Cisco 7961G Administration Guide - Page 53

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone Overview of Configuring and Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones Overview of Configuring and Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones When deploying a new IP telephony system, system administrators and network administrators must complete several initial configuration tasks to prepare the network for IP telephony service. For information and a checklist for setting up and configuring a complete Cisco IP telephony network, refer to the "System Configuration Overview" chapter in Cisco Unified CallManager System Guide. After you have set up the IP telephony system and configured system-wide features in Cisco Unified CallManager, you can add IP phones to the system. The following topics provide an overview of procedures for adding Cisco Unified IP Phones to your network: • Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones in Cisco Unified CallManager, page 1-21 • Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones, page 1-26 Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones in Cisco Unified CallManager To add phones to the Cisco Unified CallManager database, you can use: • Auto-registration • Cisco Unified CallManager Administration • Bulk Administration Tool (BAT) • BAT and the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support (TAPS) For more information about these choices, see the "Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CallManager Database" section on page 2-12. For general information about configuring phones in Cisco Unified CallManager, refer to the "Cisco Unified IP Phone" chapter in Cisco Unified CallManager System Guide. Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager OL-11528-01 1-21