Required Network Information - Avaya 4600 Series Administrator's Manual

Required Network Information

DHCP is the control point where an enterprise controls its IP Telephones. Before administering
DHCP and TFTP, complete the information in
necessary information regarding your network. There may be more than one Gateway, TFTP
server, subnet mask and CLAN in your configuration. You will need a copy of this table for each
DHCP server.
Release 1.5 of the 4600 Series Telephones support the ability to specify a list of IP addresses for a
gateway/router, TFTP server, and DEFINITY CLAN board(s), as explained in
Address Lists and Station Number Portability
characters, with IP addresses separated by commas with no intervening spaces.
When specifying IP addresses for the TFTP server or call server, you can use either dotted
decimal format ("xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx") or DNS names to identify the address(es). If you use DNS, note
that the system value DOMAIN will be appended to the IP addresses you specify. If DOMAIN is
null, the DNS names must be fully qualified, in accordance with IETF RFCs 1034 and 1035.
Table 4-2. Required Network Information Before Installation - Per DHCP Server
1. Gateway (router) IP address(es)
2. TFTP server IP address(es)
3. Subnet mask
4. DEFINITY CLAN IP address(es)
5. DEFINITY CLAN port
6. TFTP server file path
7. Telephone IP address range
From:
To:
In configurations where the upgrade script and application files are in the default directory, item 6
should not be used.
The TFTP server file path is the "root" directory used for all transfers by the server. This is the
default directory which all files will be uploaded to or downloaded from.
4
Table 4-2 below to ensure that you have the
Each list may contain up to 127 total ASCII
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.
Server Administration
Chapter 2, IP
Required Network Information
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