Chapter 1: Introduction; About This Guide; Intended Audience - Avaya one-X Installation And Maintenance Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

About This Guide

This guide describes how to install and maintain the 9600 Series IP Telephones in a Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP) environment.
The 9600 Series IP Telephones product line supports two signaling protocols, the Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the H.323 protocol. Both of the following must be installed to use
9600 Series IP Telephones with the SIP protocol:
Avaya Communication Manager Release 4.0 and greater, and
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SIP Enablement Session (SES) software Release 4.0 and greater.
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Note:
Any reference to HTTP in this guide applies equally to HTTPS.
Note:
When running the 9600 Series IP Telephones in an H.323 environment see the
Avaya one-X™ Deskphone Edition for 9600 Series IP Telephones Installation
and Maintenance Guide for installation and maintenance information.
This document does not cover administration for Avaya Distributed Office. Full
documentation for Avaya Distributed Office is available on the Avaya support
Web site, www.avaya.com/support.

Intended Audience

This document is intended for personnel who install and administer the 9600 Series SIP IP
Telephones.
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CAUTION:
Avaya does not support many of the products mentioned in this document. Take
CAUTION:
care to ensure that there is adequate technical support available for the servers
involved, including, but not necessarily limited to, HTTP, HTTPS, and DHCP
servers. If the servers are not functioning correctly, the IP telephones might not
be able to operate correctly.
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