Chapter 4: Administering your phone
Administrator responsibilities
To administer the phone, complete the tasks in the order shown.
1. Administer the switch.
2. Administer LAN and applicable servers to accept the deskphones.
3. Download the deskphone software from the Avaya support site.
4. Update the 46xxsettings file with site-specific information, as applicable.
5. Install the phone.
6. Update phone using Craft procedures, as applicable. For more information about local
administrative procedures.
Initial administration checklist
System and LAN administrators must use the following checklist to ensure that all phone system
prerequisites and phone requirements are met prior to phone installation:
Table 1: Initial Administration Checklist
#
Task
Description
Related information
1
Install the hardware.
Check whether the
network hardware can
handle the phone
system requirements.
page 60.
2
Install the license for
call server.
-
Communication
Manager
Administration
on
page 72.
3
Configure the VoIP
settings.
-
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