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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction...................................................................................................... 7
Intended audience.................................................................................................................................... 7
Related resources..................................................................................................................................... 7
Documentation................................................................................................................................. 7
Training............................................................................................................................................ 7
Support...................................................................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2: Overview........................................................................................................... 9
Overview................................................................................................................................................... 9
About Avaya B189 H.323 Conference IP phones..................................................................................... 9
Chapter 3: Administration overview and requirements.................................................. 11
Administrative requirements...................................................................................................................... 11
Parameter data precedence..................................................................................................................... 13
Administrative tasks.................................................................................................................................. 13
Administrative checklist............................................................................................................................. 14
Initialization process overview................................................................................................................... 15
Connection to network...................................................................................................................... 15
DHCP processing............................................................................................................................. 15
File downloads................................................................................................................................. 16
Registration with the call server....................................................................................................... 16
Error conditions......................................................................................................................................... 17
Chapter 4: Communication Manager Administration...................................................... 19
Call server requirements........................................................................................................................... 19
Call server administration.......................................................................................................................... 19
Administering the IP interface and addresses.................................................................................. 20
Administering UDP port selection..................................................................................................... 20
Administering RSVP......................................................................................................................... 20
Administering QoS........................................................................................................................... 21
Administering IEEE 802.1Q.............................................................................................................. 21
Administering DIFFSERV................................................................................................................. 21
Administering NAT........................................................................................................................... 21
Call conferencing...................................................................................................................................... 22
Phone administration on Avaya Aura® Communication Manager............................................................ 23
Feature-related system parameters................................................................................................. 23
Station administration................................................................................................................................ 24
Administering features...................................................................................................................... 25
Chapter 5: Network Requirements.................................................................................... 27
Network Assesment.................................................................................................................................. 27
Hardware requirements............................................................................................................................. 27
Server requirements.................................................................................................................................. 28
Required network information................................................................................................................... 28
Other network considerations................................................................................................................... 29
Enabling SNMP................................................................................................................................ 29
Ping and traceroute.......................................................................................................................... 30
IP address and settings reuse.......................................................................................................... 30

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QoS..................................................................................................................................................
IEEE 802.1D and 802.1Q.................................................................................................................
Network audio quality.......................................................................................................................
IP address list and station number portability...................................................................................
TCP/UDP Port utilization..................................................................................................................
Security............................................................................................................................................
Time-to-Service................................................................................................................................

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37
Chapter 6: Server Administration...................................................................................... 39
Software prerequisites.............................................................................................................................. 39
Administering the DHCP and file Servers................................................................................................. 39
Configuring DHCP Option 242......................................................................................................... 40
DHCP Generic Setup................................................................................................................................ 42
Setting up the DHCP server...................................................................................................................... 43
HTTP Generic Setup................................................................................................................................. 46
Chapter 7: Telephone Software and Application Files.................................................... 49
Understanding the general download process.......................................................................................... 49
Choosing the right application file and upgrade script file................................................................ 50
Using the upgrade file...................................................................................................................... 50
About the settings file....................................................................................................................... 51
Using the GROUP parameter to set up customized groups..................................................................... 52
Chapter 8: Administering Deskphone Options................................................................ 53
Administering options for Avaya B189 Conference Phones..................................................................... 53
Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone : Customizable system parameters................................................... 54
Administering a VLAN............................................................................................................................... 62
About VLAN Tagging........................................................................................................................ 63
The VLAN default value and priority tagging.................................................................................... 63
Automatic detection of a VLAN........................................................................................................ 64
About DNS addressing.............................................................................................................................. 64
802.1X Supplicant operation..................................................................................................................... 65
About Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)............................................................................................ 66
Administering settings at the phone.......................................................................................................... 70
Administering display language options.................................................................................................... 70
Administering dialing methods.................................................................................................................. 72
Understanding log digit or Smart Enbloc dialing.............................................................................. 72
Using enhanced local dialing............................................................................................................ 72
Enhanced local dialing requirements............................................................................................... 73
Backup and restore processing................................................................................................................ 74
Backup file formats.................................................................................................................................... 76
About restore............................................................................................................................................. 77
Chapter 9: Administering Applications and Options....................................................... 79
Administering guest users......................................................................................................................... 79
Idle timer configuration.............................................................................................................................. 79
Glossary............................................................................................................................... 81
Index..................................................................................................................................... 85

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Intended audience
This guide is for personnel who administer Avaya Aura® Communication Manager, DHCP,
HTTP/HTTPS servers for Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones and the Local Area Network
(LAN).

Related resources
Documentation
Document
number

Title

Use this document to:

Audience

Using
16-604295

Using Avaya B189
Conference IP Phone

Refer to procedures for using
Avaya B189 Conference IP
Phone

End users

Installing and maintaining
Avaya B189 Conference
IP Phone

Refer to procedures for
Installation
installing and upgrading Avaya engineers, end
B189 Conference IP Phone
users, and
administrators

Implementing
16-604295

Training
The following courses are available on the Avaya Learning website at www.avayalearning.com .

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After logging in to the website, enter the course code or the course title in the Search field and
click Go to search for the course.
Course Code

Course Title

ACIS-6006 ACIS

Avaya Communication Manager (5.2.1)

APSS-1300 APSS

Avaya Networking

Support
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connect you to a support team if an issue requires additional expertise.

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Chapter 2: Overview

Overview
Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone is a multiline H.323 IP deskphone that you can use to make
calls and hold conferences with HD quality voice.
The features of the deskphone include a 5 inch touch screen, mute, and volume control
buttons, one On-hook/Off-hook button, and a Phone button. You can navigate the menu only
through the touch screen. Bi-color LEDs provide visual indication of an incoming call, call in
progress, call on hold, and a muted microphone. As the LEDs are visible from all angles, the
deskphone visually alerts the users. Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone has ports for additional
microphones.

About Avaya B189 H.323 Conference IP phones
Avaya B189 Conference IP phones use Internet Protocol (IP) technology with Ethernet line
interfaces and support the H.323 protocol. These phones support DHCP, HTTP, and HTTPS
to get customized settings and to download new versions of software for the phones.
The H.323 standard provides real time transmission for audio, video, and data communications
over a packet network.
An Avaya B189 Conference IP phone protocol stack comprises of the following:
• H.225 for registration, admission, status (RAS), and call signaling
• H.245 for control signaling
• Real Time Transfer Protocol (RTP) and Secure Real Time Transfer Protocol (SRTP)
• Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP) and Secure Real Time Control Protocol (SRTCP)
Note:
The following terms are used interchangeably in this document as all the terms refer to the
same Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone:
• Deskphone
• Conference Phone

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• Phone
• IP Telephone

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requirements

Administrative requirements
This topic outlines the operating environment for the Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone as
follows:
• Telephone Administration on the Avaya call server. For more information, see
Communication Manager Administration on page 19.
• IP Address management for the deskphone. For more information see, Administering the
DHCP and File Servers on page 39 for dynamic addressing.
• Tagging Control and VLAN administration for the phone, if applicable. For more
information, see Administering Telephone Options.
• Quality of Service (QoS) administration for the phone, if appropriate. For more
information, see QoS on page 30 and Administering QoS on page 21.
• Protocol administration, for example, Simple Network Management Control (SNMP) and
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).
• Interface administration for the phone, as appropriate. Administer the phone to LAN
interface using the PHY1 parameter. For more information, see Network
Requirements on page 27.
• Application-specific phone administration, if applicable. For more information, see
Administering Applications and Options on page 79.
The table on page 12 indicates that you can administer system parameters in many ways
and use many delivery mechanisms. For example:
• Maintaining the information on the call server.
• Manually entering the information with the phone dial pad.
• Administering the DHCP server.
• Editing the configuration file on the applicable HTTP or HTTPS file server.
• Modifying certain parameters with administrative permission.
Note:
You cannot administer all parameters on all delivery mechanisms.

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Table 1: Alternative ways to administer the Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone
Parameter

Related information

Phone
Administration

Avaya call server

Communication Manager Administration on
page 19, Server Administration on
page 39, and the applicable call server
documentation.

IP Addresses

DHCP

Administering The DHCP and File
Servers on page 39 and especially
Administering the DHCP Server.

Configuration file

Telephone Software and Application
Files on page 49 and Administering
Telephone Options.

LLDP

About Link Layer Discovery Protocol
(LLDP) on page 66

DHCP

Administering The DHCP Server, and
Administering Telephone Options.

Configuration file

Administering The DHCP and File
Servers on page 39 and Administering
Telephone Options.

Manual
administration at the
phone

About Link Layer Discovery Protocol
(LLDP) on page 66.

Avaya call server

Administering UDP port selection on
page 20 and the applicable call server
documentation.

DHCP

Administering The DHCP and File
Servers on page 39, and Administering
Telephone Options.

Configuration file

Administering The DHCP and File
Servers on page 39, and Administering
Telephone Options.

LLDP

About Link Layer Discovery Protocol
(LLDP) on page 66.

DHCP

Administering The DHCP and File
Servers on page 39, and Telephone
Software and Application Files on
page 49.

Configuration file

Administering The DHCP and File
Servers on page 39, and Telephone
Software and Application Files on
page 49.

Tagging and
VLAN

Quality of
Service

Interface

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Administrative
mechanisms

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Parameter

Application specific
parameters

Administrative
mechanisms

Related information

LLDP

About Link Layer Discovery Protocol
(LLDP) on page 66.

Configuration file

Administering The DHCP and File
Servers on page 39, and especially HTTP
Generic Setup on page 46. Also,
Administering Applications and Options on
page 79.

For information about administering DHCP servers, see Administering the DHCP and File
Servers on page 39, and more specifically, Administering the DHCP Server. For information
on administering HTTP servers, see Administering the DHCP and File Servers on page 39,
and more specifically, HTTP Generic Setup on page 46. For administration options, see
Administering Telephone Options.

