Cisco Systems 691 Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database, Purpose

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

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

Table 2-3	Cisco Unified IP Phone Startup Process (continued)
Task	Purpose	Related Topics
5.	Accessing a TFTP Server	• Configuring Settings on the
	In addition to assigning an IP address, the DHCP server directs the		Cisco Unified IP Phone,
			page 4-1.
	Cisco Unified IP Phone to a TFTP Server. If the phone has a statically
	defined IP address, you must configure the TFTP server locally on the	•	Resolving Startup Problems,
	phone; the phone then contacts the TFTP server directly.		page 7-1.
	Note You can also assign an alternative TFTP server to use instead of the
	one assigned by DHCP.
6.	Requesting the Configuration File	• Adding Phones to the Cisco
	The TFTP server has configuration files, which define parameters for		Unified Communications
			Manager Database, page 2-7.
	connecting to Cisco Unified Communications Manager and other
	information for the phone.	•	Resolving Startup Problems,
			page 7-1.
7.	Contacting Cisco Unified Communications Manager	Resolving Startup Problems,
	The configuration file defines how the Cisco Unified IP Phone	page 7-1.
	communicates with Cisco Unified Communications Manager and provides
	a phone with its load ID. After obtaining the file from the TFTP server, the
	phone attempts to make a connection to the highest priority Cisco
	Unified Communications Manager on the list.
	If the phone was manually added to the database, Cisco
	Unified Communications Manager identifies the phone. If the phone was not
	manually added to the database and auto-registration is enabled in Cisco
	Unified Communications Manager, the phone attempts to auto-register itself
	in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database.

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

Before installing the Cisco Unified IP phone, you must choose a method for adding phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database. Be aware that each phone type requires a fixed number of device license units and the number of unit licenses that are available on the server may impact phone registration. For more information on licensing go to the Licenses for Phones section in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide

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 2-9

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

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.0 (SCCP)

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