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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Conference Station on Your Network
Adding Conference Stations to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database
Adding Conference Stations to the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Database
Before installing the conference station, you must choose a method for adding conference stations to
Cisco Unified Communications Manager. These sections describe the methods:
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Adding Conference Stations with Auto-Registration, page 2-7
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Adding Conference Stations with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-8
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Adding Conference Stations with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration,
page 2-9
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Adding Conference Stations with BAT, page 2-9
Table 2-5
provides an overview of these methods for adding conference stations to
Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Adding Conference Stations with Auto-Registration
By enabling auto-registration before you begin installing conference stations, you can:
•
Automatically add a conference station to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database
when you physically connect the conference station to your IP telephony network. During
auto-registration, Cisco Unified Communications Manager assigns the next available sequential
directory number to the conference station.
•
Add conference stations without first gathering MAC addresses from the conference stations.
•
Quickly enter conference stations into the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database and
modify any settings, such as the directory numbers, from Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
•
Move auto-registered conference stations to new locations and assign them to different device pools
without affecting their directory numbers.
Table 2-5
Methods for Adding Conference Stations to the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Database
Method
Requires MAC
Address?
Notes
Auto-registration
No
Provides no control over directory number assignment to
conference stations.
Auto-registration
with the Tool for
Auto-Registered
Phones Support
(TAPS)
No
Requires auto-registration and the Bulk Administration Tool
(BAT); updates the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
database with the MAC address and DNs for the device when
user calls TAPS from the conference station.
Using
Cisco Unified
Communications
Manager
Administration
Yes
Must add conference stations individually.
Using BAT
Yes
Can add groups of same model of conference station.
Can schedule when conference stations are added to
Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
