Adding Phones With Auto-Registration - Cisco CP-3911 - Unified SIP Phone 3911 VoIP Administration Manual

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

Adding Phones with Auto-Registration

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Table 2-4 provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager database.
Table 2-4 Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communica-
tions Manager
Requires MAC
Method Address?
Auto-registration No
Auto-registration No
with TAPS
Using the Cisco Yes
Unified Communi-
cations Manager
Administration
Using BAT Yes
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 Communications Manager database
with dummy MAC addresses. Use TAPS to update MAC addresses and download
pre-defined configurations for phones.
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Notes
Results in automatic assignment of
directory numbers
Requires auto-registration and the
Bulk Administration Tool (BAT);
updates the Cisco Unified Communi-
cations Manager database with the
MAC address and DNs for the device
when user calls TAPS from the phone
Requires phones to be added individ-
ually
Allows for simultaneous registration
of multiple phones
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