Adding Phones With Auto-Registration - Cisco 6921 Administration Manual

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database
Table 2-4
Communications Manager database.
Table 2-4
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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Note Cisco recommends you use auto-registration to add less than 100 phones to your network. To add more
than 100 phones to your network, use the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT). See the
BAT" section on page
Auto-registration is disabled by default. In some cases, you might not want to use auto-registration; for
example, if you want to assign a specific directory number to the phone. For information about enabling
auto-registration, go to the
Manager Administration Guide.
Note When you configure the cluster for mixed mode through the Cisco CTL client, auto-registration is
automatically disabled. When you configure the cluster for non-secure mode through the Cisco CTL
client, auto-registration is automatically enabled.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.1 (SCCP)
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provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco Unified
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.
2-10.
"Enabling
Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
Notes
Results in automatic assignment of directory
numbers
Requires auto-registration and the Bulk
Administration Tool (BAT); updates information
in the Cisco Unified IP Phone and in Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Administration
Requires phones to be added individually
Allows for simultaneous registration of multiple
phones
Auto-Registration" section in the Cisco Unified Communications
"Adding Phones with
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