Adding Phones With Auto-Registration And Taps - Cisco 6921 Administration Manual

Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
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Cisco recommends you use auto-registration to add less than 100 phones to your network. To add more
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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.
When you configure the cluster for mixed mode through the Cisco CTL client, auto-registration is
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automatically disabled. When you configure the cluster for non-secure mode through the Cisco CTL
client, auto-registration is automatically enabled.
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Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS

You can add phones with auto-registration and TAPS, the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support,
without first gathering MAC addresses from phones.
TAPS works with the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT) to update a batch of phones that were already
added to the Cisco Unified CM database with dummy MAC addresses. Use TAPS to update
MAC addresses and download pre-defined configurations for phones.
Note Cisco recommends you use auto-registration and TAPS 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
Phones with BAT" section on page
To implement TAPS, you or the end-user dial a TAPS directory number and follow voice prompts. When
the process is complete, the phone will have downloaded its directory number and other settings, and the
phone will be updated in Cisco Unified CM Administration with the correct MAC address.
Auto-registration must be enabled in Cisco Unified CM Administration (System > Cisco Unified CM)
for TAPS to function.
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.
For more information, go to the
Manager Administration Guide.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.0 (SCCP)
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Move auto-registered phones to new locations and assign them to different device pools without
affecting their directory numbers.
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"Enabling
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-9
Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration, page 2-10
Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-10
Auto-Registration" section in the Cisco Unified Communications
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"Bulk Administration" chapter in Cisco Unified Communications
Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CM Database
"Adding Phones with
"Adding
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