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Polycom® SpectraLink® 8400 Series Wireless Telephone Deployment Guide
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Part IV: Deploying the Handsets From the Provisioning
Server
You can create specific configuration files for each handset, one
company-wide configuration file for all handsets in your organization, or you
can put all configuration parameters into one file. The example discussed next
describes the scenario using two configuration files.
For details on the features available on the SpectraLink 8400 Series Handsets,
see Configuring SpectraLink 8400 Series Handsets on page 39 .
For more information on the reasons for creating company-specific
configuration files, see the Polycom UC Software Provisioning Best Practices
white paper at
http://www.polycom.com/global/documents/whitepapers/uc-software-pr
ovisioning-best-practices-whitepaper.pdf .
Deploy SpectraLink 8400 Series Handsets by performing the following steps
on the provisioning server:
1
Create a phone configuration file. See Creating a Phone Configuration
File on page 32 .
2
Create a master configuration file for each handset. See Creating a Master
Configuration File on page 34 .
3
Download the new configuration to the handset. See Downloading the
New Configuration on page 36 .
By default, the SpectraLink 8400 Series Handsets run Polycom UC Software
4.0.0. When you want to upgrade the software on the handsets in the future,
follow the directions in Upgrading Software on Your Handsets on page 37 to
get the latest software. You must verify that the configuration files you created
for Creating a Phone Configuration File on page 32 will work with the new UC
Software. New and changed configuration parameters are described in the
Release Notes . You do not need to change the master configuration files unless
you change the names of the phone configuration file or add new files.
Creating a Phone Configuration File
This section provides instructions on how to create a phone configuration file.
Note
Polycom recommends that you use an XML editor to create and edit valid
configuration files.
If the configuration files are not valid, they will not load on the handset. In this case,
an error message will be logged to the provisioning server.