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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 (SCCP and SIP)
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
Adding Phones to Cisco Unified CM
• Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration, page 2-9
• Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-10
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 CM 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 Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-10.
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 CM Administration with the correct MAC address.
Auto-registration must be enabled in Cisco Unified CM Administration (System > Cisco Unified CM)
for TAPS to function.
Note When you configure the cluster for mixed mode through the Cisco CTL client, auto-registration is
disabled automatically. When you configure the cluster for non-secure mode through the Cisco CTL
client, auto-registration is enabled automatically.
Refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide for detailed instructions
about BAT and about TAPS.
Related Topics
• Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, page 2-8
• Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration, page 2-9
• Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-10
Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration
You can add phones individually to the Cisco Unified CM database using Cisco Unified CM
Administration. To do so, you first need to obtain the MAC address for each phone.
For information about determining a MAC address, see the “Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco
Unified IP Phone” section on page 2-12.
After you have collected MAC addresses, in Cisco Unified CM Administration, choose Device > Phone
and click Add New to begin.
For complete instructions and conceptual information about Cisco Unified Communications Manager,
refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide and to Cisco Unified
Communications Manager System Guide.