Downloading Software Packages - Avaya H.323 9608 Installation And Management Manual

Maintaining 9600 Series IP Deskphones
Note:
When you download the application file from the Avaya support Web site, ensure you are
downloading the correct version. One version enables VPN and media encryption
functionality, while the other disables those functions.
Note:
Settings files are not included in the software distribution packages because the files
overwrite the existing file and settings.
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.
Note:
You can use one settings file for all your Avaya IP phones including the 9600 Series
IP phones covered in this document and in the Administering Avaya IP phone H.323
9608, 9608G, 9611G, 9621G, and 9641G, and 4600 Series IP phones, as covered in
the 4600 Series IP Telephone LAN Administrator Guide, 555-233-507.

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,
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
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respectively if you want to specify a port the phones must use to communicate with
the file server.
an inappropriate binary or configuration file on the server. The only system values
that can be used in the Conditional statement are: BOOTNAME, GROUP,
MACADDR, MODEL, and SIG.
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