Bulk Administration Tool (BAT) jobs always require (1) an uploaded data file that lists the items to be provisioned, formatted as comma-separated values (CSV), and (2) at least one BAT template (for example, a Phone/Device template) that supplies default parameter values for every item in the CSV file. After the template is built and the CSV file is uploaded through Bulk Administration → Upload/Download Files, the administrator runs the Insert/Update job, which reads the template and the CSV file to populate the Cisco UCM database.

A. BAT never accepts Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) files; only CSV is supported.
B. “Server template” is not a BAT object; templates exist for phones, users, gateways, etc.
D. XML files are used by AXL/CCI but not by BAT for bulk inserts.

1. Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide, Release 14—“CSV Data File Overview,” pp. 7-5 to 7-6.

2. Same Guide—“Create a Phone Template,” pp. 5-1 to 5-4.

3. Cisco Press: “Implementing Cisco IP Telephony and Video, Part 1 (CIPTV1) Foundation Learning Guide,” 2nd ed., Chapter 11 “Bulk Administration,” pp. 392-395, ISBN 9781587144677.