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Chapter 91 Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuration
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones
By enabling auto-registration, you can automatically add a Cisco Unified IP Phone to the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager database when you 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. In many cases, you might not want to use auto-registration; for example,
if you want to assign a specific directory number to a phone.
Note Cisco recommends using auto-registration in small configurations or tes ting l abs only.
If you configure the clusterwide security mode to mixed mode, Cisco U nified Communications Manager
disables auto-registration.
If you do not use auto-registration, you must manually add phones to the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager database.
After you add a Cisco Unified IP Phone to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, the
RIS Data Collector service displays the device name, registration status, and the IP address of the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager to which the phone is registered in the Phone Configuration window.
Before a Cisco Unified IP Phone can be used, you must use this procedure t o add the phone to Cisc o
Unified Communications Manager. You can also use this procedure to configure third-party phones that
are running SIP, H.323 clients, CTI ports, the Cisco ATA 186 Telephone Adaptor, or the Cisco IP
Communicator. H.323 clients can comprise Microsoft NetMeeting cl ients. CTI po rts d esign ate v irtua l
devices that Cisco Unified Communications Manager applications such as C i sco Soft Phone an d C isco
Unified Communications Manager Auto-Attendant use.
Note Add the Cisco VG248 and VG224 Phone Ports from the Gateway Configuration window of Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Administration. See the “Gateway Configuration” section on
page 90-1 for configuration information.
Tip In the Phone Configuration window for a specific phone, you c an v iew the I Pv4 addr ess and th e IPv 6
address, if applicable, that the phone uses. For phones in dual-stack mode that have both an IPv4 and
IPv6 address, you can click the IPv4 or IPv6 address in the Phone Configuration window, which points
to an IPv4 URL for the web server on the phone. For phones that use an I Pv6 ad dre ss o nly, you cannot
click the IPv6 address because the web server on the phone on ly su ppo rt s IP v4.
Timesaver If you plan on using nonstandard phone button and softkey templates, configure the templ ates before you
add the phones. See the “Configuring Phone Button Templates” section on page 98-3 and the “Creati ng
Nonstandard Softkey Templates” section on page 99-2 for configuration information.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Device > Phone.
The Find and List Phones window displays.