Activation Code Onboarding - Cisco 7800 Series Administration Manual

Activation Code Onboarding

• Cisco Unified Communications Manager is installed in your network and is configured to handle call
Step 2
Set up the network to support one of the following:
• DHCP support
• Manual assignment of IP address, gateway, and subnet mask
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Activation Code Onboarding
You can use Activation Code Onboarding to quickly set up new phones without autoregistration. With this
approach, you control the phone onboarding process using the one of the following:
• Cisco Unified Communications Bulk Administration Tool (BAT)
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration interface
• Administrative XML Web Service (AXL)
You can control Activation codes from the phone page of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration. Users must enter an activation code before their phones can register. Activation Code
Onboarding can be applied to individual phones, a group of phones, or across an entire network.
This is an easy way for users to onboard their phones because they only enter a 16-digit activation code. Codes
are entered either manually or with a QR code if a phone has a video camera. We recommend that you use a
secure method to give users this information. But if a user is assigned to a phone, then this information is
available on the Self Care Portal. The audit log records when a user accesses the code from the portal.
Activation codes can only be used once, and they expire after 1 week by default. If a code expires, you will
have to provide the user with a new one.
You will find that this approach an easy way to keep your network secure because a phone cannot register
until the Manufacturing Installed Certificate (MIC) and activation code are verified. This method is also a
convenient way to bulk onboard phones because it doesn't use the Tool for Auto-registered Phone Support
(TAPS) or autoregistration. The rate of onboarding is one phone per second or about 3600 phones per hour.
Phones can be added with the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administrative, with Administrative
XML Web Service (AXL), or with BAT.
Existing phones reset after they are configured for Activation Code Onboarding. They don't register until the
activation code is entered and the phone MIC is verified. Inform current users that you are moving towards
Activation Code Onboarding before you implement it.
Activation Code Onboarding is supported on phones that are used within the company's premises.
For more information, see Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and IM and
Presence Service, Release 12.0(1) or later.
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