Adding Phones With Auto-Registration - Cisco 7931G Administration Manual

Adding Phones to Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Table 2-4
Communications Manager database.
Table 2-4 Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database
Method
Auto-registration
Auto-registration
with TAPS
Using 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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Cisco recommends that you use auto-registration to add fewer than 100 phones to your network. To add
Note
more than 100 phones to your network, use the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT). See
with BAT, page
Auto-registration is disabled by default. In some cases, you may not want to use auto-registration; for
example, if you want to assign a specific directory number to the phone or if you plan to use secure
connection with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, as described in the
Communications Manager Security
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide,
Manager
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.0 (SCCP and SIP)
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provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco Unified
Requires
MAC
Address? Notes
No Results in automatic assignment of directory numbers.
Not available when security or encryption is enabled.
No Requires auto-registration and the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT); updates the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager database with the MAC address and DNs
for the device when user calls TAPS from the phone.
Yes Requires phones to be added individually.
Yes Can add groups of same model of phone.
Can schedule when phones are added to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
database.
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.
Configuration.
Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
Guide. For information about enabling auto-registration, see the
Adding Phones
Cisco Unified
Cisco Unified Communications
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