Adding Phones With Auto-Registration - Cisco 6921 Administration Manual

Chapter
Table 2-4
Table 2-4
Method
Auto-registration
Auto-registration with
TAPS
Using the Cisco Unified
CM Administration
Using BAT

Adding Phones with Auto-Registration

By enabling auto-registration before you begin installing phones, you can:
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•
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Cisco recommends you use auto-registration to add less than 100 phones to your network. To add more
Note
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.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP)
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provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco Unified CM database.
Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CM 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 CM database when you physically
connect the phone to your IP telephony network. During auto-registration, Cisco Unified CM
assigns the next available sequential directory number to the phone.
Quickly enter phones into the Cisco Unified CM database and modify any settings, such as the
directory numbers, from Cisco Unified CM.
Move auto-registered phones to new locations and assign them to different device pools without
affecting their directory numbers.
2-11.
"Enabling
Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CM Database
Notes
• Results in automatic assignment of directory
numbers
• Not available when security or encryption is
enabled
Auto-registration is disabled when
Note
security is enabled on Cisco Unified CM.
In this case, the phone must be manually
added to the Cisco Unified CM database.
Requires auto-registration and the Bulk
Administration Tool (BAT); updates information
in the Cisco Unified IP Phone and in Cisco
Unified CM 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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