Parameter data precedence
If you administer a parameter in multiple places, the last server to provide the parameter takes
precedence. The following is a list of precedence, from lowest to highest:
1. Manual administration. Call server or HTTP server or both are two exceptions for
the phone parameter STATIC.
2. DHCP, except as indicated in “DHCPACK Setting of Parameter Values” in Setting
up the DHCP server on page 43,
3. The 46xxsettings.txt file
4. The Avaya call server.
5. Backup files, if administered and permitted.
6. LLDP: Note: Setting the call server and file server IP addresses have the lowest
precedence.

Administrative tasks
To administer Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone, complete the tasks in the order shown.

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1. Administer the switch for Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone.
2. Update the 46xxsettings file with site-specific information, as applicable.
3. Update Avaya B189 Conference IP phone using Craft procedures, as applicable.
For more information about Local Administrative Procedures, see Installing and
maintaining Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone.

Administrative 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 2: Administrative Checklist
Task

Description

Network requirements
assessment

Determine that network
engineers have installed the
network hardware and the
network hardware can handle
phone system requirements.

Call server
administration

Verify that the administrator has Communication Manager
installed the license of the call Administration on page 19.
server and administered the
system for Voice over IP (VoIP).
Verify that the administrator has
administered each phone as
required.

DHCP server
installation

Install a DHCP application on at Vendor-provided instructions.
least one new or existing
computer on the LAN.

DHCP application
administration

Add IP deskphone
administration to DHCP
application.

HTTP/HTTPS server
installation

Install an HTTP or HTTPS
Vendor-provided instructions.
application on at least one new
or existing computer on the
LAN.

Application files, script Download the files from the
file, and settings file
Avaya support site.
installation on the HTTP
or HTTPS server.

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page 27.

Administering The DHCP
Server in Server
Administration on page 39.

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Task
Settings file
modification as you
want.

Description

Related information

Edit the settings file as required, Telephone Software and
using your own tools.
Application Files on page 49.

Initialization process overview
The initialization process includes an information exchange when the phone registers. This
process includes connecting to the network, DHCP processing, VPN connection, file
downloads, and phone registration with the call server.
You must administer all equipment properly prior to initialization.
SeeImplementing the Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone, 16-604293 for a detailed description
of initialization, power-up, and the reset process.
Note:
When you start Avaya B189 Conference IP phone without access to the HTTP server, the
conference phone reuses parameters from before the reboot. The phone waits for 60
seconds and starts with the old parameters.
Related topics:
Connection to network on page 15
DHCP processing on page 15
File downloads on page 16
Registration with the call server on page 16

Connection to network
The phone is appropriately installed and powered. After a short initialization process, the phone
displays the speed at which it is connected to the network and determines whether to initiate
802.1X network access procedures.

DHCP processing
If an IP address has not been manually configured in the phone, the phone initiates DHCP, as
described in Administering the DHCP and File Servers on page 39. Among other data passed
to the phone is the IP address of the HTTP or HTTPS server.

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File downloads
Avaya B189 Conference Phones can download configuration files, language files, and
certificate files from either an HTTP or HTTPS server, but they can only download software
files from an HTTP server. The phone first downloads an upgrade configuration file, which tells
the phone which software files it should use. The phone then downloads a settings
configuration file, and based on those settings, it may then download language files and/or
certificate files. Finally, the phone will download one or two new software files, depending on
whether or not the software in the phone is the same as that specified in the upgrade file. For
more information about this download process and settings file, see Telephone Software and
Application Files on page 49.

Registration with the call server
The call server referred to in this section is Avaya Aura Communication Manager.
The phone is registered with the call server in two modes, named registration and unnamed
registration.

Named registration
In this step, the phone might prompt the user for an extension and password. The phone uses
that information to exchange a series of messages with the call server. For a new installation
and for full service, the user can enter the phone extension and the password configured on
the call server for that particular extension. The information required to restart a phone that
was previously registered with an extension number is already stored on the phone.

Unnamed registration
Using this feature, you can register a phone with the call server without an extension, provided
the call server also supports this feature. To invoke Unnamed Registration, either enter a null
(empty) extension or password or take no action.
A phone registered with Unnamed Registration has the following characteristics:
• Only one call appearance
• No administrable features
• Outgoing calls only, subject to call server Class of Restriction or Class of Service
limitations
• Conversion to normal named registration possible by the user entering a valid extension
and password.

Other administrable options using parameters
• MCIPADD
You can configure the phone to register to a particular call server by listing the IP
addresses in the MCIPADD parameter in DHCP or the 46xxsettings.txt file. The standard

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practice is to list the CLANs on the main call server, followed by any Enterprise Survivable
Server (ESS) addresses, followed by any Local Spare Processor (LSP). To deviate from
this practice, you can list CLANs for multiple main call servers. In general, the phone will
start from the beginning of MCIPADD and attempt to register with each IP address in turn,
one at a time, until the phone gets a positive response. If MCIPADD is administered, users
can register to local call servers.
• UNNAMEDSTAT
You can also administer the phone to avoid unnamed registration and remain
unregistered if no extension and password are provided. .
For more information about the installation process, see Implementing the Avaya B189
Conference IP Phone,16-604293.

Error conditions
Assuming proper administration, most of the problems reported by phone users are likely to
be LAN-based or Quality of Service. Server administration and other issues can impact user
perception of IP phone performance.
For the likely operational problems after you successfully install Avaya B189 Conference IP
Phone, see Installing and maintaining Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone, 16-604293.
For more information on the end user procedures, see Using Avaya B189 Conference IP
Phone, 16-604295.

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Chapter 4: Communication Manager
Administration

Call server requirements
Before you perform administrative tasks, ensure that you have installed the proper hardware
and your call server software is compatible with Avaya B189 IP Conference phones. Use the
latest PBX software and IP phone firmware. Ensure that you administer the Avaya B189
conference IP Phone as a 9620 IP Deskphone on the CM station administering page.

Call server administration
For call server administration information not covered in this chapter, see the following
documents on the Avaya support Web site:
• Administering Avaya Aura Communication Manager, 03-300509 for more instructions for
administering an IP phone system on Communication Manager.
For information on the process of adding new phones, see chapter 6,Managing
Telephones. For related screen illustrations and field descriptions, see chapter on Screen
References.
• Administration for Network Connectivity for Avaya Communication Manager,
555-233-504 for more information about switch administration for your network.
Related topics:
Administering the IP interface and addresses on page 20
Administering UDP port selection on page 20
Administering RSVP on page 20
Administering QoS on page 21
Administering IEEE 802.1Q on page 21
Administering DIFFSERV on page 21
Administering NAT on page 21

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Administering the IP interface and addresses
Follow these general guidelines:
• Define the IP interfaces for each CLAN and Media processor circuit pack on the call server
that uses the IP Interfaces screen. For more information, see Administration for Network
Connectivity for Avaya Communication Manager , 555-233-504.
• On the Customer Options form, verify that the IP Stations field is set to Y (Yes). If it is not
set to (Y), contact your Avaya sales representative.

Administering UDP port selection
You can administer the Avaya B189 Conference IP phones from the Avaya Communication
Manager Network Region form to support UDP port selection. For information on specific port
assignment diagrams, see Implementing Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone.
For information about Avaya Communication Manager implementation, see Administration for
Network Connectivity for Avaya Communication Manager, 555-233-504 on the Avaya Support
Web site.
Administer the switch to use a port within the proper range for the specific LAN, and the IP
deskphone(s) copy that port. If no UDP port range is administered on the switch, the IP
deskphone uses an even-numbered port, randomly selected from the interval 4000 to
10000.

Administering RSVP
Avaya B189 Conference IP phones support the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) for
IPv4 audio connections only.
You can fully enable RSVP by provisioning CM ip-network-region.
For more information, see your Avaya server administration documentation and Administration
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Administering QoS
The Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones support both IEEE 802.1D/Q and DiffServ. Other
network-based QoS initiatives such as UDP port selection do not require support by the
phones. However, they contribute to improved QoS for the entire network.

Administering IEEE 802.1Q
The Avaya B189 Conference IP phones can simultaneously support receipt of packets that
are tagged, or not tagged according to the IEEE 802.1Q standard. To support IEEE 802.1Q,
you can administer Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones from the network through LLDP, or by
appropriate administration of the DHCP or HTTP/HTTPS servers.
You can administer the IEEE 802.IQ QoS parameters L2QAUD, and L2QSIG through the IP
Network Region form. To set these parameters at the switch, see sections on Quality of Service
(QoS) and Voice quality administration in Administration for Network Connectivity for Avaya
Communication Manager, 555-233-504.
For information on setting these parameters manually, see Implementing Avaya B189
Conference IP Phone.

Administering DIFFSERV
The DiffServ values change to the values administered on the call server as soon as the phone
registers. For more information on DiffServ values, see chapter on Network Quality
Administration in Administration for Network Connectivity for Avaya Communication Manager,
555-233-504. Unless there is a specific need in your enterprise LAN, do not change the default
values.

Administering NAT
Network Address Translation (NAT) usage can lead to problems that affect the consistency of
addressing throughout your network. All Avaya B189 Conference IP phones support NAT
interworking. Support for NAT does not imply support for Network Address Port Translation
(NAPT). The phones do not support communication to the PBX through any NAPT device.
NAT requires specific administration on the call server. A direct Avaya IP phone-to-Avaya IP
phone call with NAT requires Avaya Communication Manager Release 3.0 or later software.

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For more information, see Administration for Network Connectivity for Avaya Communication
Manager, 555-233-504 on the Avaya support Web site.

