Cisco 7941G Administration Guide - Page 70

Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database Note Cisco recommends you 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 2-18. Auto-registration is disabled by default. In some cases, you might not want to use auto-registration; for example, if you want to assign a specific directory number to the phone, or if you plan to implement authentication or encryption, as described in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide. For information about enabling auto-registration, refer to "Enabling Auto-Registration" in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide. 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. Related Topics • Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-16 • Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, page 2-17 • Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-18 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. 2-16 Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1 OL-14620-01