Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Phone Addition
You can add phones individually to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database by using
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration. To do so, you first need to obtain the MAC address
for each phone.
After you collect MAC addresses, in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, choose
Device
>
Phone
and click
Add New
to begin.
For complete instructions and conceptual information about Cisco Unified Communications Manager, see
the
“
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Overview
”
chapter in the
Cisco Unified Communications
Manager System Guide
.
Add Phones using BAT Phone Template
The Cisco Unified Communications Bulk Administration Tool (BAT) enables you to perform batch operations,
including registration of multiple phones.
To add phones using BAT only (not in conjunction with TAPS), you must obtain the appropriate MAC address
for each phone.
For detailed instructions about adding phones through the Bulk Administration menu, see the
Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide
,
“
Inserting Phones
”
chapter.
For more information about using BAT, see the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration
Guide
. For more information about creating of BAT Phone Templates, see the
“
Phone Template
”
section in
the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide
.
To add a phone to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1
From Cisco Unified Communications Manager, choose
Bulk Administration
>
Phones
>
Phone Template
.
Step 2
Click
Add New
.
Step 3
Choose a Phone Type and click
Next
.
Step 4
Enter the details of phone-specific parameters, such as Device Pool, Phone Button Template, Device Security
Profile, and so on.
Step 5
Click
Save
.
Step 6
From Cisco Unified Communications Manager, choose
Device
>
Phone
>
Add New
to add a phone by using
an existing BAT phone template.
Cisco Unified IP Phone MAC Address Determination
This manual describes several procedures that require you to determine the MAC address of a Cisco Unified
IP Phone. You can determine the MAC address of a phone in these ways:
•
From the phone, press
Applications
, choose
Phone Information
, and look at the MAC Address field.
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