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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phones on Your Network
Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database
• 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
Table 2-4 provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager database.
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration
By enabling auto-registration before you begin installing phones, you can:
• 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.
Note We recommend that 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
Adding Phones with
BAT, page 2-11.
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 a secure
connection with Cisco Unified Communications Manager as described in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Security Guide. For information about enabling auto-registration, see
“Enabling Auto-Registration” in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.
Ta b l e 2-4 Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Database
Method
Requires
MAC
Address?
Notes
Auto-registration No • Results in automatic assignment of directory numbers.
• Not available when security or encryption is enabled.
Auto-registration
with TAPS
No Requires auto-registration and the Bulk Administration Tool
(BAT); updates information in the Cisco Unified IP Phone and in
Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration.
Using the Cisco
Unified
Communications
Manager
Administration
Yes Requires phones to be added individually.
Using BAT Yes Allows for simultaneous registration of multiple phones.