Call conferencing
This section provides information about conference call behaviors to consider when
administering the call server. The deskphone application presents a user interface, based in
part on the deduction of the call state. The following call states might result when the serverbased features interact with the user interface:
• The system parameter Abort Conference Upon Hang-up is set to Yes:
The user must dial and press the Join softkey for the conference to be completed. If the
user hangs up during conference setup before pressing Join, the conference is cancelled
with the held party remaining on [hard] hold. When the system parameter Abort
Conference Upon Hang-up is set to No, the user can hang up immediately after dialing,
dial a third party, and then press the Join softkey to have the conference proceed
normally.
• The system parameter No Dial Tone Conferencing is set to No and the Conference or
Add softkey is pressed:
The call server automatically selects an idle call appearance for the user to dial on. This
action allows the user to add the next conferee. When the system parameter No Dial Tone
Conferencing is set to Yes, the user must manually select a call appearance after pressing
the Conference or Add softkey.
Conferencing behavior changes significantly when you set the Select Line Conferencing to
Yes. Then the No Dial Tone Conferencing is automatically set to Yes. Specifically the following
scenarios can occur:
• If the user finishes dialing the intended conferee, pressing the initial call appearance
completes the conference, as if the Join softkey was pressed.
• If the user has not finished dialing the intended conferee, pressing the initial call
appearance cancels the conference set up. Note: The initial conference is placed on soft
hold when Conference or Add button is pressed.
• If the user presses the Conference or Add softkey, then immediately presses a hardheld call appearance, the previously held call appearance is retrieved from hold and joins
the existing conference.
When you set the system parameter Select Line Conferencing to No, the user can cancel the
conference setup by pressing the call appearance on soft hold before pressing Join. Selecting
a hard-held call appearance during conference setup establishes the held call as the intended
conferee.
For either Select Line Conferencing setting, if the user is in conference setup and answers an
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press Join to add the answered call to the conference. If the user does not want the incoming
call to be part of the conference, the user must not answer the call, or the user must answer
the call and then hang up before continuing the conference setup. Pressing an in-use call
appearance during conference setup makes that call appearance the intended conferee. The
Toggle Swap feature works for Conference setup similar to Transfer Setup.
For more information about call transfers, see Administering call transfers.

Phone administration on Avaya Aura® Communication
Manager
This section covers Avaya Aura® Communication Manager administration on the Switch
Administration Terminal (SAT) or by Avaya Site Administration. You must administer Avaya
Aura® Communication Manager on SAT or by Avaya Site Administration to optimize the phone
user interface. The SAT provides the system-wide CM form and the particular page or screen
that you need to administer for each feature. You need Communication Manager 3.1.2 or
later.
Related topics:
Feature-related system parameters on page 23

Feature-related system parameters
In Avaya Communication Manager Release 4.0 and later, you can administer three systemwide parameters. When you administer these parameters on CM, the parameters are
automatically downloaded to the phone during registration. You do not need to add these
parameters using the settings file or set them locally for each phone. The three system
parameters are: SNMP community string, SNMP Source IP addresses, and Craft Access Code
(PROCPSWD).
Note:
Commenting out SNMPSTRING in the settings file will not prevent a response to an SNMP
query unless the CM administration is also changed accordingly. Also, setting the SNMP
flag on the IP-Options form in CM to "n" does not disable SNMP. You must enable the
download flag and leave the community string value blank so that when the telephone
registers, the SNMPSTRING value will remain null.
To administer these three parameters use Page 3 of the change system-parameters ip-options
form.

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Name

Description

Auto Hold

Set up CM to enable Auto Hold, so that the
phone automatically places an active call on
hold when the user answers or resumes a
call on another call appearance. Use the
System Parameters Features form, page 6.

Coverage Path

Administer a coverage path for both phone
demonstration and normal operations. Use
the Coverage Path form and give it a number,
for example, Coverage path 1. If Voice Mail
is available, administer the hunt group or
VDN, depending on the type of VM system
being used.

Enhanced Conference Features

Enable enhanced conference display to
support the user experience for conferences.
Set Block Enhanced Conference Display on
the Class of Restriction (COR) form to No.
Use the command Change COR, followed
by a number, to view the form and make the
change. This is a sample of the Class of
Restriction form.

Station administration
Administer the following station features on the Station form. The Station form comprises of
several pages. You must set the features covered in this section to optimize the user
interface.
With Avaya Aura® Communication Manager Release 4.0 and later, you can perform central
call server administration of the GROUP parameter on a station-by-station basis. This
parameter is then downloaded to each applicable deskphone starting with the next deskphone
boot-up. You can use the GROUP Identifier with the 46xxsettings file for administration of
specific groups of deskphones. For more information, see Using the GROUP parameter to set
up customized groups on page 52. You can administer the GROUP ID parameter on page
3 of the Change Station Form.
Related topics:
Administering features on page 25

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Administering features
Administer the following Station Features for maximum user experience:
Name

Description

Enhanced Conference Features

Administer Conf-dsp (conference display)
on the station form as a feature button. Users
gain the benefits of enhanced conference
features.

Auto select any idle appearance

Set Auto select any idle appearance to N
(no) to optimize answering calls.

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Network Assesment
Perform a network assessment to ensure that the network has the capacity for the expected
data traffic and voice traffic, and can support jitter buffers and the following types of applications
as required:
• H.323
• DHCP
• HTTP/HTTPS
• LLDP
• RADIUS
You also need QoS support to run VoIP on your configuration. For more information, see
Administering UDP port selection on page 20.

Hardware requirements
• Category 5e cables that conform to the IEEE 802.3af-2003 standards, for LAN
powering.
• TN2602 or TN2302 IP Media Processor circuit pack. For increased capacity, install a
TN2602 circuit pack even if you have a TN2302 IP Media Processor circuit pack.
• TN799C or D Control-LAN (C-LAN) circuit pack.
To ensure that you administer the appropriate circuit packs on your server, see Communication
Manager Administration on page 19.
For more information about hardware requirements in general, see Implementing Avaya B189
Conference IP Phone.

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Server requirements
You can configure three types of servers for Avaya B189 Conference Phones:
• DHCP server: Avaya recommends that you install a DHCP server and do not use static
addressing. Install the DHCP server as described in Administering the DHCP and File
Servers on page 39.
• HTTP or HTTPS server:Administer the HTTP or HTTPS file server as described in HTTP
Generic Setup on page 46.
While the servers listed provide different functions that relate to the Avaya B189 Conference
IP Phones, the servers are not necessarily different boxes. For example, DHCP provides file
management whereas HTTP provides application management, yet both functions can coexist
on one hardware unit. Use any standards-based server.
For parameters related to Avaya Server information, see Communication Manager
Administration on page 19, and the administration documentation for your call server. For
parameters related to DHCP and file servers, see Server Administration on page 39.
Caution:
The phone obtains important information from the script files on the file server and depends
on the application file for software upgrades. If the file server is unavailable when the phone
resets, the phone operates based on the default administration and continues with the call
server registration process. Not all features are available. To restore the features you must
reset the phone when the file server is available.

Required network information
Before you administer DHCP, HTTP, and the HTTPS servers, collect the following network
information. If you have more than one Gateway (router), HTTP/HTTPS server, or call server
in your configuration, complete the required network information for each DHCP server before
you install the phones.
Avaya B189 Conference IP phones support specifying a list of IP addresses for a gateway/
router, HTTP/HTTPS server, and Avaya call servers. Each list can contain up to 255 total ASCII
characters, with IP addresses separated by commas with no intervening spaces. Depending
on the specific DHCP server, the deskphone might support only 127 characters.
When you specify IP addresses for the file server or call server, use either dotted decimal
format (“xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”) or DNS names for IPv4 addresses. If you use DNS, the value of the
DOMAIN parameter is appended to the DNS names that you specify. If DOMAIN is null, you
must use DNS names that are fully qualified. For more information about DNS, see DHCP
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Required network information before installation for each DHCP server
• Gateway router IP addresses
• If the HTTP or the HTTPS file server IP addresses, port number, are different from the
default, and the directory path if files are not located in the root directory
• Subnetwork mask
• Avaya call server IP address or addresses
• Phone IP address range
• DNS server address or addresses if applicable
As the LAN or System Administrator, you must also:
• Administer the DHCP server. See Server Administration on page 39.
• Edit the configuration file on the applicable HTTP or HTTPS file server. See Choosing the
right application file and upgrade script file on page 50.

Other network considerations
Related topics:
Enabling SNMP on page 29
Ping and traceroute on page 30
IP address and settings reuse on page 30
QoS on page 30
IEEE 802.1D and 802.1Q on page 31
Network audio quality on page 31
IP address list and station number portability on page 32
TCP/UDP Port utilization on page 32
Security on page 36
Time-to-Service on page 37

Enabling SNMP
Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones support SNMPv2c and Structure of Management
Information Version 2 (SMIv2). The phones also respond correctly to queries from entities that
comply with earlier versions of SNMP, such as SNMPv1. The phones respond to queries
directed either at the MIB-II or the read-only Custom MIB. Read-only means that you cannot
change the values externally with network management tools.

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You can restrict the IP addresses from which the phones accepts SNMP queries using the
SNMPADD parameter. You can also customize your community string with the SNMPSTRING
parameter.
Note:
SNMP is disabled by default. Administrators must start SNMP by setting the SNMPADD and
SNMPSTRING parameters appropriately.

Ping and traceroute
All Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones respond to a ping or traceroute message sent from the
call server switch or any other network source. The call server can also instruct the phone to
originate a ping or a traceroute to a specified IP address. The phone carries out that instruction
and sends a message to the call server indicating the results. For more information about
administering an IP telephone system on Communication Manager, see Administrator Guide
for Avaya Communication Manager, 03-300509.

IP address and settings reuse
After you successfully register the phone with a call server, the phone saves the IP address
and the parameter values in the non-volatile memory of the phone. The phone can reuse the
saved parameters if the DHCP or HTTP/HTTPS server is not available for any reason after a
restart. The setting for the DHCPSTD parameter indicates whether to keep the IP address if
no response is received for lease renewal. If set to 1 (No) the phone strictly follows the DHCP
standard with respect to giving up IP addresses when the DHCP lease expires. If set to 0 (Yes)
the phone continues using the IP address until it detects reset or a conflict.

