Automatic Provisioning Using Usb Flash Drive - AudioCodes Mediant 800B MSBR User Manual

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Automatic Provisioning using USB Flash Drive

The device can be automatically provisioned using an external USB hard drive or flash
drive (disk on key) connected to its USB port. In order to do this, you need to create a CLI
script file named "ac_autorun.txt" that contains your desired configuration based on CLI
commands, and then save it to your USB flash drive. Once you plug the USB flash drive
into the device's USB port, the device automatically runs the commands in the
"ac_autorun.txt" file, line-by-line similar to a Telnet connection (CLI session).
The CLI script file can contain any type of configuration - system, voice, and/or data-router.
This can include, for example, automatic update settings such as URLs from where
software and auxiliary files can be downloaded. URLs can also point to the USB flash drive
itself, where the files to be downloaded are located. The CLI script file can also include
commands that are related to device status and diagnostics such as show and debugging
commands. The device provides you with the results (CLI output) of running these
commands in a text file named ac_output.txt, which it sends to the USB flash drive upon
completion of the process. Therefore, you can also use this tool for fast-and-easy
troubleshooting. Note that the ac_output.txt file also includes the CLI output of the
configuration commands, providing you feedback on the success or failure of each
command.
As the device treats the commands in the ac_autorun.txt file as a regular console input, the
CLI script must be written in the same format as if you are in a "live" CLI session with the
device, but without the CLI prompts. In other words, you need to provide the following:

Login credentials for accessing the CLI session and the "privileged" (enabled) mode.

Full path to each command, including navigation between commands using the exit
command for leaving command paths.
An example of a CLI script format in the ac_autorun.txt file is shown below. The example
provides basic configuration of the device for the administrator to log on remotely. The
configuration sets the WAN Gigabit Ethernet interface IP address to 100.0.10.10 and
allows SSH connection from the WAN interface.
Admin
Admin
en
Admin
configure data
interface GigabitEthernet 0/0
ip address 100.0.10.10 255.255.0.0
exit
exit
configure system
cli-terminal
exit
exit
reload now
The CLI output of the above example which the device sends to the USB flash drive in the
ac_output file is shown below:
Welcome to AudioCodes CLI
Username: Admin
Password:
MSBR> en
Password:
Version 6.8
set ssh on
set wan-ssh-allow on
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