Avaya 96Xx Series Ip Phone Configuration; 96Xx Series Ip Phone Firmware; Configuring Avaya 96Xx Series Ip Phone - Nortel Contivity 110 Application Notes

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VAYA 96XX SERIES IP PHONE CONFIGURATION
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4.1

96xx series IP Phone Firmware

The Avaya 96xx series (3.1) VPN-Enabled IP Phone firmware must be installed on the phone prior to the phone
being deployed in the remote location. Refer to [1] and [2] for details on installing 96xx series IP Phone
firmware. The firmware version of Avaya IP telephones can be identified by viewing the version displayed on
the phone upon boot up or when the phone is operational by selecting the Options hard button
Settings soft button Miscellaneous
displayed denotes the installed firmware version.
As displayed in Table 1, 96xx series IP Phone firmware includes "3_1" in the name. This allows for easy
identification of firmware versions incorporating VPN capabilities.
4.2

Configuring Avaya 96xx series IP Phone

The Avaya 96xx series IP Phone configuration can be administered centrally from an HTTP server through
46xxsettings.txt file (mentioned in section 5.3) or locally on the phone. These Application Notes utilize the local
phone configuration method. Refer to [1] and [2] for details on a centralized configuration.
1. There are two methods available to access the VPN Configuration Options menu from the 96xx series IP
Phone.
[A]. During Telephone Boot: -
During the 96xx series IP Phone boot up, "*" key can be used to enter the Configuration mode is displayed on
the telephone screen as shown below.
(Please note that the "*" key can also be used to enter the configuration mode till tunnel building procedures is
not complete). When the * key is pressed, it will ask for "Enter Code:" we need to Press Mute Button +
PROCPSWD (default 27238) (Mute + 2-7-2-3-8 + #) and then press # to Enter into the phone configuration
mode.
Go to "ADDR" (Address Procedures) and update it with the below details.
Phones IP Address
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www.support.avaya.com,
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soft button
100 Mbps Ethernet
* to program
0.0.0.0 (Will be assigned from the IP pool configured on the VPN gateway or
by the Internal DHCP server if the VPN gateway is configured as DHCP
Relay).
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