Cisco 7912G User Manual

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Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0 (SIP), Cisco Unified IP Phones

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Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Understanding the Requirements for Installing and Configuring the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7905G and 7912G

3. Decide how you want to add
phones to the
Cisco Unified CallManager
database:

–

With auto-registration

–

With Cisco Unified
CallManager
Administration only

–

With the
Bulk Administration Tool
(BAT) only

–

With BAT and the Tool for
Auto-Registered Phones
Support (TAPS)

How you add the phones to
Cisco Unified CallManager
determines how the directory
number is assigned and whether
you need to obtain a MAC address
first, among other things.

•

See the

“Adding Phones

to the Cisco Unified
CallManager Database”
section on page 2-12

•

Refer to Cisco Unified
CallManager
Administration Guide.

•

Refer to Cisco
Unified CallManager
Bulk Administration
Guide.

4. Obtain the MAC address from
the IP phone.

Not necessary if you plan to add
phones to the Cisco
Unified CallManager database
using auto-registration only or in
conjunction with the Tool for
Auto-Registered Phones Support
(TAPS).

See the

“Determining the

MAC Address of a Cisco
Unified IP Phone” section
on page 2-12

5. Choose to power through the
Cisco AC adapter or
Cisco Catalyst switch.

Determines whether the phone
receives power from an external
power source over a power cord or
from the in-line power source over
the Ethernet cable.

•

See the

“Providing

Power to the Cisco
Unified IP Phone”
section on page 2-9

•

Refer to the
documentation included
with the Cisco Catalyst
switch.

6. Install the phone in the network. Adds the phone to the network.