User's Manual
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone Installation and Administration Guide
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Firmware binary
Place the rmware binary le on the Provisioning server.
Create a Firmware metadata le according to page 49 and place it on the File server
address specied above.
Depending on the server used, and the security settings, there might be necessary to
add the le type .kt to the MIME settings on the server. This is easily checked by trying to
download the kt le from a web browser.
FALL BACK SERVER SUPPORT
Avaya B179 registers concurrently with the primary and secondary proxy servers. The phone
also supports provisioning of a third-party fall back server when a connection with the
primary or secondary server cannot be established. You can congure the third-party server
details by using the web interface and the conguration le.
UPGRADING IN IP OFFICE
Avaya B179 supports the IP Oce check-sync message with le ID 4 for rmware upgrades.
Please see the IP Oce documentation for more information.
HOW TO DO A DOWNGRADE
The only way to “downgrade” – install a previous version of the rmware – is to restore the
rmware to factory default and then install the preferred rmware.