[cisco-voip] remove old phone models from choices

[Bill Simon]

Anybody got any good alternatives to CUPM ... we really need a product 
like this but so far haven't had any success with CUPM in test and this 
rumored price tag isn't going to help the situation either.

lelio at uoguelph.ca wrote:
> I think the 7 digit price tag has something to do with it. ;)
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting "Frazee, Timothy" <Timothy_Frazee at adp.com>:
> 
>> That's what I figured. And that's fine. I don't hear much about the
>> Provisioning Manager, is it a weak product or just not much talk about
>> it?
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Wes Sisk [mailto:wsisk at cisco.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:22 PM
>> To: Frazee, Timothy
>> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] remove old phone models from choices
>>
>>
>>
>> I am not aware of anything in the native admin interface to remove
>> devices.  Other choices:
>> 1. create a template device and just copy it. this is available in
>> CCMAdmin
>> 2. have BAT profiles built for std phone configs then just BAT insert
>> phone.  Even thought you may only insert 1 phone it forces that phone to
>> use known template
>> 3. use AXL to write your own admin interface
>> 4. Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager - i'm not clear on the specifics
>> in that product
>>
>> /Wes
>>
>> Frazee, Timothy wrote:
>>
>> Group,
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way to remove phone models from being a choice as
>> a phone to add to the system?
>>
>>
>>
>> Let's say that I never, ever intend on adding 7910s to a system. Is
>> there somewhere I can config/tweak to prevent that from showing up as an
>> option. Not a security thing, more like if I only intend on having 3
>> model of phone ever on a system I don't have to look at 30 plus when
>> adding a phone.