File Server Options - Avaya IP Office H.323 Telephone Installation Manual

1.13 File Server Options

During installation and maintenance, the phones download various
requests files for an HTTPS server first. If it gets no response, it then tries to obtain the files from an HTTP server. 4600
and 5600 Series phones will then try TFTP. The address of the server to use is provided as part of the DHCP response
that the phone received from the DHCP server. If the IP Office system is being used as the DHCP server, the file server
address is set as part of the IP Office configuration. For phones installed using static addressing, the file server address is
one of the addresses entered during installation.
· Each phone will attempt to request files from the file server every time it is restarted. However, if the phone does
not receive any response, it will continue restarting using the existing files that it has in its own memory.
Therefore there is no requirement for the file server to be permanently available after initial installation.
· The IP Office system is currently not supported as a file server for 9608, 9611, 9621, and 9641 phones.
This also applies to using the IP Office Manager application acting as the file server. These phones are
only supported when using a 3rd-party file server.
· The phones also use a server for the
address for this server is defined by a separate address set found in the 46xxsettings.txt file. It is not
necessarily the same server that is used for the phone firmware. However, for IP Office operation, the address of
the IP Office server is recommended for use as the backup/restore file server.
The following options are available for the file server for IP phones being installed on an IP Office system.
File Server Description
IP Office Manager When running, IP Office Manager can act as a
HTTP/TFTP server for file requests from IP
phones.
IP Office Unit For IP Office control units fitted with an
Memory Card additional memory card, that card can be
used to provided the software files. For IP500
V2 control units the System SD card is a
mandatory item and is pre-loaded with the
phone firmware files during card creation and
upgrades. Various other files can be
auto-generated
present on the memory card.
3rd Party 3rd Party HTTP/TFTP file server software is
Software available from many sources including Avaya.
Control Unit Memory Card
The memory card used with IP500 and IP500 V2 systems can be used to store files including those used by Avaya IP
Phones.
· Non-Avaya supplied Compact Flash memory cards can be used for this type of file storage. However, they will not
support embedded voicemail.
· If an Avaya supplied memory card is used, any files stored in this way will reduce the message storage capacity of
the Compact Flash memory card.
· The IP500 V2 control unit requires a System SD card at all times. During creation of this card, a full set of IP
Office firmware files including those used by Avaya IP phones is placed onto the card.
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firmware files . In order to do this, a phone
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