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4. Create configuration files and edit them as desired.
5. Copy the configuration files and resource files to the provisioning server.
For more information on how to deploy phones using boot files and configuration files, refer to
Deploying Phones from the Provisioning Server on page 99.
Note
Deploying Phones from the Provisioning Server
The parameters in the new downloaded configuration files will override the duplicate
parameters in files downloaded earlier. During auto provisioning, Skype for Business phones
download the common configuration file first, and then the MAC-Oriented file. Therefore any
parameter in the MAC-Oriented configuration file will override the same one in the common
configuration file.
Yealink supplies configuration files for each phone model, which is delivered with the Skype for
Business phone firmware. The configuration files, supplied with each firmware release, must be
used with that release. Otherwise, configurations may not take effect, and the Skype for Business
phone will behave without exception. Before you configure parameters in the configuration files,
Yealink recommends that you create new configuration files containing only those parameters
that require changes.
To deploy Skype for Business phones from the provisioning server:
1. Create per-phone configuration files by performing the following steps:
a) Obtain a list of phone MAC addresses (the bar code label on the back of the Skype for
Business phone or on the outside of the box).
b) Create per-phone <MAC>.cfg files by using the MAC-Oriented CFG file from the
distribution as templates.
c) Edit the parameters in the file as desired.
2. Create new common configuration files by performing the following steps:
a) Create <y0000000000xx>.cfg files by using the Common CFG file from the distribution
as templates.
b) Edit the parameters in the file as desired.
3. Copy configuration files to the home directory of the provisioning server.
4. Reboot Skype for Business phones to trigger the auto provisioning process.
Skype for Business phones discover the provisioning server address, and then download the
configuration files from the provisioning server.
For more information on configuration files, refer to Configuration Files on page 94. For
protecting against unauthorized access, you can encrypt configuration files. For more
information on encrypting configuration files, refer to Encrypting Configuration Files on page
344.
Typically all phones are configured with the same server account, but the server account provides
a means of conveniently partitioning the configuration. Give each account a unique home
directory on the server and change the configuration on a per-line basis.