Cisco Systems 8961 manual Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, Requires MAC Method Address?, Taps

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

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

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
Auto-registration with		No	Requires auto-registration and the Bulk Administration
TAPS			Tool (BAT); updates information in the Cisco Unified
			IP Phone and in Cisco Unified Communications
			Manager Administration
Using the Cisco Unified		Yes	Requires phones to be added individually
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 Cisco recommends 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 the “Adding Phones Using BAT Phone Template” section on page 2-12.

Auto-registration is disabled by default. 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 use a secure connection with Cisco Unified CM as described in Cisco Unified CM Security Guide. For information about enabling auto-registration, go to the “Enabling Auto-Registration” section in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.

Related Topics

•Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-11

•Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, page 2-12

•Adding Phones Using BAT Phone Template, page 2-12

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