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Chapter3 Configuring the Cisco ATA for H .323

Configuring the Cisco ATA Using a TFTP Server

Configuring the Cisco ATA Using a TFTP Server

The TFTP method of configuration is useful when you have many Cisco ATA because you can use a

TFTP server for remote, batch configuration of Cisco ATAs. A TFTP server can host one unique

configuration file for each Cisco ATA.

This section contains the following topics:

•Setting Up the TFTP Server with CiscoATA Software, page 3-7

•Configurable Features and Related Parameters, page 3-7

•Creating Unique and Common Cisco ATA Configuration Files, page 3-8

•atadefault.cfg Configuration File, page 3-12

•Configuring the Cisco ATA to Obtain its Configuration File from the TFTP Server, page 3-12

This section provides the procedure for the CiscoATA administrator to obtain the correct CiscoATA

software and set up the TFTP server with this software.

Procedure

Step 1 If you are a registered CCO user. go to the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/ata186

Step 2 Download the zip file that contains the software for the applicable release and signaling image you are

using. The contents of each file are described next to the file name. Save the zip file onto a floppy disc.

Note The file that contains the protocol signaling image has an extension of .zup.

Step 3 Extract the signaling files onto the TFTP server. This should be the same TFTP server that will contain

the binary CiscoATA configuration file that you create (either ata<macaddress> or atadefault.cfg).

Table4-1 on page 4-2 contains a list of all required H.323 parameters. These parameters must be

properly configured for the Cisco ATA to work.

For descriptions of important Cisco ATA H.323 services that you can configure, and references to their

configuration parameters, see the “Important Basic H.323 Services” section on page4-1 and the

“Additional H.323 Services” section on page 4-7.

Table4-4 on page 4-12 lists, in alphabetical order, various features that you can configure for the

Cisco ATA. Table4-4 on page 4-12 also includes links to the related parameter that allows you to

configure each of these features. Each link takes you to a detailed description of the paramet er that

includes its default values.

For an example of how to configure parameters for the TFTP Server con figuration method, see the

“Creating Unique and Common Cisco ATA Configuration Files” section on page3 -8.