.. _high-level-overview-PBR:

High Level Overview of Phone Based Provisioning
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:ref:`phone-based-registration-feature-reference`

Setup a phone for Phone Based Registration
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In this case we provision a phone with a fake MAC address, e.g. BAT000008012005
using bulk loaders or the VOSS Automate Admin portal. An optional Phone Based
Registration (PBR) device record can be provisioned that provides the following
functionality:

1. Configure a PIN code that can be used to authenticate requests to register phones
   with Phone Based Registration.
#. Assist with unique identification of device to replace where directory numbers
   are not unique within a Call Manager Cluster.


Register a phone with Phone Based Registration
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Assuming the Phone is correctly setup the following steps are required to register
a phone with the Phone Based Registration Add-On.

1. Auto Register a physical phone with Cisco Call Manager.
#. Access the Phone Services Menu on the Auto Registered Phone.
#. Select Register Phone menu option.
#. Enter extension and PIN (if required).
#. Submit request.

This initiates a request to VOSS Automate to replace the configuration of the Auto
Registered Phone with the rich settings defined for the pre-provisioned device with
fake MAC.