User guide

Before You Begin
• You must have a Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration (BAT) phone template
for the devices that you are adding. You can choose the target and method of the data file upload. Phone
records must be validated before insertion.
• You must have a data file in comma separated value (CSV) format that contains the unique details for
the phones or other IP telephony devices.
Procedure
Step 1
Choose Bulk Administration > Phones > Insert Phones.
The Insert Phones Configuration window displays.
Step 2
Specify the file format type for the phone record that you are uploading.
a) To insert phone records that use a customized file format, click Insert Phones Specific Details radio
button and continue with Step 3, on page 114 and Step 5, on page 114.
b) To insert phone records from an exported Phones file that was generated using the All Details option, click
Insert phones All Details radio button.
Step 3
In the File Name drop-down list box, choose the CSV data file that you created for this specific bulk transaction,
and then check the Allow Update Phone with Custom File check box to allow updating the phone with the
chosen custom file.
Step 4
Check the Override the existing configuration check box to overwrite the existing phone settings with the
information that is contained in the file that you want to insert, and check the check box(es) beside the upload
action(s) to perform during the upload.
The following upload actions get enabled for selection after you have checked the Override the existing
configuration check box.
• Delete all existing Speed Dials before adding new Speed Dials
• Delete all existing BLF Speed Dials before adding new BLF Speed Dials
• Delete all existing BLF Directed Call Parks before adding new BLF Directed Call Parks
• Delete all existing Subscribed Services before adding new Services.
Leave the check box(es) clear to append those records to the existing records in the CSV data
file during the upload.
Note
Step 5
For the Specific Details option, in the Phone Template Name drop-down list box, choose the BAT phone
template that you created for this type of bulk transaction.
If you did not enter individual MAC addresses in the CSV data file, you must check the Create
Dummy MAC Address check box. You can update this information manually later. Skip to
Step 8, on page 115. If you supplied MAC addresses or device names in the data input file, do
not choose this option.
If you do not know the MAC address of the phone that will be assigned to the user, then chose
this option. When the phone is plugged in, a MAC address registers for that device.
Attention
Step 6
In the Job Information area, enter the Job description.
Step 7
Choose an insert method. Do one of the following:
a) Click Run Immediately to insert the phone records immediately.
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