Automatic Provisioning; Automatic Configuration Methods; Dhcp-Based Provisioning - AudioCodes Mediant 4000 SBC User Manual

CHAPTER 40 Automatic Provisioning
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Automatic Provisioning

This chapter describes automatic provisioning of the device.

Automatic Configuration Methods

The device supports the following automatic provisioning methods:
■ DHCP (Option 160)
■ HTTP/S
■ TFTP
■ FTP
■ SNMP (AudioCodes OVOC)

DHCP-based Provisioning

A third-party DHCP server can be configured to automatically provide each device, acting as a
DHCP client, with a temporary IP address so that individual MAC addresses are not required. The
DHCP server can provide additional networking parameters such as subnet mask, default
gateway, primary and secondary DNS server, and two SIP server addresses. These network
parameters have a time limit, after which the device must 'renew' its lease from the DHCP server.
The device can use a host name in the DHCP request. The host name is set to acl_nnnnn, where
nnnnn
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To enable the device as a DHCP client:
1. Open the Network Settings page (Setup menu > IP Network tab > Advanced folder >
Network Settings).
2. From the 'Enable DHCP" drop-down list, select Enable.
3. Click Apply.
4. To activate the DHCP process, reset the device.
The following shows an example of a configuration file for a Linux DHCP server (dhcpd.conf). The
devices are allocated temporary IP addresses in the range 10.31.4.53 to 10.31.4.75. TFTP is
assumed to be on the same computer as the DHCP server (alternatively, the "next- server"
directive may be used).
ddns-update-style ad-hoc;
default-lease-time 60;
max-lease-time 60;
class "gateways" {
match if(substring(hardware, 1, 3) = 00:90:8f);
When using DHCP to acquire an IP address, VLANs and other advanced
configuration options are disabled.
For additional DHCP parameters, see DHCP Parameters.
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