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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7970G/7971G-GE Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0
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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 2-10
• Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-11
• Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, page 2-12
• Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-12
7. Requesting the Configuration File.
The TFTP server has configuration files, which define
parameters for connecting to Cisco
Unified Communications Manager and other information
for the phone.
See the “Understanding Phone Configuration
Files” section on page 2-6.
See the “Resolving Startup Problems” section on
page 9-1.
8. Contacting Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
The configuration file defines how the Cisco
Unified IP Phone communicates with Cisco
Unified Communications Manager and provides a phone
with its load ID. After obtaining the file from the TFTP
server, the phone attempts to make a connection to the
highest priority Cisco Unified Communications Manager
on the list. If security is implemented, the phone makes a
TLS connection. Otherwise, it makes a non-secure TCP
connection.
If the phone was manually added to the database, Cisco
Unified Communications Manager identifies the phone. If
the phone was not manually added to the database and
auto-registration is enabled in Cisco
Unified Communications Manager, the phone attempts to
auto-register itself in the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager database.
Note Auto-registration is disabled when security is
enabled on Cisco Unified Communications
Manager. In this case, the phone must be manually
added to the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager database.
See the “Resolving Startup Problems” section on
page 9-1.
Table 2-4 Cisco Unified IP Phone Startup Process (continued)
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