Provisioning Using Configuration Files
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VSP715 Administrator and Provisioning Manual
Configuration File Types
The VSP715 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 VSP715 in the
system.
The MAC-specific configuration file is a file that only a single VSP715 can retrieve. The
MAC-specific configuration file name contains a VSP715 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,
VSP725
. For more
information about the MAC-specific configuration file, see
“Guidelines for the MAC-Specific
configuration file” on page 91
.
If the provisioning URL specifies a path only with no filename, then by default the VSP715
will fetch both files.
However, if the provisioning URL specifies both a path and filename, then the VSP715 will
only fetch the single configuration file specified.
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 VSP715 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 VSP715 desksets in the
general file, and then overwrite that setting for just a few VSP715 desksets using the
MAC-specific file.
