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Administrator’s Guide - SoundPoint
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IP / SoundStation
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IP Installation and Operation
4 Copyright © 2006 Polycom, Inc.
A boot server allows global and per-phone configuration to be managed centrally
through XML-format configuration files that are downloaded by the phones at boot
time. The boot server also facilitates automated application upgrades, diagnostics, and
a measure of fault tolerance. Multiple redundant boot servers can be configured to
improve reliability.
The configuration served by the boot server can be augmented by changes made
locally on the phone itself or through the phone’s built-in web server. If file uploads
are permitted, the boot server allows these local changes to be backed up automati-
cally.
Polycom recommends the boot server central provisioning model for installations
involving more than a few phones. The investment required is minimal in terms of
time and equipment, and the benefits are significant.
The advantages of a boot server are:
• Provides a centralized repository for application images and configuration files
permits application updates and coordinated configuration parameters.
• Provides security as some parameters can only be modified using boot server
configuration files.
• Provides consistency as the multilingual feature requires boot server-resident
dictionary files and the customized sound effect wave files require a boot
server.
• Provides common file uploads when permitted. The boot server is the reposi-
tory for:
• boot process and application event log files - very effective when diag-
nosing system problems,
• local configuration changes through the <Ethernet address>-phone.cfg
boot server configuration overrides file - the phone treats the boot
server copy as the original when booting,
• per-phone contact directory named <Ethernet address>-directory.cfg.
• Provides a common repository for the application images and configuration
files. The boot server copy can be used to “repair” a damaged phone configura
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tion in the same way that system repair disks work for PCs.
2.2 Installation Process
Regardless of whether or not you will be installing a centrally provisioned system, the
following steps are required to get your organization’s phones up and running:
1. Basic TCP/IP Network Setup such as IP address and subnet mask. For more infor-
mation, refer to 2.2.1 Basic Network Setup on page 5.
2. Application Configuration such as application specific parameters. For
more information, refer to
2.2.2 Application Configuration on page 13.
For the detailed steps required in a boot server deployment, refer to 2.2.2.1.2 Boot
Server Deployment for the Phones on page 19.