Creating Your Configuration Plan - Avaya 3641 Installation, Configuration And Administration

Part C: Handset Administration Tool
3.5

Creating Your Configuration Plan

Although not necessary for using the Handset Administration Tool, a configuration plan
can maximize its efficiency and save countless hours of handset option management. An
example of a configuration plan is provided on page 107.
Organize the plan
Determine which options should be categorized as each type – system, group or user.
Generally, system options are listed on the Network tab, group options are on the PTT tabs
and user options are on the profile tabs. The Phone Config tab contains a mix of user and
system types.
Do not create a plan that saves an option in two different categories. Option
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categories should be established and should not overlap. Example: Speakerphone
and Push-to-talk settings are typically tagged as Grp options and saved as Group
files.
Create the options and save the settings
Once you have established which options will be categorized as System, Group or User,
enter the configuration information into the Editable settings fields.
Start with the System options and enter all system-level field values, such as IP
addresses, security, and reg domain. Click the Sys radio button on the left side of the
window for each option. Save these settings as a System file by entering a descriptive
filename in the System filename field and clicking Save As. See the example on the next
page.
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Note that when a setting is changed, the option label is highlighted in green until
it is saved.
In the same way, create each Group plan by entering the values in the fields designated as
Group types. Click the Grp radio button on the left side of the window for each option.
Save each plan under a different name in the Group filename field. You may have several
groups – possibly divided by sets of PTT users.
It is recommended that you establish one generic User file that has the default (or desired)
values for each User field. Click the Usr radio button on the left side of the window for
each option and save the generic user file.
If desired, user settings can be saved for each user, if desired, as each handset is
configured. If you determine that each handset configuration should be saved, it is easiest
to do this during the configuration process. See Downloading a configuration plan to a
handset, below.
Alternately, you can upload options from a correctly-configured handset; copy them to the
Editable settings column, categorize them and save them. See Uploading a configuration
plan from a handset below.
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