QoS
For more information about the extent to which your network can support any or all the QoS
initiatives, see your LAN equipment documentation. For information about QoS implications
for the Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones, see Administering QoS on page 21.
Avaya B189 Conference phones provide some detail about network audio quality. For more
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IEEE 802.1D and 802.1Q
For more information about IEEE 802.1D and IEEE 802.1Q and Avaya B189 Conference
phones, see Administering IEEE 802.1Q on page 21 and Administering a VLAN on
page 62. Three bits of the 802.1Q tag are reserved for identifying packet priority to set any
one of the following eight priorities to a specific packet.
• 7: Network management traffic
• 6: Voice for traffic with less than 10 ms latency and jitter
• 5: Video traffic with less than 100 ms latency and jitter
• 4: Controlled-load traffic for critical data applications
• 3: Traffic meriting extra-effort by the network for prompt delivery, for example, executive
email
• 2: Reserved for future use
• 0: The default priority for traffic meriting the best-effort for prompt delivery of the network
• 1: Background traffic such as bulk data transfers and backups
Note:
Priority 0 is a higher priority than Priority 1.

Network audio quality
You can monitor network audio performance on the Avaya B189 Conference phones while on
a call. You can view this information on the Network Info screen.
While on a call, you can view the network audio quality parameters in real-time. See the
following table for the various parameters that you can view:
Table 3: Parameters in real-time
Parameter

Possible values

Received Audio Coding

G722

Packet Loss

No data or a percentage. The system counts late and out-ofsequence packets as lost if the packets are discarded. The
system does not count the packets as lost until a subsequent
packet is received and the loss confirmed by the RTP
sequence number.

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Parameter

Possible values

Packetization Delay

No data or an integer number of milliseconds. The number
reflects the amount of delay in received audio packets, and
includes any potential delay associated with the codec.

One-way Network Delay

No data or an integer number of milliseconds. The number is
half the value RTCP or SRTCP computes for the round-trip
delay.

Network Jitter
Compensation Delay

No data or an integer number of milliseconds reporting the
average delay that is introduced by the jitter buffer of the
phone.

The implication for LAN administration depends on the values returned by the phone user
reports and topology, loading, and QoS administration for the LAN. This information gives the
administrator an idea of how network conditions affect the audio quality of the current call.
Avaya assumes you have more detailed tools available for LAN troubleshooting.

IP address list and station number portability
You can specify IP address lists on the Avaya B189 Conference IP phones. On startup or on
restart, the phone attempts to establish communication with these various network elements
in turn. The phone starts with the first address on the respective list. If the call server denies
communication with the phone or the session times out, the phone continues to the next
address on the appropriate list and tries that IP address. The phone does not report failure
unless all addresses on a specified list fail, improving the reliability of IP telephony.
The address list and station portability capability also make station number portability possible.
Assume a situation where the company has multiple locations in London and New York, that
share a corporate IP network. Users want to take the phones from the London office to New
York office. When the user starts the phones in the new location, the local DHCP server usually
routes the user to the local call server. The local DHCP server if configured correctly, registers
the user with call server IP address in London.
For details on administration of DHCP servers for lists of alternate call servers, router/
gateways, and HTTP/HTTPS servers, see Server Administration on page 39.
For more information on DNS addressing, see DNS Addressing on page 64.

TCP/UDP Port utilization
Avaya B189 Conference phones use many protocols, particularly TCP (Transmission Control
Protocol), UDP (User Datagram Protocol), and TLS (Transport Layer Security) to communicate
with other equipment in the network. Part of this communication identifies which TCP or UDP
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For more TCP/UDP port utilization information related to Communication Manager, see UDP
Port Selection on page 20.
Depending on your network, you must know what ports or ranges to use in the phone operation.
Knowing these ports or ranges helps you administer your networking infrastructure.
Note:
Often, the phones use ports defined by IETF or other standards bodies.
Table 4: Received packets (Destination = Avaya B189 Conference IP phone))
Destination port

Source port

22

Any

Packets received by the
SSH server of the phone

TCP

The number used in the
Source Port field of DNS
packets sent by the phone

Any

Received DNS messages

UDP

The number used in the
Source Port field of the
packets sent by the HTTP
client on the phone

Any

Packets received by the
HTTP client on the phone

TCP

The number used in the
Source Port field of the
TLS/SSL packets that are
sent by the HTTP client on the
phone

Any

TLS/SSL packets that the
HTTP client receives on the
phone

TCP

68

Any

Received DHCP messages

UDP

161

Any

Received SNMP messages

UDP

1720

Any

H.323 signaling messages

TCP

The number used in the
Source Port field of RAS
packets that are sent by the
phone

1719

H.323 RAS messages

UDP

The next higher port number if
the port used for RTP is even,
or the next lower port number
if the port used for RTP is odd

Any

Received RTCP and
SRTCP packets

UDP

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Table 5: Transmitted packets (Source =B189 Conference Phone)

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Destination Port

Source Port

Use

UDP or
TCP?

The number used in the
Source Port field of packets
that are received by the SSH
server of the phone.

22

Packets that are
transmitted by the SSH
server of the phone

TCP

53

Any unused
port number

Transmitted DNS
messages

UDP

67

68

Transmitted DHCP
messages

UDP

80 unless specified otherwise

Any unused
port number

Packets that the HTTP
client transmits on the
phone during startup

TCP

80 unless specified otherwise

Any unused
port number

Packets that the HTTP
client of the phone
transmits after startup, for
example, for backup and
restore

TCP

The number used in the
Source Port field of the SNMP
query packet that the phone
receives

161

Transmitted SNMP
messages

UDP

The number used in the
Source Port field of packets
that are received by the HTTP
server of the phone

80

Packets that the HTTP
server of the phone
transmits

TCP

TLSPORT

Any unused
port number

TLS/SSL packets that the
HTTP client of the phone
transmits during startup

TCP

443 unless explicitly specified
otherwise, for example in a
URL

Any unused
port number

TLS/SSL packets that the
HTTP client of the phone
transmits after startup, for
example for backup or
restore

TCP

514

Any unused
port number

Transmitted Syslog
messages

UDP

33434 - 33523, starts with
33434, increments by 1 for
each message sent, 3
messages per hop, up to 30
hops

Any unused
port number

Transmitted traceroute
messages

UDP

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Destination Port

Source Port

Use

UDP or
TCP?

1719

Transmitted H.323 RAS
messages

UDP

2048 – 3029

Transmitted RTP, RTCP,
SRTP, and SRTCP
messages

UDP

The port number received in
the Transport Address field in
the RCF message

1720

H.323 signaling messages

TCP

System-specific

systemspecific

Transmitted signaling
protocol packets

TCP

The next higher port number if
the port used for RTP is even,
or the next lower port number
if the port used for RTP is odd

The next
higher port
number if the
port used for
RTP is even, or
the next lower
port number if
the port used
for RTP is odd

RTCP and SRTCP
packets transmitted to the
far end of the audio
connection

UDP

The next
RTCP packets transmitted
higher port
to an RTCP monitor
number if the
port used for
RTP is even, or
the next lower
port number if
the port used
for RTP is odd

UDP

An unused port H.323 RAS messages
number in the
range from
49300 to
49309

UDP

RTCPMONPORT

1719

System-specific

System
-specific

Transmitted signaling
protocol packets

UDP

Determined by SNMP mgmt
app

Any unused
port number

Transmitted SNMP
messages

UDP

Determined by the SSH client
or the O/S of the client

Any unused
port number

Transmitted SSH
messages

TCP

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Security
For information about toll fraud, see the respective call server documents on the Avaya support
web site. The Avaya B189 Conference phones cannot guarantee resistance to all Denial of
Service (DoS) attacks. However, checks and protections are in-built to resist such attacks while
maintaining appropriate service to legitimate users.
All Avaya B189 Conference phones support HTTP authentication for backup and restore
operations. The reprogrammable non volatile memory stores the authentication credentials
and the realm. The reprogrammable nonvolatile memory is not overwritten if new phone
software is downloaded. The default value of the credentials and the realm are null, set at
manufacture and at any other time that user-specific data is removed from the phone or by the
local administrative (Administration Menu) CLEAR procedure.
If an HTTP backup or restore operation requires authentication and the realm in the challenge
matches the stored realm, the stored credentials are used to respond to the challenge without
prompting the user. However, if the realms do not match, or if an authentication attempt using
the stored credentials fails, the user is then prompted to input new values for backup/restore
credentials.
If an HTTP authentication for a backup or restore operation is successful and if the user ID,
password, or realm used is different than the values currently stored in the phone, the new
values will replace the currently stored values.
You also have the following options to restrict or remove how the deskphone displays crucial
network information or uses the information. For more information on these options, see Server
Administration on page 39.
• Support signaling channel encryption.
Note:
Signaling and audio are not encrypted when unnamed registration is effective.
• Restrict the response of the Avaya B189 Conference phones to SNMP queries to only IP
addresses on a list you specify.
• Specify an SNMP community string for all SNMP messages the phone sends.
• Restrict the ability of the user to use a phone Options application to view network data.
• Compliant with IETF RFC 1948 Defending Against Sequence Number Attacks, May 1996,
by S. Bellovin. from Release 1.5 onwards.
• Apply the security-related parameters, SNMP community string (SNMPSTRING), SNMP
Source IP addresses (SNMPADD), and (Administration Menu) Access Code
(PROCPSWD) that is administered on the call server. Download the file with encrypted
signaling in addition to unencrypted HTTP or encrypted HTTPS

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Related topics:
Registration and Authentication on page 37
Secure Shell Support on page 37

Registration and Authentication
Avaya call servers support using the extension and password to register and authenticate
Avaya B189 Conference IP phones. For more information, see the current version of your call
server administration manual.

