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Chapter 2
Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
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Communications Manager database.
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Method
Auto-registration
Auto-registration with
TAPS
Using the 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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Note
Cisco recommends you use auto-registration 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
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, or if you plan to implement
authentication or encryption, as described in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide.
For information about enabling auto-registration, refer to "Enabling Auto-Registration" in the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.
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Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-10
Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, page 2-11
Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-11
provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco Unified
Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
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 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.
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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G and 7942G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0
Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database
Notes
Results in automatic assignment of directory
numbers
Requires auto-registration 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
"Adding Phones with
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