Phone Addition Methods; Add Phones Individually - Cisco 7821 Administration Manual

Phone Addition Methods

Note
Step 17 Associate a user with a user group. Select User Management > User Settings > Access Control Group.
Assigns users a common list of roles and permissions that apply to all users in a user group. Administrators
can manage user groups, roles, and permissions to control the level of access (and, therefore, the level of
security) for system users. For more information, see
In order for end users to access the Cisco Unified Communications Self Care Portal, you must add users to
the standard Cisco Communications Manager End Users group.
For more information, see "End user setup" and "Access control group setup" in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration Guide.
Phone Addition Methods
After you install the Cisco IP Phone, you can choose one of the following options to add phones to the Cisco
Unified Communications Manager database.
• Add phones individually using the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
• Add multiple phones using the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT)
• Autoregistration
• BAT and the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support (TAPS)
Adding phones individually or using BAT require you to identify the MAC address for the phone. For more
information, see
For more information about the Bulk Administration Tool, see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Bulk Administration Guide.
Related Topics
Enable Autoregistration for Phone, on page 34

Add Phones Individually

Collect the MAC address and phone information for the phone that you will add to the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager.
Procedure
Step 1 In Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, choose Device > Phone and click Add New.
Step 2 Select the phone type.
Step 3 Select Next.
Step 4
If requested, select the Protocol and click Next.
Step 5 Complete the information about the phone including the MAC Address.
Cisco IP Phone 7821, 7841, and 7861 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 10.0
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Some phones, such as those in conference rooms, do not have an associated
user.
Determine Phone MAC Address, on page
Add User to End User Group, on page
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