Polycom SIP 3.0.2 manual Setting up Your System, Configured in your network

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Setting up Your System

Your SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP SIP phone is designed to be used like a regular phone on a public switched telephone network (PSTN).

This chapter provides basic instructions for setting up your SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP phones. This chapter contains information on:

• Setting Up the Network

• Setting Up the Boot Server

• Deploying Phones From the Boot Server

• Upgrading SIP Application

	Because of the large number of optional installations and configurations that
	are available, this chapter focuses on one particular way that the SIP
	application and the required external systems might initially be installed and
	configured in your network.
	For more information on configuring your system, refer to Configuring Your
	System on page 4-1. For more information on the configuration files required
	for setting up your system, refer to Configuration Files on page A-1.
Note
	For installation and maintenance of Polycom SoundPoint IP phones, the use of a
	boot server is strongly recommended. This allows for flexibility in installing,
	upgrading, maintaining, and configuring the phone. Configuration, log, and directory
	files are normally located on this server. Allowing the phone write access to the
	server is encouraged.
	The phone is designed such that, if it cannot locate a boot server when it boots up,
	it will operate with internally saved parameters. This is useful for occasions when
	the boot server is not available, but is not intended to be used for long-term
	operation of the phones.

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