Chapter 11: Upgrading Ip Phone Configuration And Firmware Files; Overview - Avaya G350 Installing And Upgrading

Chapter 11: Upgrading IP phone configuration and
This chapter describes how to upgrade the firmware and configuration files for IP phones using
the G350 TFTP server and includes the following sections:
Overview. An overview of upgrading the configuration and firmware files for IP phones
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Administering the
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TFTP IP telephone upgrade
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three types of IP phones
Upgrading
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If you have an S8300 installed in the G350, you can alternatively upgrade IP
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phones using the CM web pages.
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You can also upgrade IP phones using Avaya IW or GIW, as described in
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Appendix C: Running the Avaya Installation Wizard (Avaya IW)
Appendix D: Running the Gateway Installation Wizard (GIW)

Overview

The Avaya G350 Media Gateway supports Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) downloading of
configuration files and firmware files for IP phones. TFTP can be used to download image files,
upgrade scripts, and settings files to IP phones. The TFTP server stores the files and supports
requests to read files from the TFTP Server outgoing directory for phone images and scripts.
This document describes CLI procedures for downloading the files for IP phone upgrade from
the G350 TFTP server.
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An alternative tool, the Avaya Software Update Manager (4.0 or higher), is a GUI
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application that greatly simplifies the IP phone upgrade process, avoiding the
need to know the file names of the necessary upgrade files for each IP phone
type. For further information, see Avaya Software Update Manager User Guide,
14-300168.
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The IP address of the TFTP server is the PMI.
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firmware files
Upgrade. Step-by-step instructions for upgrading IP phones
example. A complete example of performing upgrades for
Considerations. Additional information for performing an upgrade
on page 147 and
on page 195.
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