Determine The Phone Mac Address; Phone Addition Methods; Add Phones Individually - Cisco 7800 Series Administration Manual

Determine the Phone MAC Address

Determine the Phone MAC Address
To add phones to Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you must determine the MAC address of a phone.
Procedure
Perform one of the following actions:
• On the phone, press Applications
• Look at the MAC label on the back of the phone.
• Display the web page for the phone and click Device Information.

Phone Addition Methods

After you install the Cisco IP Phone, you can choose one of the following options to add phones to the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager database.
• Add phones individually with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
• Add multiple phones with the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT)
• Autoregistration
• BAT and the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support (TAPS)
Before you add phones individually or with BAT, you need the MAC address of the phone. For more
information, see
For more information about the Bulk Administration Tool, see the documentation for your particular Cisco
Unified Communications Manager release.
Related Topics

Add Phones Individually

Collect the MAC address and phone information for the phone that you will add to the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager.
Procedure
Step 1 In Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, choose Device > Phone.
Step 2
Click Add New.
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Determine the Phone MAC Address, on page
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Enable Autoregistration for
, select Phone Information and look at the MAC Address field.
Documentation, on page xiii
Phones, on page 35
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