Configuration Files

Server <server/>

This configuration attribute is defined as follows:

 

Permitted

 

 

Attribute

Values

Default

Interpretation

 

 

 

 

voIpProt.server.dhcp.available

0, 1

0

If set to 1, check with the DHCP server for

 

 

 

SIP server IP address. If set to 0, do not

 

 

 

check with DHCP server.

 

 

 

 

voIpProt.server.dhcp.option

128 to 255

Null

Option to request from the DHCP server if

 

 

 

voIpProt.server.dhcp.available = 1. There is

 

 

 

no default value for this parameter, it must be

 

 

 

filled in with a valid value.

 

 

 

Note: If the reg.x.server.y.address parameter

 

 

 

in Registration <reg/> on page A-107 is

 

 

 

non-Null, it takes precedence even if the

 

 

 

DHCP server is available.

 

 

 

 

voIpProt.server.dhcp.type

0, 1

Null

If set to 0, IP request address.

 

 

 

If set to 1, request string.

 

 

 

Type to request from the DHCP server if

 

 

 

voIpProt.server.dhcp.available = 1.

 

 

 

There is no default value for this parameter, it

 

 

 

must be filled in with a valid value.

 

 

 

 

voIpProt.server.x.address

dotted-deci

Null

IP address or host name and port of a SIP

 

mal IP

 

server that accepts registrations. Multiple

 

address or

 

servers can be listed starting with x=1, 2, ...

 

host name

 

for fault tolerance.

 

 

 

Note: If the reg.x.server.y.address parameter

voIpProt.server.x.port

0, Null, 1 to

Null

in Registration <reg/> on page A-107 is

 

65535

 

 

 

non-Null, all of the reg.x.server.y.xxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

parameters will override the voIpProt.server

 

 

 

parameters.

 

 

 

If port is 0 or Null:

 

 

 

If voIpProt.server.x.address is a

 

 

 

hostname and

 

 

 

voIpProt.server.x.transport is set to

 

 

 

DNSnaptr, do NAPTR then SRV lookups.

 

 

 

If voIpProt.server.x.transport is set to

 

 

 

TCPpreferred or UDPOnly then use 5060

 

 

 

and don’t advertise the port number in

 

 

 

signalling.

 

 

 

If voIpProt.server.x.address is an IP

 

 

 

address, there is no DNS lookup and 5060 is

 

 

 

used for the port but it is not advertised in

 

 

 

signaling.

 

 

 

If port is 1 to 65535:

 

 

 

This value is used and it is advertised in

 

 

 

signaling.

 

 

 

 

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