User's Manual

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone Installation and Administration Guide
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USING A DEVICE MANAGEMENT SERVER
Using Device management facilitates the upgrading and conguration of multiple
conference phones. To use this feature, the Device management needs to be enabled
(default) and congured and the appropriate les must be located on a server reachable from
all phones, here called a device management server.
The conguration and rmware download are controlled with a congurable frequency. The
default value is once every 30 minutes. (Note: The interval can only be edited directly in the
conguration le.)
Conguration priorities
Because the same conguration parameters can be entered in multiple locations, there is
a need for priorities. The local conguration les have the highest priority followed by the
global conguration le. Conguration entered on the unit itself, via the web interface or
directly on the phone, is overridden the next time the conguration les are downloaded.
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Note one exception. Phone language entered on the unit will take precedence.
Files on the device management server
Global conguration le
The global conguration le contains the basic conguration – all settings that are common
for all conference phones on your location. The easiest way to create this le is simply to
congure one phone and export the conguration le or use the built in conguration le
creator.
The default name for this le is avayab179.xml, but it is possible to create a custom name
by using the pagename element in the conguration le. It is also possible to refer to a cgi,
php, asp, js or jsp le, instead of the xml le, if this is declared using the type element in the
conguration le.
Local conguration le
The local conguration le contains conguration parameters that are unique for every
conference phone. The settings in this le takes precedence over the settings in the global
conguration le. The default name for this le is avaya-<MAC>.xml, where <MAC> is the
MAC address of the specic conference phone. The MAC address should be written without
colons.
It is possible to create a custom name by using the pagename element in the conguration
le. It is also possible to refer to a cgi, php, asp, js or jsp le, instead of the xml le, if this is
declared using the type element in the conguration le.