Understand The Master Configuration File - Polycom CX5500 Administrator's Manual

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<user>.cfg on the provisioning server for the user (including default user accounts). For more
information, see Set User
Settings: Choosing a Per-Phone Configuration File Name
Do not use <MACaddress>-phone.cfg, <MACaddress>-Web.cfg, <MACaddress>-app.log, or
<MACaddress>-license.cfg as the per-phone filename—where the MACaddress is represented as a
12-digit number (for example, 000123456789). These filenames are used by the phone itself to store
user preference overrides and logging information.

Understand the Master Configuration File

The centralized provisioning method requires you to use a master configuration file, named
00000000000.cfg in the UC Software download. You can use the default master configuration file or you
can create and rename a master configuration file to apply to phones in a network in one of the following
ways:
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To all of the phones in a deployment
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To a group of phones in a deployment
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On a per-phone basis (to a single phone)
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In a specific location
Settings: Use the .cfg extension on the master configuration file.
The master configuration file must have the .cfg extension. No other configuration files must have
the .cfg extension.
Each of these ways is described next in more detail.
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Default master configuration file For deployments in which the configuration is identical for all
phones, you can use the default master configuration file, named 000000000000.cfg in the UC
Software download, to configure all the phones in a deployment. Note that the phones are
programmed to look first for their own <MACaddress>.cfg file and if a phone does not find a
matching file, it looks next for the default file. If you do create and use a per-phone master
configuration file, make a copy of the default file and rename it.
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Group and per-phone master configuration file If you want to apply features or settings to a
group of phones within your deployment or to a single phone, make a copy of the default file and
rename it. For a phone group, rename the file in a way that specifies the group-specific features or
settings. For single phones, rename the file based on the phone's MAC address
<MACaddress>.cfg. The MAC address, also known as the serial number (SN), is a unique a-f
hexadecimal digit assigned to each phone. Note that you can use only lower-case digits, for
example, 0004f200106c.cfg. You can find the MAC address of a phone on a label on the back of
the phone or on the phone's menu system at Settings > Status > Platform > Phone > S/N: .
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