Chapter2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on You r Network
Adding Phones to the CiscoUnified CallManager Database
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Adding Phones with Auto-Registration
By enabling auto-registration before you begin installing phones, you can:
•Automatically add a CiscoUnified IP Phone to the Cisco Unified
CallManager database when you physically connect the phone to your Cisco
Unified Communications network. During auto-registration, CiscoUnified
CallManager assigns the next available sequential directory number to the
phone.
•Add phones without first gathering MACaddresses from the phones.
•Quickly enter phones into the Cisco Unified CallManager database and
modify any settings, such as the directory numbers, from CiscoUnified
CallManager.
•Move auto-registered phones to new locations and assign them to different
device pools without affecting their directory numbers.
Note Auto-registration works best when you are adding fewer than 100 phones to your
network. If you need to add more than 100 phones, use the Bulk Administration
Tool (BAT). See the “Adding Phones with BAT” section on page2-15.
In some cases, you might not want to use auto-registration: for example, if you
want to assign a specific directory number to the phone or if you plan to
implement authentication or encryption, as described in CiscoUnified
Using the
Cisco UnifiedCall
Manager
Administration
Yes Must add phones individually.
Using BAT Yes Can add groups of same model of phone.
Can schedule when phones are added to
the Cisco CallManager database.
Table2-4 Methods for Adding Phones to the CiscoUnified CallManager
Database (continued)
Method
Requires MAC
Address? Notes