Steps Needed To Configure The Cisco Ata; Basic Configuration Steps In A Tftp Server Environment - Cisco ATA 186 Administrator's Manual

Chapter 3 Configuring the Cisco ATA for H.323
If you are using the voice configuration menu to set the parameters, you must convert hexadecimal values
Note
to decimal values. For example, the OpFlags setting of 0x00000052 is equivalent to 82 in decimal
format, and the VLANSetting of 0x01cc002b is equivalent to 30146603 in decimal format.

Steps Needed to Configure the Cisco ATA

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Basic Configuration Steps in a TFTP Server Environment

Table 3-3
H.323 environment, which includes a TFTP server.
Table 3-3 Basic Steps to Configure the Cisco ATA in a TFTP Environment
Action
Download the desired Cisco ATA release software zip file from
1.
the Cisco web site and store it on the TFTP server.
Follow these basic steps to create a unique Cisco ATA
2.
configuration file, which actually entails creating two files:
Create a Cisco ATA configuration text file that contains
a.
parameters that are common to all Cisco ATAs in your
network.
Create a unique Cisco ATA configuration text file that
b.
contains parameters that are specific to a Cisco ATA.
Make sure to use an include command in the unique
configuration file to pull in values from the common
configuration file.
c. Convert the unique configuration file to binary format.
d. Place the unique binary configuration file on the TFTP server.
Optionally, create a default configuration file called
3.
atadefault.cfg, which the Cisco ATA will download from the
TFTP server only if the unique Cisco ATA file called
ata<macaddress> does not exist on the TFTP server.
4. Configure the upgradecode parameter so that the Cisco ATA will
obtain the correct signaling image from the TFTP server when the
Cisco ATA powers up.
Configure the desired interval for the Cisco ATA to contact the
5.
TFTP server to check for a configuration-file update or an
upgrade of the signaling image file.
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Basic Configuration Steps in a TFTP Server Environment, page 3-5
Basic Configuration Steps in a Non-TFTP Server Environment, page 3-6
shows the basic steps for configuring the Cisco ATA and making it operational in a typical
Cisco ATA 186 and Cisco ATA 188 Analog Telephone Adaptor Administrator's Guide (H.323)
Steps Needed to Configure the Cisco ATA
Reference
Setting Up the TFTP Server with Cisco ATA
Software, page 3-7
Creating Unique and Common Cisco ATA
Configuration Files, page 3-8
atadefault.cfg Configuration File, page 3-12
Upgrading the Signaling Image from a TFTP Server,
page 8-1
Setting Up User IDs for the Cisco ATA, page 4-3
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