Adding Phones With Auto-Registration - Cisco 7961G-GE - IP Phone VoIP Administration Manual

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

Adding Phones with Auto-Registration

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0
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Chapter 2
Table 2-5 Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Database (continued)
Requires MAC
Method Address?
Using the Cisco Yes
Unified
Communications
Manager
Administration
Using BAT Yes
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.
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Notes
Requires phones to be added
individually
Can add groups of same model of
•
phone.
• Can schedule when phones are
added to the
Cisco Unified Communications
Manager database.
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