Cisco-Provided .Xls Data Configuration File - Cisco IE-3000-8TC Administration Manual

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Cisco-Provided .xls Data Configuration File

The data configuration file, which is a Cisco-provided .xls spreadsheet template where you can enter the
majority of your configuration data, provides the following support:
• Allows you to plan your configuration before you begin your first day of deployment.
• Allows you to insert users and phones in bulk through the Cisco Business Edition 3000 Administrative
Interface after your initial deployment.
To quickly import (add) your configuration data to Cisco Business Edition 3000 after you plug in your Cisco
Business Edition 3000 server, you can enter your data and then upload the Cisco-provided .xls data configuration
file to the server from a USB flash drive or your desktop when you run the Cisco Business Edition 3000 First
Time Setup Wizard. If you upload the file, you bypass the configuration pages in the Cisco Business Edition
3000 First Time Setup Wizard, and the wizard immediately takes you to the Summary page where you can
confirm your data.
After the server restarts at the end of the Cisco Business Edition 3000 First Time Setup Wizard, you can log
into the Cisco Business Edition 3000 Administrative Interface and verify that you data got added to Cisco
Business Edition 3000. If you include user and phone data in the Cisco-provided .xls data configuration file,
the Cisco Business Edition 3000 Administrative Interface allows you to import the users and phones and then
informs you of import errors for users and phones.
If you do not want to upload the Cisco-provided .xls data configuration file when you run the Cisco
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Business Edition 3000 First Time Setup Wizard, consider entering your data in the file and using it as a
guide when you manually enter the information in the GUIs.
For example, during your initial deployment, you inserted 25 users and phones; now, you must insert 25 more
users and phones. To accomplish this task, you can modify the Cisco-provided .xls data configuration file
that you used for automatic set up during the Cisco Business Edition 3000 First Time Setup Wizard or you
can obtain a new Cisco-provided .xls data configuration file and add your new users and phones to that new
spreadsheet.
Make sure that you have installed the appropriate country-pack .cop files during the automatic setup of the
Cisco Business Edition 3000 First Time Setup Wizard. From Release 8.6(3) onwards, you can localized
spreadsheets provided your local browser matches the locale of the spreadsheet being uploaded. The localized
spreadsheet contains texts and drop-down fields in the locale that you have chosen from the language drop-down
list box.
Be aware that when you download the localized spreadsheet on the Cisco Business Edition 3000, the
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options in the Advanced Options drop-down menu for various functionalities may remain in English. Only
the non-technical texts and the non-reserved strings will be translated to the chosen locale. For example,
PRI 4ESS, PRI 5E8, SFTP, CentralSite, and Remote Site remains in English.
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