Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

These sections describe the methods:

Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, page 2-8

Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-9

Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, page 2-10

Adding Phones Using the BAT Phone Template, page 2-10

Table 2-4provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco Unified

Communications Manager database.

Table 2-4

Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

Database

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requires MAC

 

Method

 

Address?

Notes

 

 

 

Auto-registration

No

Results in automatic assignment of directory

 

 

 

numbers

 

 

 

Not available when security or encryption is enabled.

 

 

 

Auto-registration with

No

Requires auto-registration and the Bulk Administration

TAPS

 

 

Tool (BAT); updates information in the Cisco Unified IP

 

 

 

Phone and in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

Administration

 

 

 

Using the Cisco Unified

Yes

Requires phones to be added individually

Communications

 

 

Manager Administration

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using BAT

 

Yes

Allows for simultaneous registration of multiple phones

 

 

 

 

Adding Phones with Auto-Registration

By enabling auto-registration before you begin installing phones, you can:

Add phones without first gathering MAC addresses from the phones.

Automatically add a Cisco Unified IP Phone 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 phones into the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database and modify any settings, such as the directory numbers, from Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

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

Note Cisco recommends you use auto-registration to add less than 100 phones to your network. To add more than 100 phones to your network, use the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT). See the “Adding Phones Using the BAT Phone Template” section on page 2-10.

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 (SCCP and SIP)

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Cisco Systems 6901 manual Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, Method Address?

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