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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database
Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Database
Before installing the Cisco Unified IP Phone, you must choose a method for
adding phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database. These
sections describe the methods:
• Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, page 2-12
• Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-13
• Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration, page 2-14
• Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-14
Table 2-4 provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager database.
Table 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 the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager database with
the MAC address and DNs for the device when user
calls TAPS from the phone.
Using Cisco Unified
Communications Manager
Administration Yes Requires phones to be added individually.
Using BAT Yes Can add groups of same model of phone.
Can schedule when phones are added to the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager database.