Secure Shell Support
Secure Shell (SSH) protocol is a tool that the Avaya Services organization can use to remotely
connect to IP deskphones to monitor, diagnose, or debug deskphone performance. Release
1.0 supports only the SSHv2 version. Because of the sensitive nature of remote access, you
can disable permission with the SSH_ALLOWED parameter. Even if permission is given, the
deskphone has several inbuilt security features.
You can configure the idle or inactivity time that will disable SSH with SSH_IDLE_TIMEOUT

Time-to-Service
TTS changes the way IP phones register with their gatekeeper, reducing the time to come into
service.
In the absence of TTS, the system uses a coupled two-step procedure to bring the IP phones
into service:
1. H.323 registration
2. TCP socket establishment for call signaling
The TTS feature separates these steps. In Communication Manager Release 4.0, you can
enable IP phones for service with just the registration step. TCP sockets are established later,
as needed.
The TTS feature also changes the direction of socket establishment. With TTS,Communication
Manager, rather than the phone, initiates socket establishment, which further improves
performance. In Communication Manager Release 4, you can enable TTS by default and can
also disable TTS for all IP phones in a given IP network region by changing the IP Network
form. TTS applies only to IP phones whose firmware has been updated to support this feature.
TTS does not apply to the following phones: third party H.323, DCP, BRI, and analog.

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For more information, see the Administrator Guide for Avaya Communications Manager,
03-300509.

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Software prerequisites
Ensure that you own licenses to use the DHCP, HTTP, and HTTPS server software.
Note:
You can install the DHCP and the HTTP server software on the same computer.
Caution:
The firmware in the Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone reserves the IP addresses of the
form 192.168.2.x for internal communications. The phone might not function properly if you
configure addresses in that range.

Administering the DHCP and file Servers
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) minimizes maintenance for the Avaya B189
Conference IP Phone network. With DHCP, you need not individually assign and maintain IP
addresses and the other parameters on each IP phone on the network.
Depending on administration, the DHCP server provides the following information to the Avaya
B189 Conference IP Phones:
• An IP address of the Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone
• An IP address of the Avaya call server
• An IP address of the HTTP or HTTPS file server
• The subnet mask
• An IP address of the router
• A DNS Server IP address
Administer the LAN so each Avaya B189 Conference phone can reach a DHCP server that
contains the IP addresses and subnet mask.
The Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone cannot function without an IP address. Using the IP
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even if the DHCP server is temporarily unavailable. A user can manually assign a different IP
address to an IP deskphone. When the DHCP server finally returns, the Avaya B189
Conference IP Phone does not search for a DHCP server unless the static IP data is
unassigned manually. In addition, manual entry of IP data is an error-prone process.
Ensure that:
• A minimum of two DHCP servers are available for reliability.
• A DHCP server is available when the IP deskphone restarts.
• A DHCP server is available at remote sites if WAN failures isolate IP deskphones from
the central site DHCP servers.
The file server provides the Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone with a script file and, if
appropriate, new or updated application software.
In addition, you can edit the settings file to customize phone parameters for your specific
environment. For more information, see Administering Telephone Options.
Related topics:
Configuring DHCP Option 242 on page 40

Configuring DHCP Option 242
About this task
To administer DHCP option 242 for SSON, make a copy of the existing option 176 for your
Avaya B189 Conference phones. Option 242 is specific to the default site and applies to
DHCPv4 only. You can then perform one of the following actions:

Procedure
1. Ignore any parameters which the Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones do not support
for setting through DHCP in option 242, or
2. Delete unused or unsupported Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone parameters to
shorten the length of the DHCP message.

Result
You can set only the following parameters in the DHCP site-specific option for Avaya B189
Conference IP Phones, although most of them can be set in a 46xxsettings.txt file as well.
Table 6: Parameters Set by DHCP in a Site-Specific Option
Parameter
DNSSRVR

40

Description
Specifies the DNS server IP address or addresses.

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Parameter

Description

DOMAIN

Specifies the string that is appended to DNS names in parameter
values when they are resolved into IP addresses.

DOT1XSTAT

Controls 802.1X Supplicant operation.

HTTPDIR

Specifies the path name to prepend to all file names used in HTTP and
HTTPS GET operations during startup. (0 to 127 ASCII characters, no
spaces.) The command is SET HTTPDIR myhttpdir. The path relative
to the root of the TLS or HTTP file server where Avaya B189
Conference IP Phones files are stored. If an Avaya file server is used
to download configuration files over TLS, but a different server is used
to download software files through HTTP, set the path of the Avaya
server in the DHCP site-specific option, and set HTTPDIR again in the
46xxsettings.txt file with the appropriate path for the second server.
HTTPDIR is the path for all HTTP operations except for BRURI.

HTTPPORT

Specifies the TCP port number to download the HTTP file.

HTTPSRVR

Specifies the IP addresses or DNS names of HTTP file servers used
to download Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones software files. The
files are digitally signed, so TLS is not required for security.

ICMPDU

Controls the extent to which ICMP Destination Unreachable messages
are sent in response to messages sent to closed ports so as not to
reveal information to potential hackers. The default is 1 which sends
Destination Unreachable messages for closed ports used by
traceroute.

ICMPRED

Controls whether ICMP Redirect messages are processed. The default
is 0 which redirects messages that are not processed.

L2Q

specifies the 802.1Q tagging mode. The default is 0 which signifies
automatic.

L2QVLAN

VLAN ID of the voice VLAN. The default is 0.

LOGLOCAL

Controls the severity level of events logged in the SNMP MIB. The
default is 7.

MCIPADD

CM servers IP addresses or DNS names. If there are too many
addresses or names to include all of them in the DHCP site-specific
option, include at least one from each major system. Then set
MCIPADD again in the 46xxsettings.txt file with the complete list of
addresses. Providing a subset of the addresses through DHCP
improves reliability if the file server is not available due to server or
network problems.

PHY1STAT

Controls the Ethernet line interface speed. The default is 1 which
indicates that it is auto-negotiate.

PROCPSWD

Security string used to access local procedures. The default is 27238
(CRAFT).

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Parameter

Description

PROCSTAT

Controls whether local Craft procedures are allowed. The default is 0
which indicates that access to all administrative options is allowed.

REREGISTER

The number of minutes the phone waits before and between reregistration attempts.

REUSETIME

The n umber of seconds to wait for successful completion of DHCP
before reusing previous parameters on the default (port) VLAN. The
default is 60.

SNMPADD

Allowable source IP addresses for SNMP queries. The default is “ ”
(Null).

SNMPSTRING

SNMP community name string. The default is “ ” (Null).

STATIC

Controls whether to use a manually-programmed file server or CM IP
address instead of those received through DHCP or a settings file. If a
manually programmed file server IP address is to be used, STATIC
must be set through DHCP.

TLSDIR

Specifies the path name prepended to all file names used in HTTPS
GET operations during startup.

TLSPORT

Specifies the TCP port number for HTTPS file downloading.

TLSSRVR

Specifies the IP addresses or DNS names of Avaya file servers to
download configuration files.
Specifies that Transport Layer Security is used to authenticate the
server.

TLSSRVRID

Controls whether the identity of a TLS server is checked against its
certificate.

UNNAMEDSTAT

Specifies whether the deskphone will attempt unnamed registration.

VLANTEST

Controls the length of time the deskphone tries DHCP with a non-zero
VLAN ID. When the interval is exceeded, the deskphone records the
VLAN ID so that the VLAN ID is not used again, and DHCP continues
on the default VLAN. The default is 60 seconds.

These parameters are saved in the non-volatile memory of the Avaya B189 Conference IP
Phones. If the DHCP server is not available for any reason during phone restart or reboot, the
phone uses these saved parameters.

DHCP Generic Setup
This document describes the generic DCHPv4 administration that works with the B189
Conference IP Phones.

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Any DHCP application might work if the DHCP server is correctly configured.
Note:
Avaya does not assume responsibility for configuring your DHCP server. Contact your
vendor or supplier for configuring the DHCP server correctly.

Setting up the DHCP server
About this task
DHCP server setup involves:

Procedure
1. Follow vendor instructions to install the DHCP server software.
2. Configure the DHCP server with:
• IP addresses available for the B189 Conference IP Phones.
• The following DHCP options for using IPv4:
- Option 1: Subnet mask.
- Option 3: Gateway (router) IP addresses. If using more than one
address, the total list can contain up to 255 total ASCII characters. You
must separate IP addresses with commas with no intervening spaces.
- Option 6: DNS servers address list. If using more than one address,
the total list can contain up to 127 total ASCII characters. You must
separate IP addresses with commas with no intervening spaces. At least
one address in Option 6 must be a valid, dotted decimal address without
a zero.
- Option 15: DNS Domain Name. This string contains the domain name
that the system uses to resolve DNS names in system parameters into
IP addresses. The system appends this domain name to the DNS name
before the B189 Conference IP Phone resolves the DNS address. If you
want to use a DNS name for the HTTP server, Option 15 is required.
Otherwise, you can specify a DOMAIN as part of customizing HTTP. For
more information, see DNS addressing on page 64.
- Option 51: DHCP lease time. If the deskphone does not receive this
option, the deskphone does not accept the DHCPOFFER. Avaya
recommends a lease time of six weeks or greater. If this option has a
value of FFFFFFFF hex, the system treats the IP address lease as infinite
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not require renewal and rebinding procedures even if you receive Options
58 and 59.
Expired leases cause B189 Conference IP Phones to restart. Avaya
recommends providing enough leases so the IP address of a B189
Conference IP Phone does not change if you briefly take the phone
offline.
Note:
The DHCP standard states that when a DHCP lease expires, the
device must immediately cease using the assigned IP address.
However, if the network has problems and the you centralize the DHCP
server, or if the DHCP server has problems, the deskphone does not
receive responses to its request for a renewal of the lease. In this case
the deskphone is unusable until the server can respond. Expired leases
do not cause the phone to restart because you can renew expired
leases. However, if the new IP address is different than the previous,
the phone restarts. Ensure that after an IP address is assigned, the
deskphone continues using that address after the DHCP lease expires,
until the system detects a conflict with another device. With the system
parameter DHCPSTD, an administrator can specify that the telephone
will do one of the following: a). Comply with the DHCP standard by
setting DHCPSTD to 1. b). Continue to use the IP Address after the
DHCP lease expires by setting DHCPSTD to 0. This setting is the
default. If you invoke the default after the DHCP lease expires, the
phone continues to broadcast DHCPREQUEST messages for the
current IP address. The deskphone sends an ARP Request for its own
IP Address every 5 seconds until the phone receives a DHCPACK, a
DHCPNAK, or an ARP Reply. After receiving a DHCPNAK, or ARP
Reply, the phone displays an error message, sets the IP address to
0.0.0.0, and attempts to contact the DHCP server again. Depending
on the DHCP application you choose, be aware that the application
does not immediately recycle expired DHCP leases. An expired lease
might remain reserved for the original client for one day or more. For
®
example, Windows NT DHCP reserves expired leases for about 1 day.
This reservation period protects a lease for a short time. If the client
and the DHCP server are in two different time zones, the clocks of the
computers are not synchronized. If the client is not on the network when
the lease expires, you have the time to correct the situation.
- Option 52: Overload Option, if required. If the B189 Conference IP
Phone receives this option in a message and interprets the sname and
file fields in accordance with IETF RFC 2132, Section 9.3.
- Option 58: DHCP lease renew time. If the B189 Conference IP phone
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Option 51, the phone uses the default value of T1 (renewal timer)
according to IETF RFC 2131, Section 4.5.
- Option 59: DHCP lease rebind time. If the B189 Conference IP phone
does not receive this parameter, or if this value is greater than that for
Option 51, the phone uses the default value of T2 (rebinding timer)
according to RFC 2131, Section 4.5
- Option 242: Site-Specific Option Number (SSON). You do not have to
use Option 242. If you do not use this option, you must ensure that you
administer the key information, especially HTTPSRVR and MCIPADD
appropriately elsewhere.
An example of proper DHCP administration is:
Option 242 for DHCP: MCIPADD =xxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Result
In the following table, DHCPACK Setting of Parameter Values on page 45 the B189
Conference IP phone sets the following parameter values to the DHCPACK message field and
option.
Table 7: DHCPACK Setting of Parameter Values
Parameter

