Adding Phones To The Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database; Adding Phones With Auto-Registration - Cisco CP-7970G Administration Manual

Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
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:
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager database.
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Method
Auto-registration
Auto-registration with
TAPS
Using the Cisco Unified
Communications
Manager Administration
Using BAT

Adding Phones with Auto-Registration

By enabling auto-registration before you begin installing phones, you can:
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OL-23092-01
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
provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the
Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Database
Requires MAC
Address?
No
No
Yes
Yes
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

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database

Notes
Results in automatic assignment of directory
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numbers.
• Not available when security or encryption is enabled.
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.
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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