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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 with Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration, page 2-14
• Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-14
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS
You can add phones with auto-registration and TAPS, the Tool for
Auto-Registered Phones Support, without first gathering MAC addresses from
phones.
TAPS works with the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT) to update a batch of phones
that were already added to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database
with dummy MAC addresses. Use TAPS to update MAC addresses and download
pre-defined configurations for phones.
Note Cisco recommends that you use auto-registration and TAPS to add fewer than 100
phones to your network. To add more than 100 phones to your network, use the
Bulk Administration Tool (BAT). See the
“Adding Phones with BAT” section on
page 2-14 .
To implement TAPS, you or the end-user dial a TAPS directory number and follow
voice prompts. When the process is complete, the phone will have downloaded its
directory number and other settings, and the phone will be updated in
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration with the correct MAC
address.
Auto-registration must be enabled in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration (System > Cisco Communications Manager) for TAPS to
function.
Note When you configure the cluster for mixed mode through the Cisco CTL client,
auto-registration is automatically disabled. When you configure the cluster for
non-secure mode through the Cisco CTL client, auto-registration is automatically
enabled.
Refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide for
detailed instructions about BAT and about TAPS.