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Chapter3 Configuring the Cisco ATA for H .323
Steps Needed to Configure the Cisco ATA
Note If you are using the voice configuration menu to set the parameters, you must co nvert hexadecimal values
to decimal values. For example, the OpFlags setting of 0x00000052 is equivalent to 82 in decimal
format, and the VLANSetting of 0x01cc002b is equivalent to 30146603 in decimal format.
Steps Needed to Configure the Cisco ATA
This section contains the following topics:
•Basic Configuration Steps in a TFTP Server Environment, page 3-5
•Basic Configuration Steps in a Non-TFTP Server Environment, page 3-6

Basic Configuration Steps in a TFTP Server Environment

Table 3 -3 shows the basic steps for configuring the Cisco ATA and making it operational in a typical
H.323 environment, which includes a TFTP server.
Table3-3 Basic Steps to Configure the CiscoATA in a TFTP Environment
Action Reference
1. Download the desired CiscoATA release software zip file from
the Cisco web site and store it on the TFTP server.
Setting Up the TFTP Server with CiscoATA
Software, page 3-7
2. Follow these basic steps to create a unique CiscoATA
configuration file, which actually entails creating two files:
a. Create a CiscoATA configuration text file that contains
parameters that are common to all Cisco ATAs in your
network.
b. Create a unique Cisco ATA configuration text file that
contains parameters that are specific to a CiscoATA.
Make sure to use an include command in the unique
configuration file to pull in values from the common
configuration file.
c. Convert the unique configuration file to binary format.
d. Place the unique binary configuration file on the TFTP server.
Creating Unique and Common CiscoATA
Configuration Files, page 3-8
3. Optionally, create a default configuration file called
atadefault.cfg, which the CiscoATA will download from the
TFTP server only if the unique Cisco ATA file called
ata<macaddress> does not exist on the TFTP server.
atadefault.cfg Configuration File, page 3-12
4. Configure the upgradecode parameter so that the CiscoATA will
obtain the correct signaling image from the TFTP server when the
Cisco ATA powers up.
Upgrading the Signaling Image from a TFTP Server,
page 8-1
5. Configure the desired interval for the CiscoATA to contact the
TFTP server to check for a configuration-file update or an
upgrade of the signaling image file.
Setting Up User IDs for the Cisco ATA, page 4-3