Cisco Systems OL-11953-01 manual Adding Phones with Auto-Registration

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

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

Table 2-5	Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified
	Communications Manager Database (continued)
		Requires MAC
Method		Address?	Notes
Using the Cisco		Yes	Requires phones to be added
Unified			individually
Communications
Manager
Administration
Using BAT		Yes	• Can add groups of same model of
			phone.
			• Can schedule when phones are
			added to the
			Cisco Unified Communications
			Manager database.

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.

	Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0
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