ClearOne MAXAttach IP - Manual (Page 9)

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TFTP P
rovisioning
AUTOMATICALLY PROVISIONING THE MAX IP PHONE
If there are multiple units that to be provisioned with the same settings, the quickest and most seamless way of accom-
plishing this is through TFTP provisioning.
In fact, the MAX IP phone is factory-configured to automatically provision by downloading the appropriate configuration
files from a TFTP server defined by DHCP on bootup. The settings contained in the configuration file override the default
settings stored on the MAX IP phone.
Several configuration files are required to automatically provision the MAX IP phone. These configuration files include:
• Firmware Files
• Phone Settings File
• Phone-specific File
• Dial Plan File
Each phone has it’s own unique MAC address. When a phone system is provisioned, and if the config file was written
with the extension assigned to the respective MAC address for each phone, then nothing needs to be done. See
Keypad Setup, page 28 to manually provision a phone’s extension.
FIRMWARE FILES
When new firmware is released, it is delivered with two files, config.fil and ggsip_all.
The config.fil file contains date and version information, while the ggsip_all file contains the compressed firmware
image.
When a MAX IP phone is plugged into the network, it searches the server to locate these two files. If the phone locates a
newer version of the
config.fil file than is currently installed on the phone, it is downloaded and installed via TFTP.
The phone will then search for the ggsip_all file out on the server. If the phone locates it, it will compare the file date
and firmware version to what is stored on the phone. If the date and/or version are more recent than what is stored on
the phone, the
ggsip_all file will be downloaded and installed on the phone. After the new firmware has loaded, the
MAX IP reboots and the new firmware becomes the active firmware.
If one or both files cannot be located, it will be necessary to provision the phone via the Web Portal (See Web Portal
Provisioning, page 15).
PHONE CONFIGURATION
The MAX IP phones are automatically configured through TFTP by searching for the phone configuration files used to
provision the MAX IP phones:
1. The phone settings file contains general settings used by all MAX IP phones on a network and MUST be named
C1MAXIP.txt.
2. The phone-specific file contains phone-specific settings and is required to be named “ C1MAXIP_MACAddress.
txt”, where MACAddress is the actual hardware Ethernet MAC address found on the label on the bottom of the
phone’s base unit.
Although all of the phone settings can be defined in one of these two files, the general settings found in the phone set-
tings file will be overridden by the settings in the phone-specific file when the MAX IP phone boots. To leave a setting as
is, do not include it in the file; only address those items that are changing.
If the files are not found during the phone boot process, it will be necessary to configure each phone in the system
through the Web Portal (See Web Portal Provisioning, page 15 or Keypad Setup, page 28).
You can edit the files using a general text editor, such as “vi” or “Notepad”. A sample
C1MAXIP.txt file, containing
configuration settings.
» NOTE: Although the phone settings configuration file appears to be well-formed XML, it MUST adhere
to the formatting as defined in the example. Parameter settings CANNOT be spread across multiple
lines. For example:
Valid: < username> admin
Invalid: < username>
admin
username>