For Both The Initial Deployment And Bulk Insertion Of Users And Phones After Initial Deployment; For The Initial Deployment Only - Cisco IE-3000-8TC Administration Manual

For Both the Initial Deployment and Bulk Insertion of Users and Phones After Initial Deployment

You must use the Cisco-provided .xls data configuration file, which is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. You
can rename the file, but do not change the .xls extension. The file is translated into multiple languages.
To include your configuration data, you can use any tool that supports the .xls format. When add your
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data to the Cisco-provided .xls data configuration file, use only characters from the Modern Latin Alphabet
or use Arabic numerals. For example, you can enter A-Z, a-z, 1, 2,3 and some special characters.
Do not delete or change the order of the settings in the file. Do not rename the settings in the file. Do not add
more settings to the file. In these cases, the system cannot read the file.
Only add new tabs at the end of the file; for example, you may add a new tab at the end of the file to include
your notes. Do not delete or rename the tabs in the file. Do not change the order of the tabs in the file. In these
cases, the system cannot read the file.
Some configuration settings are not in the file. For settings that are not in the file, the system uses the default
values. To change the default values for these settings, you must access the Cisco Business Edition 3000
Administrative Interface and manually update the configuration.
Cisco Business Edition 3000 does not check the integrity of the configuration data until after the Cisco-provided
.xls data configuration file is inserted into the system.

For the Initial Deployment Only

When you use the file for automatic setup during the Cisco Business Edition 3000 First Time Setup Wizard,
the system automatically uses the default values for the settings that are not considered mandatory in the file.
For the automatic setup to succeed, you must update the following settings in the file:
• Network tab - IP Address (Enter the IP address that you want the server to use after the Cisco Business
Edition 3000 First Time Setup Wizard completes. Do not enter the default IP address that comes with
the preinstalled server.)
• PSTN Gateway tab - IP Address or Obtain an IP Address Automatically (you must configure one of
these two options)
• Dial Plan tab - Extension Length (because you cannot change this value in the Cisco Business Edition
3000 Administrative Interface)
• If adding users and phones (optional) - You cannot add a phone unless you also add a user with a user
extension and assigned usage profile. After you add the user information under the User tab, add the
phone information under the Phone tab. Make sure that you assign a user extension from the User tab
to the Line cell under the Phone tab. If you do not do this task, the phone configuration does not get
added to the system.
• After you upload the Cisco-provided .xls data configuration file and click Next in the Setup Mode page,
the Cisco Business Edition 3000 First Time Setup Wizard displays a progress bar while the upload is
occurring. As the upload progresses, each page of the Cisco Business Edition 3000 First Time Setup
Wizard displays with the data from the spreadsheet. If you click Cancel under the progress bar, you can
modify any data on the pages, and click Next until the FTS wizard displays the Summary page. If you
do not click Cancel, the Summary page displays after the upload completes. After the Summary page
displays, verify your data in the summary tabs.
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