on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express
- Limitations and Restrictions
- Phone Behavior During Times of Network Congestion
- Health-Care Environment Use
- Recording Tone Volume Limitation
- View Caveats
- Cisco Unified Communication Manager Public Keys
- Unified Communications Manager Endpoints Locale Installer
- Cisco IP Phone Documentation Updates on Cisco Unified Communications Manager
- Cisco IP Phone Firmware Support Policy
- Documentation, Service Requests, and Additional Information
First Published: November 28, 2016
Last Updated: June 23, 2017
Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821 Release Notes for Firmware Release 11.0(3)
These release notes support the Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821 Firmware Release 11.0(3).
The following table describes the systems and versions that the phone requires.
System
Minimum Version
Recommended Versions
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
9.1(2)
10.5(2), 11.0(1), 11.5(1), and later
Cisco Communications Manager Express
10.5 through Fast Track
Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony
10.5
11.0, 11.5, and later
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller
8.0.121.0
8.0.140.0, 8.2.130.0, and later
Cisco IOS Access Points (Autonomous)
12.4(21a)JY
12.4(25d)JA2, 15.2(4)JB6, 15.3(3)JD
Cisco Meraki
New and Changed Features
The following sections describe the features that are new or have changed in this release.
Note
Some features may require the installation of a Cisco Unified Communications Manager Device Package. Failure to install the Device Package before the phone firmware upgrade may render the phones unusable.
Features Available with the Firmware Release
The following sections describe the features available with the Firmware Release.
Background Noise Filter
Your users can adjust the background noise filter on their phones. This filter reduces or increases the background noise on a call when the user is silent. The filter is used in handset and headphone mode.
Users adjust the filter in the Settings app, with the menu. User scan set the filter to Off (default), High, Medium, and Low.
FIPS 140-2 Level 1 Support
The phones support Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 level 1. You enable FIPS mode from the Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
If you enable FIPS mode, you also need to install certificates and trust lists on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager. For more information, see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager documents.
Regulatory Domain Support Updates
The following WLAN regulatory changes are included in Firmware Release 11.0(3).
Australia (AU)—Adds channels 100-116, 132-140
Brazil (BR)—Adds channels 36-48, 52, 165
Chile (CL)—Adds channels 100-116, 132-140
Hong Kong (HK)—Adds channels 100-140
New Zealand (NZ)—Adds channels 100-116, 132-140
Puerto Rico (PR)—Adds channels 120-128, 144
Singapore (SG)—Adds channels 100-140
Turkey (TR)—Adds channels 100-116, 132-140
United Arab Emirates (AE)—Adds channels 36-48, 52-64, 100-116, 132-140
United States (US)—Adds channels 120-128, 144
Venezuela (VE)—Adds channels 100-116, 132-140
The firmware release also adds support for the following countries:
Voice VLAN Support for USB to Ethernet Interface When Docked
With Firmware Release 11.0(3), a supported USB to Ethernet dongle attached to the desktop charger can be connected to a switch port with a Voice VLAN configuration.
Prior to Firmware Release 11.0(3), the switch port configuration could not contain a Voice VLAN because only the native VLAN was supported.
The USB to Ethernet dongle is for provisioning purposes only and is not intended to convert the wireless phone to a fully-functional wired phone.
Related Documentation
Cisco Wireless IP Phone 882x Series Documentation
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Documentation
Installation
Installation Requirements
Before you install the firmware release, you must ensure that your Cisco Unified Communications Manager is running the latest device pack. After you install a device pack on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager servers in the cluster, you need to reboot all the servers.
NoteIf your Cisco Unified Communications Manager does not have the required device pack to support this firmware release, the firmware may not work correctly.
For information on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Device Packs, see http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/compat/devpack_comp_mtx.html.
Install Firmware Release 11.0(3) on Cisco Unified Communications Manager
ProcedureBefore you can use the phone firmware release on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you must install the latest Cisco Unified Communications Manager firmware on all Cisco Unified Communications Manager servers in the cluster. For this release, you must also install the device pack that provides support for the Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821.
Step 1 Go to the following URL: https://software.cisco.com/download/navigator.html?mdfid=286308995&i=rm
Step 2 Choose Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series. Step 3 Choose Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821. Step 4 Choose Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Software. Step 5 In the Latest Releases folder, choose 11.0(3). Step 6 Select the firmware file, click the Download or Add to cart button, and follow the prompts. Firmware file: cmterm-8821-sip.11-0-3-6.k3.cop.sgn
Note If you added the firmware file to the cart, click the Download Cart link when you are ready to download the file.
