During startup, a Cisco IP Phone 8800 connected to a Cisco Catalyst switch is told the voice VLAN defined on the switch before it requests an IP address.

Checked 2026-09-24

If the Cisco IP Phone is connected to a Cisco Catalyst switch, the switch next informs the phone of the voice VLAN that is defined on the switch.
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series
Subsystem
Startup
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-24
Checked
2026-09-24

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Cisco IP phone registration and TFTP and ITL and CTL: source note cisco-phone-registration-voice-vlan-catalyst. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cisco-phone-registration-voice-vlan-catalyst

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cisco-phone-registration-voice-vlan-catalyst,
  title  = {Cisco IP phone registration and TFTP and ITL and CTL: source note cisco-phone-registration-voice-vlan-catalyst},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cisco-phone-registration-voice-vlan-catalyst},
  note   = {Source note cisco-phone-registration-voice-vlan-catalyst, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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