Using Smart Add Phone

The Smart Add Phone feature is only available at a site hierarchy node.

  1. Log in as an administrator.

  2. Choose Subscriber Management > Smart Add Phone. A pop-up window opens to navigate to the site at which the phone is to be added.

  3. Choose the Phone Template value that matches the phone to add. The Phone Product and Protocol values are input automatically and become read-only.

  4. Optionally choose a non-default Phone Button Template value for the phone, if one is available.

    You can override the default Phone Button Template value by entering a custom value in the Phone Button Template field. The entered value will be applied on Unified CM if the Unified CM allows it for that phone type.

  5. Based on the selected phone template, the Device Name prefix is added for the phone. Complete the device name.

  6. The INI Enabled field shows if the Internal Number Inventory is enabled for the site or not and the Default Line Partition field indicates which default line partition has been set in the Site Defaults doc. Optionally add one or more lines to associate to the phone.

    The Lines input is enabled if the default Route Partition value for the site has been set in the site’s Site Defaults Doc.

    • If the INI Enabled is YES, then choose a number from the drop-down list of numbers from the Internal Number Inventory. Numbers that are marked as used, are also shown. Lines that are selected, have additional properties set according to the Site Defaults Doc for the site.
    • If the INI Enabled field is NO, then the list of numbers are those Directory Numbers on Unified CM with the Route Partition matching the site. You can choose a number from the drop-down or add a custom number that is not in the drop-down list, in other words, you can type in a number. Lines that are added have additional properties set according to the Site Defaults Doc for the site.

  7. Click Save.

Choose Subscriber Management > Phones to see and modify the phone that is added using the Smart Add Phone feature. Added lines are shown on the Lines tab of the Phones input form.