Cisco Systems OL-23089-01 manual Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, Related Topics

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

Adding Phones to Cisco Unified CM

•Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration, page 2-9

•Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-10

Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS

You can add phones with auto-registration and TAPS, the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support, without first gathering MAC addresses from phones.

TAPS works with the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT) to update a batch of phones that were already added to the Cisco Unified CM database with dummy MAC addresses. Use TAPS to update MAC addresses and download pre-defined configurations for phones.

Note Cisco recommends that you use auto-registration and TAPS to add fewer 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 2-10.

To implement TAPS, you or the end-user dial a TAPS directory number and follow voice prompts. When the process is complete, the phone will have downloaded its directory number and other settings, and the phone will be updated in Cisco Unified CM Administration with the correct MAC address.

Auto-registration must be enabled in Cisco Unified CM Administration (System > Cisco Unified CM) for TAPS to function.

Note When you configure the cluster for mixed mode through the Cisco CTL client, auto-registration is disabled automatically. When you configure the cluster for non-secure mode through the Cisco CTL client, auto-registration is enabled automatically.

Refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide for detailed instructions about BAT and about TAPS.

Related Topics

•Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, page 2-8

•Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration, page 2-9

•Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-10

Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration

You can add phones individually to the Cisco Unified CM database using Cisco Unified CM

Administration. To do so, you first need to obtain the MAC address for each phone.

For information about determining a MAC address, see the “Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone” section on page 2-12.

After you have collected MAC addresses, in Cisco Unified CM Administration, choose Device > Phone and click Add New to begin.

For complete instructions and conceptual information about Cisco Unified Communications Manager, refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide and to Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide.

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 (SCCP and SIP)

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