Set to

DOMAIN

If received, Option #15.

DHCP lease renew time

Option #58 (if received).

DHCP lease rebind time

Option #59 (if received).

DHCP lease time

Option #51 (if received).

DNSSRVR

Option #6.

HTTPSRVR

The siaddr field, if that field is not a zero.

TLSSRVR

The siaddr field, if that field is non zero.

Because the DHCP site-specific option is processed after the DHCP fields and standard
options, the values set in the site-specific option supersede any values set by DHCP fields or
standard options, as well as any other previously set values.
You cannot set parameters L2Q and L2QVLAN from a site-specific option if the parameter
values were previously set by LLDP. For more information, see About Link Layer Discovery
Protocol (LLDP) on page 66.
Note:
The B189 Conference IP Phones do not support Regular Expression Matching, and
therefore, do not use wildcards.

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In configurations where the upgrade script and the application files are in the default directory
on the HTTP server, do not use the command HTTPDIR=.

HTTP Generic Setup
About this task
You can store the same application software, script file, and settings file on an HTTP server
as you can on a TFTP server. The B189 Conference IP phones do not support TFTP. With
proper administration, the B189 Conference IP phone seeks out and uses the application
software, script file, and settings file. The B189 Conference IP phone might lose some
functionality, if you reset the HTTP server or the HTTP server is unavailable. For more
information, see Administering the DHCP and File Servers on page 39.
Caution:
Ensure that the files defined by the HTTP server configuration are accessible from all B189
Conference IP phones that need those files. Ensure that the file names match the names
in the upgrade script, including case, as UNIX systems are case-sensitive.
Note:
Use any suitable HTTP application. Commonly used HTTP applications include Apache
®
and Microsoft IIS™.

®

Important:
You must use the Avaya Web configuration server to get HTTPS so that information is
authenticated. The Avaya Web configuration server does not support backup or restore. If
you intend to use HTTP for backup and restore purposes, you must use an HTTP server
that is independent of the Avaya Web configuration server.
To set up an HTTP server:

Procedure
1. Install the HTTP server application.
2. Administer the system parameter HTTPSRVR to the addresses of the HTTP
server.
Include the parameter in DHCP Option 242, or the appropriate SSON Option.
3. Download the upgrade script file and application files from the Avaya website
avaya.com/support to the HTTP server.
For more information, see Telephone Software and Application Files on
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Note:
When you download the application file from the Avaya Support website, ensure
you are downloading the correct version. One version allows VPN and media
encryption functionality, while the other disables those functions.
Note:
Many LINUX servers distinguish between upper and lower case names. Ensure
that you specify the settings file name accurately and also the names and values
of the data within the file.

Result
If you choose to enhance the security of your HTTP environment by using Transport Layer
Security (TLS), you must:
• Install the TLS server application.
• Administer the system parameter TLSSRVR to the addresses of the Avaya HTTP
server.

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Chapter 7: Telephone Software and
Application Files

Understanding the general download process
Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones download upgrade files, settings files, language files,
certificate files, and software files from a file server. Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone
downloads all the file types either through HTTP or HTTPS except the software files, which
can only be downloaded through HTTP. Avaya recommends HTTPS for downloading the non
software file types because it ensures the integrity of the downloaded file by preventing man
in the middle attacks. Further, after the deskphone downloads the trusted certificates, HTTPS
ensures that the file server is authenticated through a digital certificate. The deskphone does
not use HTTPS for software file downloads because Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones
software files are already digitally signed. You need not incur additional processing overhead
while downloading these relatively large files.
Note:
The files in the Software Distribution Packages discussed in this chapter are identical for file
servers running HTTP and HTTPS. The generic term “file server” refers to a server running
either HTTP or HTTPS.
When shipped from the factory, Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones might not contain the latest
software. When Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone, the phone attempts to contact a file server,
and downloads new software only if the software version available on the file server is different
than the version on the phone. For subsequent software upgrades, the call server can remotely
reset the phone, and the phone initiates the same process for contacting a file server.
The phone queries the file server, which, transmits a B189Hupgrade.txt file to the phone. The
software files that the phone must use depend on the instructions in the upgrade file
B189Hupgrade.txt.
The Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone then downloads a 46xxsettings.txt file. The settings file
contains options that you have administered for any or all the phones in your network. For
more information about the settings file, see About the settings file on page 51. After
downloading the settings file, the phone downloads the language or the certificate files and
then any new software files that the settings require.

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Related topics:
Choosing the right application file and upgrade script file on page 50
Using the upgrade file on page 50
About the settings file on page 51

Choosing the right application file and upgrade script file
Software files needed to operate the Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones are packaged
together in either a Zip format or RPM/Tar format distribution package. Download the package
appropriate to your operating environment to your file server from the Avaya Support Web site
at: http://www.avaya.com/support.
H.323 software distribution packages contain:
• One Upgrade file
• All of the Display Text Language Files
• A file named av_prca_pem_2033.txt that contains a copy of the Avaya Product Root
Certificate Authority certificate in PEM format that may be downloaded to telephones
based on the value of the TRUSTCERTS parameter
• A file named release.xml that is used by the Avaya Software Update Manager application
The software distribution packages in Zip format also contain a signatures directory containing
signature files and a certificate file to be used by the Avaya file server application on the Utility
server. Customers using a non-Avaya HTTP server can ignore or delete this directory.
For detailed information about downloading files and upgrading telephone software, see
Implementing Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone.

Using the upgrade file
The upgrade file indicates to the phone whether it needs to upgrade software. The upgrade
script file also directs the phone to the settings file.
Avaya recommends that you do not alter the upgrade script file because if Avaya changes the
upgrade script file in the future, any changes you have made will be lost. Avaya recommends
that you use the 46xxsettings.txt file to customize your settings instead. However, you can
change the settings file name, if desired, as long as you also edit the corresponding GET
command in the upgrade script file.

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About the settings file
The settings file contains the option settings you need to customize the Avaya B189
Conference IP Phones for your enterprise.
The settings file can include any of six types of statements, one on each line:
• Tag lines that begin with a single # (pound) character, followed by a single space
character, followed by a text string with no spaces.
• Goto commands, of the form GOTO tag. Goto commands cause the phone to continue
interpreting the settings file at the next line after a #tag statement. If no such statement
exists, the rest of the settings file is ignored.
• Conditionals, of the form IF $parameter_name SEQ string GOTO tag. Conditionals
cause the Goto command to be processed if the value of the parameter named
parameter_nameexactly matches string. If no such parameter named parameter_name
exists, the entire conditional is ignored. You can use only the following parameters in a
conditional statement are: GROUP, MACADDR, MODEL and MODEL4.
• SET commands, of the form SET parameter_name value. Invalid values cause the
specified value to be ignored for the associated parameter_name so the default or
previously administered value is retained. All values must be text strings, even if the value
itself is numeric, a dotted decimal IP Address, etc.
• Comments, which are statements with a pound (#) character in the first column.
Note:
Enclose all data in quotation marks for proper interpretation.
• GET commands, of the form GET filename. The phone attempts to download the file
named by filename, and if the file is successfully downloaded, the downloaded file is
interpreted as an additional settings file, and no additional lines are interpreted in the
original file. If the file cannot be obtained, the phone continues to interpret the original
file.
Download the 46xxsettings.txt template file from the Avaya Support site and edit it to add your
own custom settings.

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Using the GROUP parameter to set up customized groups
About this task
Different users might have the same phone model, but require different administered settings.
For example, you might want to restrict call center agents from logging off, which might be an
essential capability for hot-desking associates.
Use the GROUP parameter to set up customized groups:

Procedure
1. Identify the phones and the groups the phones belong to, and designate a number
for each group.
The number can be any integer from 0 to 999, with 0 as the default, meaning your
largest group is assigned as Group 0.
2. After you assign the GROUP assignments, edit the configuration file to enable each
phone of the appropriate group to download the proper settings.

