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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
Understanding the Phone Startup Process
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration
By enabling auto-registration before you begin installing phones, you can:
• Automatically add a Cisco Unified IP Phone to the
Cisco Unified CallManager database when you physically connect the phone
to your IP telephony network. During auto-registration,
Cisco Unified CallManager assigns the next available sequential directory
number to the phone.
• Add phones without first gathering MAC addresses from the phones.
• Quickly enter phones into the Cisco Unified CallManager database and
modify any settings, such as the directory numbers, from
Cisco Unified CallManager.
• Move auto-registered phones to new locations and assign them to different
device pools without affecting their directory numbers.
Note You should 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 the “Adding Phones with BAT” section on page 2-14.
Using the
Cisco Unified Call
Manager
Administration
Yes Must add phones individually.
Using BAT Yes Can add groups of same model of phone.
Can schedule when phones are added to
the Cisco Unified CallManager
database.
Table 2-2 Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CallManager
Database
Method
Requires MAC
Address? Notes
