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Connecting Cisco 7960G to TFTP Server to perform SIP firmware installation

I have few Cisco 7960G phones that I'm planning to connect to Asterisk. The phones come with Skinny pre-installed. I need to flash them to SIP. I'm primarily following this manual: http://www.asteriskguru.com/tutorials/cisco_7960_ip_phone_configuration.html

I'm stuck at first step. I need to connect the phone to the TFTPd. How do I go about it? It seems to me that I need to connect the phone directly to a PC where TFTPd is running but on top of that, I need to have DHCP server running on the host PC? Is that correct? Otherwise the phone can't get an IP from anywhere. I've seen few mentions on EE and else that people have manually configured the phone with IP but my phones don't give me any control at all.

Anyone know what I should do?

Thanks in advance!
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Unfortunately I can't access the settings. When I power the device on, it begins with a "Universal Application Loader". It goes through these stages:
1) Configuring VLAN
2) Configuring IP
It gets stuck on the "Configuring IP" message. None of the buttons work. I also performed a Factory Reset according to this manual: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379/products_tech_note09186a00800941bb.shtml#pass
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