Downloading Software Packages - Avaya J169 Installing And Administering

Two configuration files are:
• The upgrade file, that notifies the phone to upgrade software. The phone attempts to read
this file after a reset. The upgrade file also contains directions to the settings file.
• The settings file contains the option settings that enable, disable, or otherwise customize the
settings you might need to tailor the Avaya IP phones for your enterprise.
You can use one settings file for all your Avaya IP deskphones.
The H.323 IP Sonic deskphones with hardware version lesser than 3 support SHA-2 image
signatures only and therefore any upgrade from pre R6.6.1 to R 6.6.2 will be done automatically.
The H.323 IP Sonic deskphones with hardware version greater than 3 support only R6.6.2 and
above.

Downloading software packages

You can use the upgrade file and the application files included in the Software Distribution
Package that Avaya provides to upgrade the phones. Do not modify the upgrade files. You must
save all the essential files on your file server. When you download a new release onto a file server
that has an existing release:
1. Stop the file server.
2. Administer the required port setting in HTTPPORT or TLSPORT for HTTP or TLS,
respectively if you want to specify a port the phones must use to communicate with the file
server.
Note:
IP phone H.323 v6.6.2 and later do not support HTTPS with MV_IPTEL or IIS 6. It is
recommended to upgrade to the current version of an HTTPS server that supports TLS
1.2.
3. Back up all the current file server directories as applicable.
4. Copy the 46xxsettings.txt file to a backup location.
5. Remove all the files in the download directory. This ensures that you do not have an
inappropriate binary or configuration file on the server. The only system values that can be
used in the Conditional statement are: GROUP, MACADDR, MODEL, MODEL4,
VPNACTIVE, and SIG_IN_USE.
Download the self-extracting executable file or the corresponding zip file.
6. Extract all the files.
7. Copy the 46xxsettings.txt file back into the download directory.
8. Check the Readme file for release-specific information.
9. Modify the 46xxsettings.txt file as required.
May 2018 Installing and Administering Avaya J169/J179 IP Phone H.323
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