Cisco Prime and IP Phones

Within Cisco Prime Infrastructure IP phones are not counted with regards to licensing. This is because Cisco Prime Infrastructure does not manage IP phones. Here is a link which details the devices which can be managed with Prime Infrastructure: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12239/products_device_support_tables_list.html.

I am told there is a limited amount of management which can be done to IP phones within Prime infrastructure if you know what you are doing but for a comprehensive UC management solution see below:

In order to manage IP phones, you will need to have Cisco Prime Collaboration, which does count the IP phones for licenses. For more information regarding Prime Collaboration licensing, please refer to http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/netmgtsw/ps6491/ps12363/guide_c07-728239.html.