Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831

Features

Superior wideband acoustics

Output

92-dB SPL peak output*

Expanded room coverage

Wired microphones

These microphones extend the operational range of the Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 with even coverage around the periphery of the device with 7 feet of additional reach.

Wireless microphones

DECT wireless microphones for the Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 provide additional coverage with the added flexibility of 300 feet of range.

Wired control panel

The panel allows easy control of the unit and viewing of the display without having to move the entire unit.

Power Features

IEEE 802.3af line power

Local power supply is not required.

Cisco Power Cube 3

This power cube uses a standard Cisco Unified IP Phone Power Supply for non-Power over Ethernet (PoE) deployments. It is required for daisy chaining two units together.

Call-Control Support

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

The phone supports Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Cisco UCM) Releases 7.1(5), 8.5(1), 8.6(2), 9.0, and later.

Cisco Business Edition 3000

The phone is supported on the Cisco Business Edition 3000 Releases 8.6(1) and later.

Cisco Business Edition 6000

The phone is supported on the Cisco Business Edition 6000 Releases 8.6(5) and later.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express

The phone is supported on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (CME) Versions 15.3(2)T, PI21, 15.3(3)T, PI22, and later.

Signaling protocol support

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

Codec support

G.711, G.729(a and ab), G.722, and Internet Low Bitrate Codec (iLBC)

Calling feature support

Directories

The Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 identifies incoming messages and categorizes them for users on the screen. This feature allows you toquickly and effectively return calls using direct dial-back capability. The corporate directory integrates with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Version 3 (LDAPv3) standard directory.

Settings

The Settings feature key allows you to adjust display contrast, select background images (ifavailable), and select from a large number of unique ringer sounds through the User Preference menu.Network configuration preferences also can be set up (usually by the system administrator). Configuration can be either automatically ormanually set up for Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP),Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), Cisco Unified Communications Manager, and backup Cisco Unified Communications Manager instances.

Help

The online Help feature gives you information about the phone keys, buttons, and features. The pixel display allows for more flexible feature navigation and significantly expands the information viewed when using features such as Services, Information, Messages, and Directory. For example, the Directory buttoncan show local and server-based directory information.

Hold, Mute, and Redial keys

The Mute key is a fixed key. When it is active, the LED flashes on the Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 as well as on the optional wired and wireless microphone kits. Hold and Redial are provided as soft keys associated with the screen, and are always at the same position for easy access.

Display

The conference station has a large high-resolution, graphical 3.5-inch backlit display (396 x 162 pixels).

Speakerphone

The Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 offers full-duplex high-quality wideband speakerphone technology. Included are Automatic Gain Control, comfort-noise generation, silence suppression and voice activity detection, Echo Suppression, and dynamic noise reduction, which reduces noise by up to 9 dB from constant noise sources such as fans or heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.

A two-way high-fidelity loud speaker system provides superior speech clarity versus traditional conferencing systems.

Volume control

The convenient Volume Control buttons on Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 provide for easy, decibel-level adjustments for the speakerphone and ringer.

Quality-of-service (QoS) options

The Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone supports DHCP and 802.1Q/p standards. The conference station can also be configured with an 801.1Q VLAN header containing the VLAN ID overrides configured by the Admin VLAN ID.

Multiple ring tones

User-adjustable ring tones are available.

Security

The Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 supports device authentication through 802.1.x supplicant (TLS) and SRTP.

Configuration options

You can configure IP address assignment statically or through the DHCP client.

Dimensions (H x W x D)

Base: 10.38 x 10.38 x 2.0 in. (15.05 x 26.35 x 5.08 cm)

Control panel: 5.75 x 5.0 x 1.0 in. (14.61 x 12.7 x 2.54 cm)

Microphones: 3.5 x 2.5 x 0.5 in. (8.89 x 6.35 x 1.27 cm)

Charger tray: 6.5 x 4.5 x 0.75 in. (16.51 x 11.43 x 1.90 cm)

Weight

Base 3.50 lbs. (1,587.0 grams)

DCU 0.56 lbs. (253.0 grams)

WiredMicrophones 0.15 lbs. (66.8 grams)

Wireless Microphones 0.14 lbs. (64.7 grams)

Charger 0.42 lbs. (191.9 grams)

Display

3.25 x 1.5 in. (8.26 x 3.81 cm); 396 x 162 pixels

Phone casing composition

Polycarbonate acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) textured plastic

Power requirements

The Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 is an interoperable IEEE 802.3af PoE (Class 3 device); 48 VDC is required; it can be supplied locally at the desktop using an optional AC-to-DC power supply (CP-PWR-CUBE-3=). Use of the power supply also requires the use of one of the corresponding AC country cords listed in Table 7 later in this document.

Use of a power supply (CP-PWR-CUBE-3=) is required when using the Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 in a daisy-chain configuration.