Cisco Unified Communications Manager Phone Addition Methods - Cisco 7941G Administration Manual

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Phone Addition Methods

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Phone Addition
Methods
Before installing the Cisco Unified IP Phones, you must choose a method for adding phones to the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager database.
The following table provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager database.
Table 2: Phone Addition Methods in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database
Method
Autoregistration
Autoregistration with
TAPS
Using the Cisco Unified
Communications
Manager Administration
Using BAT
Related Topics
Autoregistration Phone Addition, on page 8
Autoregistration and TAPS Phone Addition, on page 9
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Phone Addition, on page 10
Add Phones with BAT, on page 10
Autoregistration Phone Addition
If you enable autoregistration before you begin installing phones, you can:
• Add phones without first gathering MAC addresses from the phones.
• Automatically add a Cisco Unified IP Phone to the Cisco Unified CM database when you physically
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Unified Communications Manager 9.0 (SCCP and SIP)
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Requires MAC address?
No
No
Yes
Yes
connect the phone to your IP telephony network. During autoregistration, Cisco Unified Communications
Manager assigns the next available sequential directory number to the phone.
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Notes
• Results in automatic assignment of directory
numbers
• Not available when security or encryption is
enabled
Requires autoregistration 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