A third-party load server must be able to serve any file the phone requests over HTTP on TCP port 6970 (preferred) or over UDP-based TFTP.

Checked 2026-09-25

A third-party server must be capable of providing any files the phone requests through HTTP on TCP Port 6970 (preferred) or the UDP-based TFTP protocol.
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Subsystem
load server
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
Release 15 and SUs
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Cisco IP phone firmware management: source note cucm-phone-firmware-load-server-http-6970. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-phone-firmware-load-server-http-6970

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cucm-phone-firmware-load-server-http-6970,
  title  = {Cisco IP phone firmware management: source note cucm-phone-firmware-load-server-http-6970},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-phone-firmware-load-server-http-6970},
  note   = {Source note cucm-phone-firmware-load-server-http-6970, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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