Administering DHCP and HTTP servers
46 Administering Avaya 9601/9608/9608G/9611G/9621G/9641G IP Deskphones SIP
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DHCP Generic Setup
This section is limited to describing a generic administration that works with the 9600 Series SIP
IP Telephones. Three DHCP software alternatives are common to Windows operating systems:
● Windows NT
®
4.0 DHCP Server
● Windows 2000
®
DHCP Server
● Windows 2003
®
DHCP Server
Any other DHCP application might work. It is the responsibility of the customer to install and
configure the DHCP server correctly.
Setting up the DHCP server
DHCP server setup involves:
1. Installing the DHCP server software according to vendor instructions.
2. Configuring the DHCP server with:
● IP Addresses available for the 9600 Series IP Deskphones.
● The following DHCP options:
SIG The signaling protocol download flag that indicates the protocol applied
as follows:
● 0 for Default
● 1 for H.323
● 2 for SIP
Separate upgrade files with different names are used for H.323 and SIP.
Default means that the deskphone downloads the upgrade file for the
same protocol that the current software on the deskphone supports.
SIP_CONTROLLER_LIST SIP proxy or registrar server IP or DNS addresses: 0 to 255 characters,
IP address in the dotted decimal name format, separated by commas
and without any intervening spaces. The default is null, that is, no
controllers.
TLSDIR Used as path name that is prepended to all file names used in HTTPS
GET operations during initialization (0-127 character string).
TLSPORT Destination TCP port used for requests to https server (0-65535). The
default is 443, the standard HTTPS port.
TLSSRVR IP Address(es) or DNS name(s) of Avaya file server(s) used to
download configuration files.
Note: Transport Layer Security is used to authenticate the server.
VLANTEST Number of seconds to wait for a DHCPOFFER on a non-zero VLAN.
The default is 60 seconds.
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