Result
The following is an example of the configuration file for the call center agent:
IF $GROUP SEQ 1 goto CALLCENTER IF $GROUP SEQ 2 goto HOTDESK , {specify
settings unique to Group 0} goto END
# CALLCENTER {specify settings unique to Group 1} goto END
# HOTDESK {specify settings unique to Group 2}
# END {specify settings common to all Groups}

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Options

Administering options for Avaya B189 Conference Phones
You can set the parameters for DHCP, DHCP fields, and options to the required values. For
more information, see Administering the DHCP and File Servers on page 39. For HTTP, set
the parameters to required values in the settings file. For more information, see About the
settings file on page 51.
Use the settings file to administer most parameters on the Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones.
Some DHCP applications are complicated and require extensive expertise for
administration.
You might choose to completely disable the capability to enter or change option settings from
the dial pad. You can set the parameter PROCPSWD as part of standard DHCP/HTTP
administration. Alternately, you can set PROCPSWD on the system-parameters ip-options
form, in Communication Manager Release 4.0. If PROCPSWD is not null and consists of one
to seven digits, a user cannot invoke any local options without first entering the PROCPSWD
value on the Administration Menu Login screen.
For more information on craft options, see Implementing Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone.
Note:
If you configure the minimum length of the password as four digits, the password is changed
to default.
Caution:
If you administer PROCPSWD as part of DHCP/HTTP administration, the value is stored
and transmitted unencrypted. Therefore, PROCPSWD is not a high-security technique to
inhibit a sophisticated user from getting access to local procedures unless you administer
the parameter using page 3 of the system-parameters IP-options form in Communication
Manager Release 4.0.

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Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone : Customizable system
parameters
This table lists the parameters that you can customize in the 46xxsettings file, the default
values, parameter descriptions, and valid values.
Table 8: Customizable system parameters
Parameter name

54

Default
value

Description and value range

APPNAME

“ ” (Null)

The file name of the Signed Application or Library
Software Package that the phone downloads and
installs during power-up or reset if the package
has not already been downloaded and installed.
You must set this parameter only in an upgrade
file.

APPSTAT

1

Controls whether specific applications are
enabled, restricted, or disabled. Values are: 1=all
applications enabled, 2=Speed Dial (Contacts)
changes and Call Log disabled and Redial last
number only, 3=Speed Dial (Contacts) changes
disabled, 0=Speed Dial (Contacts) changes, Call
Log, and Redial disabled.

APPLICATIONWD

1

Controls whether the application watchdog is
enabled 1 or disabled 0. The application
watchdog software process, if enabled, monitors
other software processes and determines
whether the processes have become
unresponsive. The application watchdog software
process also generates a log event and either kills
the process or resets the phone.

AUDASYS

3

Globally controls audible alerting. Possible
system settings for audible alerting are 0 through
3 as follows: 0=Audible Alerting is Off; user cannot
change this setting. 1=Audible Alerting is On; user
cannot change this setting. 2=Audible Alerting is
Off; user can change this setting. 3=Audible
Alerting is On; user can change this setting.

AUTH

0

Script file authentication value (0=HTTP is
acceptable, 1=HTTPS is required).

BAKLIGHTOFF

120

Number of minutes without display activity to wait
before setting the backlight to the lowest level.

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Parameter name

Default
value

Description and value range
The default is 120 minutes (2 hours). Valid values
range from zero to 999 minutes (16.65 hours).

BRAUTH

0

Backup and restore authentication control. Valid
values are:
1=If at least one digital certificate is downloaded
based on TRUSTCERTS. The IP address of the
call server with which you register the phone and
the registration password of the phone are
included as the credentials in an Authorization
request-header in each transmitted GET and PUT
method if and only if the value of BRAUTH is 1.
0=The IP address of the call server and
registration password of the phone is not included
as part of GET or PUT Authorization header, or
no digital certificate has been downloaded.

BRURI

“ ” (Null)

URL used for backup and retrieval of user data.
Specify the HTTP or HTTPS server and the
directory path or port number to backup file. Do
not specify backup file name. Value: 0-255 ASCII
characters. Null is a valid value and you can enter
spaces. You can specify a subdirectory, for
example:

SET BRURI http://135.8.60.10/
backup
This parameter puts the user backup or restore
files in a subdirectory away from all other files
such as bins, .txts, and others. This parameter
turns on authentication for that subdirectory,
without turning it on for the root directory. If this
value is null or begins with a character sequence
other than http:// or https:// the Backup or Restore
option will not display to the phone user.
DHCPSTD

0

DHCP Standard lease violation flag. Indicates
whether to keep the IP address if there is no
response to lease renewal. If set to 1, (No) the
phone strictly follows the DHCP standard with
respect to giving up IP addresses when the DHCP
lease expires. If set to 0,(Yes) the phone
continues using the IP address until it detects
reset or a conflict. For more information, see
DHCP Generic Setup on page 42.

DNSSRVR

0.0.0.0

Text string containing the IP address of zero or
more DNS servers, in dotted-decimal format, that
is separated by commas with no intervening
spaces, 0-255 ASCII characters, including
commas.

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Parameter name

56

Default
value

Description and value range

DOMAIN

“ ” (Null)

Text string containing the domain name that the
phone must use when it resolves the DNS names
in parameter values into IP addresses. Valid
values are 0-255 ASCII characters. If Null, do not
leave spaces.

DOT1XEAPS

MD5

Specifies the EAP method used for 802.1X
operation. Valid values are MD5 and TLS .

DOT1XSTAT

0

Determines how the phone handles Supplicants.
Valid values are: 0= Supplicant operation is
completely disabled. 1=Supplicant operation is
enabled, but responds only to received unicast
EAPOL messages. 2 = Supplicant operation is
enabled and responds to received unicast and
multicast EAPOL messages. For more
information, see About IEEE 802.1X.

ENHDIALSTAT

1

Enhanced Dialing Status. If set to 1, the
Administering dialing methods feature is turned
on for all associated applications. For more
information, see Administering dialing
methods on page 72. If set to 0, the feature is
turned off.

GRATARP

0

Gratuitous ARP flag. Controls whether the phone
processes gratuitous ARPS or ignores them.
If you use Processor Ethernet (PE) duplication
and if your phones are on the same subnet as the
PE interfaces, set this parameter to 1, to allow the
fastest failover to the new PE interface.
Valid values are:
1 = Yes, process gratuitous ARPS
0 = No, ignore gratuitous ARPS

GUESTDURATION

2

Guest login duration in hours. One or two ASCII
numeric digits. Valid values are 1, through 12.

GUESTLOGINSTAT

0

Guest login permission flag. If set to 1, the Guest
Login option is listed on the Avaya Menu; if set to
0, the Guest Login option is not available.

GUESTWARNING

5

Guest login warning in minutes to indicate when
to notify the user that GUESTLOGINDURATION
will expire. One or two ASCII numeric digits. Valid
values are 1 through 15.

HTTPDIR

“ ” (Null)

HTTP server directory path. The path name
prepended to all file names used in HTTP GET
operations during initialization. Value: 0-127
ASCII characters, no spaces. Null is a valid value.

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Parameter name

Default
value

Description and value range
Leading or trailing slashes are not required. The
command syntax is SET HTTPDIR myhttpdir”
where myhttpdir is your HTTP server path.
HTTPDIR is the path for all HTTP operations
except for BRURI.

HTTPPORT

80

TCP port number used for HTTP file downloading.
2 to 5 ASCII numeric digits. Valid values are 80
through 65535. Note that when the file server is
on Communication Manager, set this value to 81
that is the port required for HTTP downloads
rather than the using the default.

HTTPSRVR

“ ” (Null)

IP address(es) or DNS Name(s) of HTTP file
servers used to download phone files. Dotted
decimal or DNS format, separated by
commas,0-255 ASCII characters, including
commas.

ICMPDU

0

Controls whether ICMP Destination Unreachable
messages will be processed. Values are: 0=No,
1=Send limited Port Unreachable messages,
2=Send Protocol and Port Unreachable
messages.

ICMPRED

0

Controls whether ICMP Redirect messages will
be processed. Values are: 0=No, 1=Yes.

L2Q

0

Controls whether Layer 2 frames have IEEE
802.1Q tags (0=auto, 1=enabled, 2=disabled).

L2QVLAN

0

802.1Q VLAN Identifier (0 to 4094). Null (“ ”) is not
a valid value and the value cannot contain
spaces. VLAN identifier that IP phones use. Set
this parameter only if IP phones use a VLAN that
is separate from the default data VLAN.
If you must configure the VLAN identifier using
H.323 signaling based on Communication
Manager administration forms, the VLAN should
not be set here. From software Release 2.0,
L2QVLAN will always be initialized from the
corresponding system initialization value at
power-up, but will not be initialized from the
system initialization value after a reset.

LANG0STAT

1

Controls whether the user can select built-in
English language text strings. Valid values are: 0
= User cannot select English language text strings
1 = User can select English language text
strings.
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Parameter name

58

Default
value

Description and value range

LANGxFILE

“ ” (Null)

Contains the name of the language file x, where
x is 1 through 4. The file name must end in .txt.
Example: SET LANG1FILE
“mlf_russian.txt”
LANG1FILE =
LANG2FILE =
LANG3FILE =
LANG4FILE =

LANGSYS

“ ” (Null)

System wide language that contains the name of
the default system language file, if any. Value is 0
to 32 ASCII characters. The file name must end
in .txt. The default is a null string. Example: SET
LANGSYS mlf_german.txt

LLDP_XMIT_SECS

30

Specifies the rate in seconds at which LLDP
messages will be transmitted.
Valid values are 1 to 4 ASCII numeric digits, “1”
through “3600”

LOGLOCAL

0

Event Log Severity Level. Valid values are one
0-8 ASCII numeric digit. Controls the level of
events logged in the endptRecentLog and
endptResetLog objects in the SNMP MIB. Events
with the selected level and with a higher severity
level are logged. Valid values are: 0=Disabled,
1=emergencies, 2=alerts, 3=critical, 4=errors,
5=warnings, 6=notices, 7=information, 8=debug.

MCIPADD

0.0.0.0

Call Server address. Zero or more Avaya
Communication Manager server IP addresses.
Format is dotted-decimal or DNS name format,
that is separated by commas without intervening
spaces (0-255 ASCII characters, including
commas). Null is a valid value.

