Polycom 1725-11530-200 Rev A1 manual Basic Network Setup, Dhcp or Manual TCP/IP Setup

Administrator’s Guide - SoundPoint® IP / SoundStation® IP Installation and Operation

To safeguard your files for reliability and backups, you should encrypt them. For more information, refer to 2.2.3 Management of File Encryption and Decryption on page 23.

For the latest information on system requirements, fixed problems, and workarounds, refer to the Release Notes at www.polycom.com/support/voip/ .

2.2.1 Basic Network Setup

The phones boot up in two phases:

•Phase 1: bootROM - a generic program designed to load the application.

•Phase 2: application - the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone application.

Networking starts in Phase 1. The bootROM application uses the network to query the boot server for upgrades, which is an optional process that will happen automatically when properly deployed. The boot server can be on the local LAN or anywhere on the Internet. The bootROM then loads the configured application. For more information, refer to 2.2.1.1 DHCP or Manual TCP/IP Setup on page 5.

The bootROM on the phone performs the provisioning functions of downloading the bootROM, the <Ethernet address>.cfg file, and the SIP application and uploading log files. For more information, refer to 2.2.1.2 Provisioning File Transfer on page 6.

Basic network settings can be changed during Phase 1 using the bootROM’s setup menu. A similar menu system is present in the application for changing the same net- work parameters. For more information, refer to 2.2.1.3 Local User Interface Setup Menus on page 8.

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, or downloaded from configuration files. Contact Polycom Customer Support for more information on this use of configuration files. Polycom recommends using DHCP where possible 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 or configuration file:

Parameter

DHCP Optiona

	Configuration File	Local
DHCP	(Phase 2: application only)	FLASH

priority when more than one source exists

		1	2
IP address	1	•	-

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