Automating Configuration; Dhcp Settings; Server Settings - ADTRAN IP 700 Series Administrator's Manual

IP 700 Series Phone Administrator Guide
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AUTOMATING CONFIGURATION

Many installations use DHCP and configuration files to automate setting parameters for ADTRAN's IP
phones. This section describes how to use DHCP and configuration files for this purpose. When an IP 700
Series phone boots, it downloads one or more configuration files and begins operation using the
parameters received in the files. When more than one source exists for a parameter, it is important to
understand the order of precedence assigned to each source. Refer to Precedence of Parameter Sources on
page 19 for more information.

DHCP Settings

DHCP can be used to provide the following settings to the IP phone:
• IP address (IpAddress)
• Subnet mask (SubNetMask)
• Router IP address (GatewayAddress)
• DNS address (DnsAddress)
• FTP/TFTP server address (FtpServers, TftpServers)
If a site-specific DHCP option is set, it provides an FTP/TFTP server address from which to retrieve
configuration files. Setting these parameters is explained further in Server Settings below. The ADTRAN
IP 700 Series phones use the site-specific DHCP option 157 to specify the value of the following
parameters:
• FtpServers
• TftpServers
• VlanTagging
• VlanID
• FtpLogin
• FtpPassword
Each parameter must contain a <name>=<value> pair. For example:
FtpServers=192.168.0.10, FtpLogin=Toledo, FtpPassword=Ohio

Server Settings

A path to the configuration files' location on the FTP/TFTP server is necessary for automatic configuration
to take place. The path is indicated using the FtpServers and TftpServers parameters. The value of either
TftpServers or FtpServers must be manually set using the administrator's Web interface, phone's user
interface, or DHCP option 157. FtpServers and TftpServers are mutually exclusive. One or the other
must be specified, but not both.
The following is an example of this parameter setting:
FtpServers=192.168.0.10:config-directory.
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