Cisco Systems 12 SP+ manual Copying an Existing Phone, 42-6

Chapter 42 Cisco IP Phone Configuration

Configuring Cisco IP Phones

•Cisco IP Phones, Cisco CallManager System Guide

•Phone Configuration Checklist, Cisco CallManager System Guide

Copying an Existing Phone

If you want to manually add several similar phones to the Cisco CallManager database, you can add one and then copy its basic settings to apply to another phone. You must change at least the Media Access Control (MAC) address before inserting the new phone into the database.

Perform the following procedure to copy phone settings.

Procedure

Step 1 Choose Device > Phone.

The Find and List Phones pane displays.

Step 2 Enter search criteria to locate a specific phone and click Find.

A list of phones that match the search criteria appears.

Step 3 Click the Copy icon for the phone whose settings you want to copy.

The Phone Configuration pane displays.

Step 4 Enter the MAC address of the new phone.

Note For information on obtaining the MAC address, see the “Displaying the MAC Address of a Phone” section on page 42-3.

Step 5 Update the appropriate settings as described in Table 42-1.

Step 6 Click Insert.

A message displays stating that the phone has been added to the database.

Step 7 To add a directory number to this phone, click OK and enter the appropriate settings on the Directory Number Configuration pane as described in the “Directory Number Configuration Settings” section on page 42-32. To return to the Phone Configuration pane, click Cancel.

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