Chapter 3: Initial setup and connectivity
Installing the phone
Before you begin
You must do the following:
• Configure the file server.
• Download and extract the firmware zip file to your file server.
• Configure the
46xxsettings.txt
file.
Procedure
1. Set up the phone hardware.
2. Plug the Ethernet cable to the phone.
The phone powers up and starts to initialize.
3. The initialization procedure consists of the following processes:
a. The phone checks for LLDP messages.
b. The phone sends a DHCP DISCOVER message to discover the DHCP server in the
network and invokes the DHCP process.
c. The phone verifies the VLAN ID, and starts tagging the data and voice packets
accordingly.
d. The phone sends and identifies an upgrade script file, gets the
46xxsettings.txt
file, the language files, and any firmware updates.
If configured to use simple certificate enrollment protocol (SCEP), the phone
downloads a valid device certificate.
4. Do one of the following:
• To access the user login screen, press the
Login
softkey.
• To access the craft menu, press
#
followed by craft access code (PROCPASSWD)
Related links
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