Administrative Tasks - Avaya 9608 Administrator's Manual

Administration Overview and Requirements
3. Controllers in the settings file parameter SIP_CONTROLLER_LIST. The first element of
the parameter has the highest precedence within the parameter.
4. Controllers in the DHCP option 242 parameter SIP_CONTROLLER_LIST. The first
element of the parameter has the highest precedence within the parameter.
The ordering of the list of Configured Controllers defines the priority of the controllers; the first
element of the list is the highest priority, the last element is the lowest priority. The phone
removes any (duplicate) entries in the list of Configured Controllers that have an identical server
IP address or DNS name regardless of the specified transport type and/or port number.

Administrative tasks

The following list depicts administration for a typical 9600 Series SIP deskphone network. Your
own configuration might differ depending on the servers and system you have in place.
1. Avaya Communication Manager (4.0 or greater) administered for 9600 Series IP
Telephones and SES (SIP Enablement Services; 4.0 or greater) or SM (Session Manager,
5.2 or greater) administered. Avaya Aura
multiple SM environments. See
about release compatibility.
2. LAN and applicable servers (file servers, Network Time server) administered to accept the
deskphones.
3. Telephone software downloaded from the Avaya support site.
4. 46xxsettings file updated with site-specific and SIP-specific information, as applicable.
5. 9600 Series Telephones installed. For more information, see the Avaya one-X™
Deskphone SIP Installation and Maintenance Guide for 9608, 9611G, 9621G, and 9641G
Deskphones (Document Number 16-603604).
6. Individual SIP deskphones updated using Craft procedures, as applicable. For more
information, see "Local Administrative Procedures" in the Avaya one-X™ Deskphone SIP
Installation and Maintenance Guide for 9608, 9611G, 9621G, and 9641G Deskphones
(Document Number 16-603604).
7. Survivability administration to set up the local SIP gateway and administer additional
controllers in the settings file as applicable. Certain gateway configurations require SM 6.0
and Avaya Communication Manager 6.0.
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System Manager must also be administered for
Supported SIP environments on page 45 for information