Autoregistration Overview
Autoregistration allows Unified Communications Manager to automatically assign directory numbers to new phones when you plug those phones in to your network.
Autoregistration is enabled on secure mode now. This enhancement provides greater security for your system because you can secure your cluster while provisioning new phones. It also simplifies the registration process because you don't have to disable cluster security to register new phones.
If you create a device pool that allows only 911 (emergency) and 0 (operator) calls, you can use that to prevent unauthorized endpoints from connecting to your network when autoregistration is enabled. New endpoints can register to this pool, but their access is limited. Unauthorized access by rogue devices that continuously boot in and attempt to register to your network is prevented. You can move a phone that has auto-registered to a new location and assign it to a different device pool without affecting its directory number.
The system doesn't know whether the new phones that are auto-registering are running SIP or SCCP, so you must specify this when you enable autoregistration. Devices that support both SIP and SCCP (such as Cisco IP Phones 7911, 7940, 7941, 7960, 7961, 7970, and 7971) auto-register with the protocol that is specified in the enterprise parameter called Auto Registration Phone Protocol.
Devices that support only a single protocol will auto-register with that protocol. The Auto Registration Phone Protocol setting is ignored. For example, any Cisco IP Phones that support SCCP only will autoregister with SCCP even if the Auto Registration Phone Protocol parameter is set to SIP.
We recommend that you use autoregistration to add fewer than 100 phones to your network. To add more than 100 phones, use the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT). For more information, see Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/unified-communications/unified-communications-manager-callmanager/products-maintenance-guides-list.html.