Cisco Systems OL-23092-01 Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, Requires MAC Method Address?

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

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

Before installing the Cisco Unified 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, page 2-11

•Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-12

•Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, page 2-13

•Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-13

Table 2-5provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the

Cisco Unified Communications Manager database.

Table 2-5	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.
			• Not available when security or encryption is enabled.
Auto-registration with		No	Requires auto-registration and the Bulk Administration
TAPS			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		Yes	Requires phones to be added 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 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5
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