Summary Of The Recommended Phone Configuration And Deployment Procedure - ShoreTel 4500 Installation Manual

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a. VPN Gateway. This should be the IP Address of the VPN Concentrator with
which the phone will connect. Use the digit keys to enter digits and the * key
to enter a period in the IP address (.) Press the # key to complete this entry.
b. VPN Port. [Default value = 443]. This is the port number on the VPN
concentrator that the phone will connect to. Press the # key to accept the default
value or use the digit keys to enter a different port number followed by the # key
to complete this entry.
c. VPN [Default = Off]. This setting enables/disables the VPN feature on the
phone. Press the * key to toggle the current setting if needed. Press the # key to
accept the current setting.
d. VPN User Prompt [Default = Off]. If Enabled the user will be prompted to enter
their VPN user name after a power cycle of the phone. If Disabled, the user name
is saved in non-volatile RAM and is submitted automatically after a power cycle.
This setting does not affect the phone's behavior in which it will automatically
attempt to re-establish the VPN tunnel should it be disconnected while the phone
is powered on.
e. Press the * key to toggle the current setting if needed. Press the # key to accept
the current setting.
VPN Password Prompt [Default = Off]. If Enabled the user will be prompted to
enter their VPN authentication password after a power cycle of the phone. If
Disabled, the password is saved in non-volatile RAM and is submitted
automatically after a power cycle.
This setting does not affect the phone's behavior in which it will automatically
attempt to re-establish the VPN tunnel should it be disconnected while the phone
is powered on.
f.
Press the * key to toggle the current setting if needed. Press the # key to accept
the current setting.
4.2.3 Summary of the Recommended Phone Configuration and
Deployment Procedure
This procedure allows for a turn-key installation of remote phones with minimal user
intervention.
1. Enter the phone's MAC address, associated username and password into the VPN
Concentrator' s database.
2. Configure the phones using the preferred method of MAC address specific configuration
files. Note: since there is no user specific configuration relating to VPN' s , a master
configuration may be created that is then replicated for each MAC address as needed.
3. Power-up the phone on the corporate (local) network with the VPN setting to Off (Refer
to manual setting). This will cache the config file with the VPN settings in the phone.
4. Set VPN to ON via the on-screen Setup menu and verify a successful VPN connection
via a public internet connection.
5. The phone is shipped to remote location and should automatically establish the VPN
connection when connected to the users' s home or remote office network assuming
DHCP operation.
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