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Polycom VVX 1500 C User Manual

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Setting Up the Polycom VVX 1500 C Phone

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The following options are available to configure the phone via DHCP:

• Required Options

Option 3 Router. The standard default router (most DHCP servers will

already have this value).

Option 6 DNS Servers. The standard DNS server entries (most DHCP

servers will already have this value).

Option 15 DNS Domain Name. The standard DNS domain name entry

(most DHCP servers will already have this value).

Option 66 Boot Server Host Name. This value represents the IP

address (or DNS name) of the FTP server for the phones. A full URL

can be specified here. For example,

ftp://username:[email protected]/directory/ .

• Recommended Options

Option 2 Time offset. This option determines the phone’s time zone,

the value (in hexadecimal) is calculated in the number of seconds from

GMT. For example, 14,400 seconds would be +4 hours and converted

to its long hexadecimal version it would be 00003840. Use a negative

number to convert for time values west of GMT. Examples for US time

zones can be found below:

• Eastern Time (-5 GMT) = FFFFB9B0
• Central Time (-6 GMT) = FFFFABA0
• Mountain Time (-7 GMT) = FFFF9D90
• Pacific Time (-8 GMT) = FFFF8F80

Option 42 NTP Servers. This value represents an SNTP capable server

address.

To manually set the DHCP options on the phone:

>>

On your phone, during the boot-up countdown sequence, do the

following:

a

Press the Setup soft key.

b

Enter the administrator password and press the OK soft key.

c

Using the down arrow key, scroll down to DHCP Menu, then press

the Select soft key.

d

Scroll down to Boot Server, then press the Edit soft key.

e

Using the right arrow key, select Static, then press the OK soft key.

f

Scroll down to BootSrv Type, then press the Edit soft key.

Note

The factory administrator password on the phone is 456.