Adding Phones With Auto-Registration - Cisco 7906G Administration Manual

Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CallManager Database

Adding Phones with Auto-Registration

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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G and 7911G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager
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Chapter 2
Table 2-4 Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CallManager
Database (continued)
Method
Using the
Cisco Unified Call
Manager
Administration
Using BAT
By enabling auto-registration before you begin installing phones, you can:
Automatically add a Cisco Unified IP Phone to the Cisco Unified
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CallManager database when you physically connect the phone to your Cisco
Unified Communications network. During auto-registration, Cisco Unified
CallManager assigns the next available sequential directory number to the
phone.
Add phones without first gathering MAC addresses from the phones.
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Quickly enter phones into the Cisco Unified CallManager database and
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modify any settings, such as the directory numbers, from Cisco Unified
CallManager.
Move auto-registered phones to new locations and assign them to different
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device pools without affecting their directory numbers.
Auto-registration works best when you are adding fewer than 100 phones to your
network. If you need to add more than 100 phones, use the Bulk Administration
Tool (BAT). See the "Adding Phones with BAT" section on page
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 or if you plan to
implement authentication or encryption, as described in Cisco Unified
Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
Requires MAC
Address? Notes
Yes Must add phones individually.
Yes Can add groups of same model of phone.
Can schedule when phones are added to
the Cisco CallManager database.
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