Step 7 Click the + next to the firmware file name in the Download Cart section to access additional information about this file. The hyperlink for the readme file is in the Additional Information section, which contains installation instructions for the corresponding firmware. Step 8 Follow the instructions in the readme file to install the firmware.
Install Firmware Release 11.0(3) on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express
ProcedureYou must download the Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821 firmware image file from the software download center.
For information on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express support, see http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucme/feature/phone_feature/phone_feature_support_guide.html.
For more information about this procedure, refer to the "Install and Upgrade Cisco Unified CME Software" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express System Administrator Guide at this URL:
Step 1 To access the firmware files, go to this URL: https://software.cisco.com/download/navigator.html?mdfid=284729655&flowid=75283
Step 2 Choose Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821. Step 3 Choose Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Software. Step 4 Choose 11.0(3) in the Latest Releases folder. Step 5 Click Download or Add to cart and follow the prompts. The file to download is cmterm-8821-sip.11-0-3-6.zip
Step 6 Extract the files from the zip file, manually copy them to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express TFTP server (router flash), and enable them for TFTP.
Limitations and Restrictions
Phone Behavior During Times of Network Congestion
Health-Care Environment Use
This product is not a medical device and uses an unlicensed frequency band that is susceptible to interference from other devices or equipment.
Recording Tone Volume Limitation
If you use the recording feature, we recommend that you change the Recording Tone Local Volume configured in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Change the field from the default of 100 to 20. In a future release, the default may be set to 20.
For more information, look at CSCvc14605 using https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch.
View Caveats
ProcedureYou can search for caveats using the Cisco Bug Search tool.
Known caveats (bugs) are graded according to severity level, and can be either open or resolved.
Step 1 Perform one of the following actions:
Use this URL for all caveats: https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/search?kw=*&pf=prdNm&pfVal=286308995&rls=11.0%283.&sb=anfr&bt=custV
Use this URL for all open caveats: https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/search?kw=*&pf=prdNm&pfVal=286308995&rls=11.0%283.&sb=afr&bt=custV
Use this URL for all resolved caveats: https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/search?kw=*&pf=prdNm&pfVal=286308995&rls=11.0%283.&sb=fr&bt=custV
Step 2 When prompted, log in with your Cisco.com user ID and password. Step 3 (Optional)Enter the bug ID number in the Search for field, then press Enter.
Cisco Unified Communication Manager Public Keys
To improve software integrity protection, new public keys are used to sign cop files for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 10.0.1 and later. These cop files have "k3" in their name. To install a k3 cop file on a pre-10.0.1 Cisco Unified Communications Manager, consult the README for the ciscocm.version3-keys.cop.sgn to determine if this additional cop file must first be installed on your specific Cisco Unified Communications Manager version. If these keys are not present and are required, you will see the error "The selected file is not valid" when you try to install the software package.
Unified Communications Manager Endpoints Locale Installer
By default, Cisco IP Phones are set up for the English (United States) locale. To use the Cisco IP Phones in other locales, you must install the locale-specific version of the Unified Communications Manager Endpoints Locale Installer on every Cisco Unified Communications Manager server in the cluster. The Locale Installer installs the latest translated text for the phone user interface and country-specific phone tones on your system so that they are available for the Cisco IP Phones.
To access the Locale Installer required for a release, access http://software.cisco.com/download/navigator.html?mdfid=286037605&flowid=46245, navigate to your phone model, and select the Unified Communications Manager Endpoints Locale Installer link.
For more information, see the documentation for your particular Cisco Unified Communications Manager release.
Note
The latest Locale Installer may not be immediately available; continue to check the website for updates.
Cisco IP Phone Documentation Updates on Cisco Unified Communications Manager
The Cisco Unified Communications Manager Self Care Portal (Release 10.0 and later) and User Options web pages (Release 9.1 and earlier) provide links to the IP Phone user guides in PDF format. These user guides are stored on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager and are up to date when the Cisco Unified Communications Manager release is first made available to customers.
After a Cisco Unified Communications Manager release, subsequent updates to the user guides appear only on the Cisco website. The phone firmware release notes contain the applicable documentation URLs. In the web pages, updated documents display "Updated" beside the document link.
NoteThe Cisco Unified Communications Manager Device Packages and the Unified Communications Manager Endpoints Locale Installer do not update the English user guides on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Administrators and users should check the Cisco website for updated user guides and download the PDF files. Administrators can also make the files available to the users on their company website.
TipAdministrators may want to bookmark the web pages for the phone models that are deployed in their company and send these URLs to their users.
Cisco IP Phone Firmware Support Policy
For information on the support policy for Cisco IP Phones, see http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/collaboration-endpoints/unified-ip-phone-7900-series/116684-technote-ipphone-00.html.
Documentation, Service Requests, and Additional Information
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
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