[cisco-voip] remove old phone models from choices

[lelio at uoguelph.ca]

Quoting Bill Simon <bills at psu.edu>:

> 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.