Can I set up Cisco ip phones with H323 and no CM?

[jxande8]

I know that I can set up an H.323 network with analog phones and a few FX ports but is it possible to set up a H.323 network with Cisco IP phones which need load info, tftp, ip add, Def Gateway info, etc. without having a Call Manager or using SIP?
Is this not the way SRST works? Doesn't SRST fall back to H.323? So wouldn't it be feasible to bypass the CM and just do a H.323 IPT/ VOIP network?

Thanks in advance for any information.

 

[pndscm]

For SRST to work, the phones have to have previously talked to CCM to get their configuration. What you are looking for is CallManager Express-type functionality. There you configure each phone in the router by MAC address, etc.
Cisco had an IOS version that included IP-Keyswitch a couple years ago as a keysystem substitute but I don't think it was ever officially released. It evolved into CallManager Express.

 

[rtfmdude]

you can pick up h323 loads for your phones (haven't checked in awhile, but I'm sure they're still there at cisco.com/software ) just like you can run an h323 load on an ATA-186 or 188.

Yeah, and SRST is NOT h323. the phones still communicate via SCCP to the router, which is an evolved version of SRST.