Add Phones with BAT
Add Phones with BAT
Cisco Unified Communications Bulk Administration Tool (BAT), which is a menu option in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration, enables you to perform batch operations, which includes registration
of multiple phones.
To add phones by using BAT only (not in conjunction with TAPS), you first need to obtain the appropriate
MAC address for each phone.
To add a phone to Cisco Unified Communications Manager, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1
From Cisco Unified Communications Manager, choose Bulk Administration > Phones > Phone Template.
Step 2
Click Add New.
Step 3
Choose a Phone Type and click Next.
Step 4
Enter the details of phone specific parameters, such as Device Pool, Phone Button Template, and Device
Security Profile.
Step 5
Click Save.
Step 6
From Cisco Unified Communications Manager, choose Device > Phone > Add New to add a phone by using
an already created BAT phone template.
For detailed instructions about using BAT, see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration
Guide. For more information on creation of BAT Phone Templates, see the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Bulk Administration Guide, "Phone Template" chapter.
Related Topics
Cisco Unified IP Phone MAC Address Determination, on page 41
Cisco Unified IP Phones and Different Protocols
The Cisco Unified IP Phones can operate with Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) or Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP). You can convert a phone from using one protocol to using the other protocol.
Convert New Phone from SCCP to SIP
A new, unused phone is set for SCCP by default. To convert this phone to SIP, perform these steps:
Procedure
Step 1
Take one of these actions:
a) To autoregister the phone, set the Auto Registration Phone Protocol parameter in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration to SIP.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975G, 7971G-GE, 7970G, 7965G, and 7945G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified
Communications Manager 9.0 (SCCP and SIP)
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Cisco Unified IP Phones and Telephony Networks