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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the ATA 187 on Your Network

Adding the ATA 187 to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

Adding the ATA 187 with Auto-Registration

By enabling auto-registration before you begin installing the ATA 187, you can:

•Add devices without first gathering MAC addresses from the ATA 187.

•Automatically add a ATA 187 to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database when you physically connect the phone to your IP telephony network. During auto-registration, Cisco Unified Communications Manager assigns the next available sequential directory number to the phone.

•Quickly enter devices into the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database and modify any settings, such as the directory numbers, from Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

•Move auto-registered devices to new locations and assign them to different device pools without affecting their directory numbers.

Note The ATA 187 will auto-register two devices in the Unified CM.

Auto-registration is disabled by default. In some cases, you may not want to use auto-registration; for example, if you want to assign a specific directory number to the phone or if you plan to use secure connection with Cisco Unified Communications Manager as described in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide. For information about enabling auto-registration, see the Enabling Auto-Registration in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.

Note When you configure the cluster for mixed mode through the Cisco CTL client, auto-registration is automatically disabled. When you configure the cluster for nonsecure mode through the Cisco CTL client, auto-registration is not automatically enabled.

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Adding the ATA 187 with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration

You can add the ATA 187 individually to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database using Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration. To do so, you first need to obtain the MAC address for each device.

For information about determining a MAC address, see Determining the MAC Address of an ATA 187, page 2-7.

After you have collected MAC addresses, in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, choose Device > Phone and click Add New to begin.

Note The first device used the MAC address and the second device uses the shifted MAC address (example, AABBCCDDEEFF to BBCCDDEEFF01). You can add two devices from the Unified CM administration page.

For complete instructions and conceptual information about Cisco Unified Communications Manager, see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide and the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide.

Cisco ATA 187 Analog Telephone Adaptor Administration Guide for SIP (Version 1.0)

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