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Chapter2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
Adding Phones to the CiscoUnified CallManager Database
Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CallManager Database
Before installing the Cisco Unified IP phone, you must choose a method for
adding phones to the Cisco UnifiedCallManager database. These sections
describe the methods:
•Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, page2-12
•Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page2-13
•Adding Phones with CiscoUnified CallManager Administration, page 2-14
•Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-15
Table 2 -4 provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the
Cisco Unified CallManager database.
Table2-4 Methods for Adding Phones to the CiscoUnified CallManager
Database
Method
Requires MAC
Address? Notes
Auto-registration No Provides no control over directory
number assignment to phone.
Not available when security or
encryption is enabled.
Auto-registration
with TAPS
No Requires auto-registration and the Bulk
Administration Tool (BAT); updates the
Cisco UnifiedCallManager database
with the MAC address and DNs for the
device when user calls TAPS from the
phone.