Siemens HiPath 8000, Administrator'S Manual

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Extended Administration
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Configuration Management
During "Initialising" the phone will attempt to contact a configuration server
to determine if a configuration update is required.
The phone automatically contacts an FTP config server and downloads 2
XML configuration files in which phone-specific parameters may have
been automatically inserted by a customer management system for the
environment concerned.
• The phone can also perform this download
• on a signal from the customer management system or
• periodically as determined by a configurable time, or by an administra-
tion level optiGuide menu option.
If the downloaded configuration files show that a
different version of
software is required, the phone will automatically initiate software down-
load from the FTP software server.
Two configuration files are used:
• a system-wide configuration file, which does not contain phone-specif-
ic parameters; and
• a device configuration file, which includes phone-specific parameters.
There is provision for downloading only a device configuration file so that
phone-specific parameters can be changed without impacting those sys-
tem-wide parameters that have been changed locally at the phone.
The configuration download mechanism is intended only for configuring
those phone parameters that are under administration control. It is not in-
tended for configuring parameters that are under user control. The chang-
es to the configuration will be reflected in the configuration INI file.
If the configuration download mechanism is not available, e.g. no FTP con-
figUD server, the phone will not perform configuration download and will
then rely on other means for configuration updates.
As a result of carrying out a configuration download, the phone will detect
whether a software update is required and if so automatically download
new software.
File Formats
Configuration files
The configuration files will be stored on the FTP server. There are two
types of configuration files:
System Wide File
The system-wide configuration file will have a well-known file name (e.g.,
"op410adv_conf.xml"), which does not contain phone-specific parameters.