File Server Options - Avaya 1600 Series Installation Manual

1.14 File Server Options

During installation and maintenance, the phones download various
requests files for an HTTPS server first. If it gets no response, it then tries to obtain the files from an HTTP server. The
address of the server to use is provided as part of the DHCP response that the phone received from the DHCP server. If
the IP Office system is being used as the DHCP server, the file server address is set as part of the IP Office configuration.
For phones installed using static addressing, the file server address is one of the addresses entered during installation.
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Each phone will attempt to request files from the file server every time it is restarted. However, if the phone does
not receive any response, it will continue restarting using the existing files that it has in its own memory. Therefore
there is no requirement for the file server to be permanently available after initial installation.
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The phones also use a server for the
address for this server is defined by a separate address set found in the 46xxsettings.txt file. It is not necessarily
the same server that is used for the phone firmware. However, for IP Office operation, the address of the IP Office
server is recommended for use as the backup/restore file server.
The following options are available for the file server for IP phones being installed on an IP Office system.
File Server Description
IP Office Manager When running, IP Office Manager can act as a
HTTP/TFTP server for file requests from IP
phones.
IP500 V2 For IP Office control units fitted with a memory
Memory Card card, that card can be used to provided the
software files. For IP500 V2 control units the
System SD card is a mandatory item and is
pre-loaded with the phone firmware files during
card creation and upgrades. Various other files
can be
not present on the memory card.
IP Office Server For IP Office systems, the IP Office application
Edition/IP Office can act as the file server. The phone firmware
Select files are installed onto the server as part of the
IP Office installation. Various other files can be
auto-generated
present on the memory card.
3rd Party 3rd Party HTTP/TFTP file server software is
Software available from many sources including Avaya.
1. Within a IP Office Server Edition/IP Office Select network, the servers (other than an IP500 V2 Expansion) can act
as file server for the systems full capacity of phones. However, the rate at which updated firmware delivery is
supported depends on the server type as follows. If upgrade performance above these figures is required, an
external HTTP/S file server can be used.
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Dell R220: 100 phones per 50 minutes.
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HP DL360G7: 200 phones per 50 minutes.
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Dell R630: 300 phones per 50 minutes.
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OVA: Up to 300 phones per 50 minutes.
2. For IP Office Release 9.0, for IP Office systems acting as the file server, HTTP redirection can be applied to
redirect 9608, 9611, 9621 and 9641 phone requests for .bin files to a separate HTTP server.
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backup and restoration
auto-generated by the IP Office if
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