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Chapter 1      An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Overview of Configuring and Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones
Security Restrictions
A user cannot barge into an encrypted call if the phone that is used to barge is not configured for 
encryption. When barge fails in this case, a reorder tone (fast busy tone) plays on the phone on which 
the user initiated the barge.
If the initiator phone is configured for encryption, the barge initiator can barge into an authenticated or 
nonsecure call from the encrypted phone. After the barge occurs, Cisco
 Unified Communications 
Manager classifies the call as nonsecure.
If the initiator phone is configured for encryption, the barge initiator can barge into an encrypted call, 
and the phone indicates that the call is encrypted.
A user can barge into an authenticated call, even if the phone that is used to barge is nonsecure. The 
authentication icon continues to appear on the authenticated devices in the call, even if the initiator 
phone does not support security.
Overview of Configuring and Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones
When deploying a new IP telephony system, system administrators and network administrators must 
complete several initial configuration tasks to prepare the network for IP
 telephony service. For 
information and a checklist for setting up and configuring a complete Cisco IP telephony network, refer 
to the “System Configuration Overview” chapter in Cisco Unified Communications Manager System 
Guide. 
After you have set up the IP telephony system and configured system-wide features in Cisco Unified 
Communications Manager, you can add IP phones to the system.
The following topics provide an overview of procedures for adding Cisco Unified IP Phones to your 
network:
  • Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, page 1-18
  • Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones, page 1-21
Configuring Cisco Unified IP Phones in Cisco Unified Communications 
Manager
To add phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database, you can use:
  • Auto-registration
  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration 
  • Bulk Administration Tool (BAT) 
  • BAT and the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support (TAPS)
For more information about these choices, see the “Adding Phones to the Cisco 
Unified Communications Manager Database” section on page 2-8.
For general information about configuring phones in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, refer to 
the “Cisco
 Unified IP Phone” chapter in Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide and to 
the “Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuration” chapter in Cisco
 Unified Communications Manager 
Administration Guide.