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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Table of Contents 5.2 Protocol Extensions..................................................138 5.2.1 RFC and Internet Draft Support....................................................................................................... 138 5.2.2 Request Support............................................................................................................................. 138 5.2.3 SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leverag
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Table of Contents vi Copyright © 2004 Polycom, Inc.
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Overview 1 Overview This Administrator Guide is for the SIP 1.4.0 software release, and the bootROM 2.6.0 release. ® ® SoundPoint IP and SoundStation IP are feature-rich, enterprise-class voice commu- nications terminals for Ethernet TCP/IP networks. They are designed to facilitate high-quality audio and text message communications. These phones are endpoints in the overall network topology designed to interoperate with other compa
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Overview another type of data from its perspective, the phone is capable of vastly more than tra- ® ® ditional business phones. As SoundPoint IP and SoundStation IP run the same pro- tocols as your office personal computer, many innovative applications can be developed without resorting to specialized technology. Regardless of the diverse application potential, it is fundamentally a good office phone, providing the productiv- ity enha
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Installation and Operation 2 Installation and Operation This section describes the basic steps that are needed to make your phone operational. 2.1 Installation Models There are diverse installation models scaling from stand-alone phones to large, cen- trally provisioned systems with thousands of phones. For any size system, the phones can be centrally provisioned from a boot server via a system of global and per-phone configuration f
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Installation and Operation The configuration served by the boot server can be augmented by changes made locally on the phone itself or via the phone’s built-in web server. If file uploads are permitted, the boot server allows these local changes to be backed up automatically. Polycom recommends the boot server central provisioning model for installations involving more than a few phones. The investment required is minimal in terms of
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Installation and Operation 2.2.1.1 DHCP or Manual TCP/IP Setup Basic network settings can be derived from DHCP or entered manually using the phone’s LCD-based user interface. Polycom recommends using DHCP where possi- ble to eliminate repetitive manual data entry. The following table shows the manually entered networking parameters that may be overridden by parameters obtained from a DHCP server: Configuration File Local Parameter DH
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Installation and Operation 2.2.1.2 Local User Interface Setup Menus Access to Network Configuration Menu: Phase 1: bootROM The network configuration menu is accessible during the auto-boot countdown of the bootROM phase of operation. Press the Setup soft key to launch the main menu. Phase 2: application The network configuration menu is accessible from the main menu. Navigate to Menu>Settings>Network Configuration. This menu is lo
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Installation and Operation a Name Possible Values Description GMT Offset -12 through +13 Offset of the local time zone from Greenwich Mean Time in half hour increments. DNS Server dotted-decimal IP Primary server to which the phone directs address Domain Name System queries. DNS Alternate Server dotted-decimal IP Secondary server to which the phone directs address Domain Name System queries. DNS Domain domain name string Phone’s DNS do
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Installation and Operation Possible Name Values Description Boot Server Option 128 through 254 When the boot server parameter is set to Custom, this (Cannot be the parameter specifies the DHCP option number in which same as VLAN the phone will look for its boot server. ID Option) Boot Server Option IP Address, When the Boot Server parameter is set to Custom, this Type String parameter specifies the type of the DHCP option in which th
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Installation and Operation b. The FTP server user name and FTP password should be changed from the default values. Note that FTP is an insecure protocol and the user chosen should have very few privileges on the server. 2.2.1.3 Reset to Factory Defaults The basic network configuration referred to in the preceding sections can be reset to factory defaults. To perform this function on the IP 300, 500 and 600, simultaneously press and
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Installation and Operation 2.2.2.1 Centralized Configuration The phone application consists of an executable image file (sip.ld) and one or more XML-format configuration files. In the centrally provisioned model, these files are stored on a boot server and cached in the phone. If the boot server is available at boot time, the phone will automatically synchronize its configuration cache with the boot server: bootROM image, applicati
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Installation and Operation is the Ethernet MAC address of the phone in question. For A-F hexadecimal digits, use lower case only, for example, 0004f200106c.cfg. The Ethernet address can be viewed using the About soft key during the auto-boot countdown of the bootROM or via the Menu>System Status>General menu in the application. It is also printed on a label on the back of the phone. Default Master Configuration File For systems in
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® ® Administrator Guide - SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP Installation and Operation Note The order of the configuration files listed in CONFIG_FILES is significant. • The files are processed in the order listed (left to right). • The same parameters may be included in more than one file. • The parameter found first in the list of files will be the one that is effective. This provides a convenient means of overriding the behavior of one or more phones without altering the baseline con
