Clearspan® Product Overview R19
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5.3
Device Management
Clearspan provides an industry-leading device management solution that allows system
administrators to address the most challenging aspect of deploying VoIP solutions
– simplified
provisioning of the end devices. Clearspan provides an end-to-end solution for managing,
configuring, and monitoring the endpoints.
Supported access devices include analog terminal adapters (ATAs), IP phones, integrated access
devices (IADs), IP PBX equipment, or any access device that uses XML/HTTP for profile
management. Service access devices connect to Clearspan to download their configuration
profiles, firmware, and other file resources required to deliver the services. Using the Device
Management feature, administrators can manage and control all aspects of device configuration
centrally for their Clearspan solution.
The device management functionality makes use of the Clearspan Xtended Services Platform
(XSP) and the Profile Server (PS). The PS serves as a central repository for the storage of device
files. It offers an HTTP and webdav interface for file operations, and it supports authentication and
file replication with other PSs for scalability and redundancy. The configuration files can be
populated to the PS using the Clearspan management tools such as OpEasy or loaded from
external tools such as BSS/OSS systems through the available programmatic interfaces.
The XSP hosts the access URL and authenticates all requests made by the access
devices. Once authenticated, the XSP will request the device-specific configuration file
from the PS and download it to the device over HTTP(S).
Access devices can use the Xtended Services Platform to access setup and configuration
files, using HTTP or HTTPS (the choice of HTTP or HTTPS is per device type).
Clearspan provides mechanisms to authenticate GET requests coming from devices,
using MAC authentication or user name/password.
The Clearspan server supports ongoing device management by generating notifications to trigger
the end device to synchronize its settings, and to provide inventory control of devices in the field
which are shown in the following figure:
Figure 52 Device Management for Access Device Configuration Files.
The following subsections further detail the operation of the Device Management functionality.
