Provisioning Using Configuration Files
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VSP716A Administrator and Provisioning Manual
Configuration File Types
The VSP716A is able to retrieve and download two types of configuration file. Depending
on your requirements, you may want to make both types of configuration file available on
your provisioning server.
The two configuration file types are a general configuration file and a MAC-specific
configuration file. The types differ in name only. The formatting of the files' content is the
same.
The general configuration file contains settings that are required by every VSP716A in the
system.
The MAC-specific configuration file is a file that only a single VSP716A can retrieve. The
MAC-specific configuration file name contains a VSP716A MAC address and can only be
retrieved by the device with a matching MAC address.
The filename formats for both files are:
General file:
<model>.cfg
MAC-specific file:
<model>_<MAC Address>.cfg
The <model> variable is the VTech product model; for example,
VSP716A
. For more
information about the MAC-specific configuration file, see
“Guidelines for the MAC-Specific
configuration file” on page 121
.
Both the general and MAC-specific files can contain any of the available configuration
settings. A setting can appear in the general configuration file or the MAC-specific
configuration file, or both files, or neither file. If a setting appears in both files, the setting
that is read last is the one that applies.
When the VSP716A fetches both a general and a MAC-specific configuration file, the
general file is processed first. You can configure a setting for most of your VSP716A
desksets in the general file, and then overwrite that setting for just a few VSP716A desksets
using the MAC-specific file.
