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Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CM Database
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 non-secure mode through the Cisco CTL
client, auto-registration is automatically enabled.
Related Topics
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-10
Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration, page 2-10
Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-11
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS
You can add phones with auto-registration and TAPS, the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support,
without first gathering MAC addresses from phones.
TAPS works with the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT) to update a batch of phones that were already
added to the Cisco Unified CM database with dummy MAC addresses. Use TAPS to update
MAC addresses and download pre-defined configurations for phones.
Note Cisco recommends you use auto-registration and TAPS 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 with BAT” section on page 2-11.
To implement TAPS, you or the end-user dial a T APS director y number and follow vo ice prompts. When
the process is complete, the phone will have downloaded its directory number and other settings, and the
phone will be updated in Cisco Unified CM Administration with the correct MAC address.
Auto-registration must be enabled in Cisco Unified CM Administration (System > Cisco Unified CM)
for TAPS to function.
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 non-secure mode through the Cisco CTL
client, auto-registration is automatically enabled.
For more information, go to the “Bulk Administration” chapter in Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration Guide.
Related Topics
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, page 2-9
Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration, page 2-10
Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-11
Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration
You can add phones individually to the Cisco Unified CM database by using Cisco Unified CM
Administration. To do so, you first need to obtain the MAC address for each phone.