
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone
Installation and Administration Guide
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Avaya B179 searches for configuration files in the following order:
Firmware binary
Contains the firmware binary that will be downloaded and installed by Avaya B179 if the
metadata file shows that this is a newer version than the present installed. The binary file can
be downloaded from support.avaya.com.
Firmware metadata file
A metadata file in xml format with information of the firmware version in the binary file. The
file is used to check if the binary file should be downloaded to the phone or not.
The name of this file shall be avaya_fw_version.xml. The file shall contain the following ele-
ments in xml format.
<firmware_version>
<version>X.X.X </version>
Eg. 2.3.9
<filename>xxxx </filename> Eg. AVAYA_B179_v2.3.9.kt
<checksum>XXXX </checksum> MD5 checksum of the firmware binary
</firmware_version>