Administrator’s Guide SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP

Name

 

Possible Values

Description

 

 

 

 

Server Address

 

dotted-decimal IP address

The boot server to use if the DHCP client is disabled, the

 

 

OR

DHCP server does not send a boot server option, or the

 

 

domain name string

Boot Server parameter is set to Static. The phone can

 

 

OR

contact multiple IP addresses per DNS name. These

 

 

URL

redundant boot servers must all use the same protocol. If

 

 

All addresses can be followed

a URL is used it can include a user name and password.

 

 

Refer to Supported Provisioning Protocols on page 3-4. A

 

 

by an optional directory and

 

 

directory and the master configuration file can be

 

 

optional file name.

 

 

specified.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: ":", "@", or "/" can be used in the user name or

 

 

 

 

password these characters if they are correctly escaped

 

 

 

 

using the method specified in RFC 1738.

 

 

 

 

Server User

 

any string

The user name used when the phone logs into the server

 

 

 

 

(if required) for the selected Server Type.

 

 

 

 

Note: If the Server Address is a URL with a user name,

 

 

 

 

this will be ignored.

 

 

 

 

Server Password

 

any string

The password used when the phone logs in to the server

 

 

 

 

if required for the selected Server Type.

 

 

 

 

Note: If the Server Address is a URL with user name and

 

 

 

 

password, this will be ignored.

 

 

 

 

File Transmit Tries

 

1 to 10

The number of attempts to transfer a file. (An attempt is

 

 

Default 3

defined as trying to download the file from all IP

 

 

 

 

addresses that map to a particular domain name.)

 

 

 

 

Retry Wait

 

0 to 300

The minimum amount of time that must elapse before

 

 

Default 1

retrying a file transfer, in seconds. The time is measured

 

 

 

 

from the start of a transfer attempt which is defined as the

 

 

 

 

set of upload/download transactions made with the IP

 

 

 

 

addresses that map to a given boot server's DNS host

 

 

 

 

name. If the set of transactions in an attempt is equal to or

 

 

 

 

greater than the Retry Wait value, then there will be no

 

 

 

 

further delay before the next attempt is started.

 

 

 

 

For more information, refer to Deploying Phones From the

 

 

 

 

Boot Server on page 3-14.

 

 

 

 

Network

 

Cable/DSL,

The network environment the phone is operating in.

 

 

LAN,

The default value is Cable/DSL.

 

 

Dial-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tag SN to UA

 

Disabled, Enabled

If enabled, the phone’s serial number (MAC address) is

 

 

 

 

included in the User-Agent header of the Microbrowser.

 

 

 

 

The default value is Disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

The Server User and Server Password parameters should be changed from the

 

 

 

default values. Note that for insecure protocols the user chosen should have very

 

 

 

few privileges on the server.

 

 

 

 

 

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