Resynchronization-Configuration File Checking; The Provisioning Process - Alcatel Temporis IP150 Manual

Provisioning Using Configuration Files
Provisioning using configuration files is the quickest way to configure multiple phones.
You can place configuration files on a provisioning server, where the phones can retrieve
them and update their configuration automatically.
Configuration files have the extension .cfg and contain parameters that define various
phone settings. To edit a configuration file, open it with a text editor such as Notepad.
Configuration files consist of settings that are grouped into modules. Most of the modules
group their settings in the same way that settings are grouped on the WebUI. For
example, the "time_date" module contains the same settings that are on the Time and
Date WebUI page.
Using the WebUI, you can also import a configuration file and apply the configuration file
settings to that phone. For more information, see Provisioning.
Resynchronization—Configuration File Checking
You can select a number of options to set when the phone checks for new configuration
files. This process of checking for configuration files is called Resynchronization.
Resynchronization options are available on the WebUI Provisioning page, but you can
also include them in a configuration file.
The resynchronization options are:
 Mode—sets the phone to check for a configuration file only, a firmware update file
only, or both types of file.
 Bootup: configuration file checking at reboot is enabled or not
 Remote check-sync—enables you to start a resynchronization remotely using your
hosted server's web portal. If the update includes settings that require the phone
to reboot, the phone will reboot after one minute of inactivity. The Remote check-
sync settings are available only in the configuration file, not the WebUI.
 Repeatedly, at a defined interval from 0 (disabled) to 65535 minutes (45 days).

The Provisioning Process

The phone's automatic provisioning process is as follows:
1. Find configuration server location. The phone will try to fetch its configuration
information from the URLs indicated in the DHCP options (if enabled), following the
priority set for opts 66, 159, 160. If the download is not successful, then it will try the
fixed url set at "Provisioning server string"
2. Download the configuration files.
The phone fetches the following two files:
 General file: <model>.cfg
 MAC-specific file: <model>_<MAC Address>.cfg
Thus, for Temporis IP150 the files would be Temporis_IP150.cfg and
Temporis_IP150_<MACAddress>.cfg
3. Check updates. The phone maintains a list of the last loaded provisioning files and
their digital signature. The phone compares its current configuration against the files
it finds on the provisioning server.
4. If any of the changed settings require the phone to restart, the phone restarts.
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