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Chapter2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
Adding Phones to the Cisco UnifiedCommunications Manag er Database
Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database
Before installing the CiscoUnified IP phone, you must choose a method for adding phones to the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager database. These sections describe the methods:
•Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, page2-11
•Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page2-12
•Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, page2-13
•Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-13
Table 2 -5 provides an overview of these methods for adding phones 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 MACaddresses from the phones.
•Automatically add a CiscoUnified 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 CiscoUnified Communications Manager.
•Move auto-registered phones to new locations and assign them to different device pools without
affecting their directory numbers.
Table2-5 Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Database
Method
Requires MAC
Address? Notes
Auto-registration No •Results in automatic assignment of directory
numbers.
•Not available when security or encryption is enabled.
Auto-registration with
TAPS
No Requires auto-registration and the Bulk Administration
Tool (BAT); updates the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager database with the MAC address and DNs for the
device when user calls TAPS from the phone.
Using the Cisco Unified
Communications
Manager Administration
Yes Requires phones to be added individually.
Using BAT Yes Can add groups of same model of phone.
Can schedule when phones are added to the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager database.