Pre-Installation Checklist For Static Addressing; Static Addressing Installation - Avaya 4600 Series Installation Manual

4600 Series IP Telephone Installation Guide

Pre-Installation Checklist for Static Addressing

Before performing static addressing on the 4600 Series IP Telephone, verify that all of the
requirements listed in the
Checklist in Chapter 2
you must have the values for the following parameters. Failure to do so may cause errors during
data entry, which will prevent the telephone from working and may have a negative impact on your
network. Print copies of this checklist for each subnet.
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1. The IP Address of the media server/gatekeeper
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2. The transport layer port number of the Address of the Management Complex (media
server/gatekeeper). Although this may be a value between 0 and 65535, the default
value is 1719 and should not be changed unless this conflicts with an existing port
assignment.
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3. The IP Address of the gateway/router
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4. The IP netmask
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5. The IP Address of the TFTP server

Static Addressing Installation

The usual way to assign IP addresses to IP Telephones is the automatic method described in
Chapter 2, Dynamic Addressing
assignment of IP addresses is desired.
CAUTION:
Static addressing is necessary when a DHCP server is unavailable.
Due to the difficulties associated with static addressing, it is very strongly recommended that
a DHCP server be installed and that static addressing be avoided.
The displays on the 4602, 4602SW, 4610SW, 4612, 4620, 4620SW, 4624, 4630,
4630SW, and 4690 IP Telephones accommodate 24 characters per line. The
display on the 4606 telephone accommodates 16 characters per line. Here and in
the examples below, the example on the left shows the display on the 4602,
4602SW, 4610SW, 4612, 4620, 4620SW, 4624, 4630, 4630SW, and 4690
telephones, and the example on the right shows the display on the 4606 telephone.
If only one example is shown, it applies to all 4600 Series IP Telephones.
Pre-Installation Checklist for Static Addressing
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Requirements to Verify about the Network
have been met (other than item 4 referring to the DHCP server). In addition,
Process. There may be times, however, when manual
section of the Pre-Installation
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