Cisco Unified Communications Manager Ip Phone Addition Methods - Cisco 8831 Administration Manual

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load ID. After obtaining the file from the TFTP server, the conference phone attempts to make a connection
to the highest priority Cisco Unified Communications Manager on the list. The conference phone makes
a non-secure TCP connection.
If the conference phone was manually added to the database, Cisco Unified Communications Manager
identifies the conference phone. If the conference phone was not manually added to the database and
auto-registration is enabled in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, the conference phone attempts
to auto-register itself in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Auto-registration is disabled when security is enabled on Cisco Unified Communications Manager. In this
case, the conference phone must be manually added to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager IP Phone addition
methods
Before installing the conference phone, you must choose a method for adding conference phones to Cisco
Unified Communications Manager database. Be aware that each phone type requires a fixed number of device
license units and the number of unit licenses that are available on the server may impact phone registration.
For more information about licensing, see "Licenses for Phones" section in the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager System Guide.
The following table provides an overview of these methods for adding conference phones to Cisco Unified
Communications Manager.
Table 14: Methods for adding IP Phones to Cisco Unified Communications Manager database
Method
Autoregistration
Autoregistration with the
Tool for Auto-Registered
Phones Support (TAPS)
Using Cisco Unified
Communications
Manager Administration
Startup problems
Requires MAC Address?
No
No
Yes
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager IP Phone addition methods

section.
Notes
Results in the automatic assignment of a directory
number to the conference phone, and provides no
control over directory number assignment to
conference phones.
Not available when security or encryption is enabled.
In this case, the conference phone must be manually
added to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
database.
Requires autoregistration and the Bulk Administration
Tool (BAT).
This method updates the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager database with the MAC
address and DNs for the device when user calls TAPS
from the conference phone.
Requires you to add conference phones individually.
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