Cisco Systems 8.6 manual Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, Requires, Method Address?

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

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

•Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-10

•Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, page 2-11

•Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-11

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		No	Requires auto-registration and the Bulk Administration Tool
with TAPS			(BAT); updates information in the Cisco Unified IP Phone and in
			Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration.
Using the Cisco		Yes	Requires phones to be added individually.
Unified
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 We recommend that 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 Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-11.

Auto-registration is disabled by default. In some cases, you may 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 use a secure connection with Cisco Unified Communications Manager as described in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide. For information about enabling auto-registration, see “Enabling Auto-Registration” in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.

Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP)

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