[cisco-voip] setting primary phone for Jabber users without a physical phone - licensing

[Anthony Holloway]

We have *not* had DLUs since...

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 1:38 PM Anthony Holloway <
avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com> wrote:

> I might be saying something completely crazy here, but the Primary Phone
> field does nothing for you ever since CUCM 9x User Connect Licenses (UCL).
>
> Here's what the help says for that field:
>
> *Choose the physical phone that will be associated with the application,
> such as IP communicator or Cisco Unified Personal Communicator. When you
> choose a primary phone, the application consumes fewer device license units
> and is considered an "adjunct" license (to the primary phone).*
>
> We have had DLUs since 8x, so, unless you're on version 8.x, you can
> ignore this field.
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 12:29 PM Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm trying to setup an easy to replicate (troubleshoot/reconcile) system
>> in place for our Jabber deployment.
>>
>> We've decided to assign each Jabber device type to each user so there's
>> no end-user support issues when they want to use it on another device
>> and/or move from one device type to another.
>>
>> If I'm not mistaken, in this case, and, in any case where a primary phone
>> is not set, more licenses are used then would need to be. The issue at hand
>> here, is what happens when we deploy Jabber without a physical phone?
>>
>> I'm already finding that the quick/add feature really only works when a
>> phone is configured (although I have to work through that). So, I'm
>> wondering, is it worthwhile to configure a "dummy" phone for Jabber users
>> and set the primary phone for all Jabber clients to this dummy phone? Or
>> should I ask them to pick the CSF jabber device as the primary phone for
>> example?
>>
>> What have others done?
>>
>> Lelio
>>
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