NVHTTPSRVR

“ ” (Null)

Applies to both VPN and non-VPN settings.
NVHTTPSRVR is the HTTP file server IP
addresses used to initialize HTTPSRVR the next
time the phone starts up. Zero to 255 ASCII
characters: zero or more IP addresses in dotted
decimal, colon-hex, or DNS name format, that is
separated by commas without any intervening
spaces.
NVHTTPSRVR is provided for VPN mode so that
a file server IP address can be pre configured and
saved in non volatile memory. .

NVMCIPADD

“ ” (Null)

Call server IP addresses. Zero to 255 ASCII
characters; zero or more IP addresses in dotted-

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Parameter name

Default
value

Description and value range
decimal, colon-hex, or DNS name format, that is
separated by commas without any intervening
spaces.

NVTLSSRVR

“ ” (Null)

VPN and non-VPN. HTTPS file server IP
addresses used to initialize TLSSRVR the next
time the phone starts up. 0 to 255 ASCII
characters: zero or more IP addresses in dotted
decimal, colon-hex, or DNS name format, and
separated by commas without any intervening
spaces.

OPSTAT

111

Option status flag(s) (1 or 3 ASCII numeric digits)
indicate which options are user-selectable. The
default of 111 grants access to all options and
related applications. Single digit valid values are:
1=user can access all options, including Logout,
2= user can access only view-oriented
applications. Three-digit valid values are a
concatenation of binary values, in the form abc,
where each letter represents a 0 (disabled/off) or
1 (enabled/on), interpreted as: a = base settings
for all user options and related applications,
except as in b or c. b = setting for view-oriented
applications (for example, the Network
Information application), as applicable. c = setting
for Logout application, if applicable. The binary 0
does not allow an end user to see or invoke
options and related applications. Setting the flag
to binary 1 gives full display and access to all
options and related applications.

OPSTAT2

0

OPSTAT override flag. If set to 0, OPSTAT is not
affected. If set to 1, OPSTAT is unaffected with
the exception that any changes to customized
labels in the backup file are uploaded and used
as if OPSTAT permitted this action.

PHNCC

1

Telephone country code. The administered
international country code for the location by the
algorithm that dials calls from the incoming Call
Log or from Web pages. Range: 1-3 digits, from 1
to 999.

PHNDPLENGTH

5

Internal extension phone number length.
Specifies the number of digits associated with
internal extension numbers by the algorithm that
dials calls from the incoming Call Log or from Web
pages. Range: 1 or 2 digits, from 3 to 13.

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Parameter name

60

Default
value

Description and value range

PHNEMERGNUM

“ ” (Null)

Emergency phone/extension number. Specifies
the number that the phone must dial automatically
when the phone user presses the Emerg button.
Value: 0-30 ASCII dialable characters from 0
through 9, star (*), pound (#) and no spaces. Null
is a valid value.

PHNIC

011

Telephone international access code. The
maximum number of digits, if any, dialed to
access public network international trunks by the
algorithm that dials calls from the incoming Call
Log or from Web pages. Range: 0-4 digits.

PHNLD

1

Telephone long distance access code. The digit,
if any, dialed to access public network long
distance trunks by the algorithm that dials calls
from the incoming Call Log or from Web pages.
Range: 1 digit or “ ” (Null).

PHNLDLENGTH

10

Length of national phone number. The number of
digits in the longest possible national phone
number by the algorithm that dials calls from the
incoming Call Log or from Web pages.
Range: 1 or 2 digits, from “3” to “10.” Range: 1 or
2 ASCII numeric characters, from 5 to 15.

PHNOL

9

Outside line access code. The character(s)
dialed, including # and *, if any, to access public
network local trunks by the algorithm that dials
calls from the incoming Call Log or from Web
pages. Range: 0-2 dialable characters, including
“ ” (Null).

PHNSCRILDE

0

Window displayed when phone is in Idle state.
Valid values: 0 and 1. Changed through the
settings file.

PHNSCRUNREG

0

Window displayed when user is not registered.
Valid values are 0 or 1.

PHY1STAT

1

Ethernet line interface setting 1=auto-negotiate,
2=10 Mbps half-duplex, 3=10 Mbps full-duplex,
4=100 Mbps half-duplex, 5=100 Mbps full-duplex,
and 6=1000 Mbps full-duplex, if supported by the
hardware.

PROCPSWD

27238

Text string containing the local dial pad procedure
password (Null or 1-7 ASCII digits). If set, the user
must enter the password immediately after
accessing the Craft Access Code Entry screen,
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Parameter name

Default
value

Description and value range
Contacts button for the 9610 is pressed to access
a craft procedure. Intended to facilitate restricted
access to local procedures even when command
sequences are known. Password is viewable, not
hidden.

PROCSTAT

0

Local dial pad Administrative Options status
(0=all Administrative (Craft) Options are allowed,
1=only VIEW is allowed).

REREGISTER

20

Registration timer in minutes. Controls an H.323
protocol timer that you should change only under
very special circumstances by someone who fully
understands the system operation impact. Value
is 1-120.

REUSETIME

60

The number of seconds to wait for successful
completion of DHCP before reusing previous
parameters on the default (port) VLAN. Valid
values are 1 to 3 ASCII numeric digits, 0 and 20
through 999.

RTCPMON

“ ” (Null)

Text string containing the 4-octet IP address of the
RTCP monitor currently in use, in dotted decimal
or DNS Name format (0-15 ASCII characters, no
spaces).

SSH_ALLOWED

1

Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol permission flag.
(0=SSH is not supported, 1= SSH is supported).
“Supporting SSH” means the Avaya Services
organization can have remote access to the
phone, using SSHv2, as described in topic Secure
Shell Support.

SNMPADD

“ ” (Null)

Text string containing zero or more allowable
source IP addresses for SNMP queries, in dotted
decimal or DNS format, that is separated by
commas, with up to 255 total ASCII characters
including commas. From Communication
Manager Release 4.0 onwards, you can
administer the SNMP addresses on the systemparameters IP-options form also.

SNMPSTRING

“ ” (Null)

Text string containing the SNMP community
name string (up to 32 ASCII characters, no
spaces). From Communication Manager Release
4.0 onwards, you can administer the SNMP
community string on the system-parameters IPoptions form.

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Parameter name

Default
value

Description and value range

TIMERSTAT

0

TIMERSTAT specifies whether Timer On and
Timer Off softkeys is presented to the user.
0 = Timer On and Timer Off softkeys is not
presented to the user (default).
1 = Timer On and Timer Off softkeys is presented
to the user.

TLSDIR

“ ” (Null)

HTTPS server directory path. The path name
prepended to all file names used in HTTPS get
operations during initialization. Value: 0-127
ASCII characters, no spaces. Null is a valid value.
Leading or trailing slashes are not required. The
command syntax is SET TLSDIR mytlsdir where
mytlsdir is your HTTPS server path. TLSDIR is the
path for all HTTPS operations except for BRURI.

TLSPORT

80

TCP port number used for HTTPS file
downloading. 2 to 5 ASCII numeric digits. Valid
values are 80 through 65535. When the file server
is on Communication Manager, set this value to
81 which is the port required for HTTPS
downloads rather than the using the default
value.

TLSSRVR

“ ” (Null)

IP addresses or DNS Names of HTTPS file
servers used to download phone files. Dotted
decimal or DNS format, separated by commas.
Valid values are 0-255 ASCII characters,
including commas.

TLSSRVRID

1

Controls whether the identity of a TLS server is
checked against its certificate. 1 ASCII numeric
digit. Valid values are: 1=Provides additional
security by checking to verify that the server
certificate’s DNS name matches the DNS name
used to contact the server. 0=Certificate is not
checked against the DNS name used to contact
the server.

Note:
For more information, see Administering Applications and Options on page 79.

Administering a VLAN
This section contains information on how to administer Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones to
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If your LAN environment does not include VLANs, set the system parameter L2Q to 2 (off) to
ensure correct operation.
Related topics:
About VLAN Tagging on page 63
The VLAN default value and priority tagging on page 63
Automatic detection of a VLAN on page 64

About VLAN Tagging
IEEE 802.1Q tagging (VLAN) is a useful method of managing VoIP traffic in your LAN. You
can establish a voice VLAN, set L2QVLAN to the VLAN ID of that VLAN, and provide voice
traffic with priority over other traffic. If LLDP was used to set the VLAN for the deskphones,
that setting has absolute authority. Otherwise, you can set VLAN tagging manually, by DHCP,
or in the 46xxsettings.txt file.
If VLAN tagging is enabled (L2Q=0 or 1), theB189 Conference IP Phones set the VLAN ID to
L2QVLAN, and VLAN priority for packets from the deskphone to L2QAUD for audio packets
and L2QSIG for signaling packets. The default value (6) for these parameters is the
recommended value for voice traffic in IEEE 802.1D.

The VLAN default value and priority tagging
The parameter L2QVLAN identifies the 802.1Q VLAN Identifier and is initially set to 0. This
default value indicates priority tagging and specifies that your network Ethernet switch
automatically insert the default VLAN ID without changing the user priority of the frame.
But some switches do not process a VLAN ID of zero and require frames tagged with a nonzero VLAN ID.
If you do not want the default VLAN to be used for voice traffic, set the value of L2QVLAN to
the VLAN ID appropriate for your voice LAN.
You can also administer another parameter VLANTEST that defines the number of seconds
the B189 Conference IP Phone waits for a DHCPOFFER message when using a non-zero
VLAN ID. The VLANTEST default is 60 seconds. If you use VLANTEST, the deskphone returns
to the default VLAN if an invalid VLAN ID is administered or if the phone moves to a port where
the L2QVLAN value is invalid.
The default value of VLANTEST is long, allowing for the scenario that a major power
interruption is causing the phones to restart. Always allow time for network routers, the DHCP
servers, and other equipment to be returned to service. If the deskphone restarts for any reason
and the VLANTEST time limit expires, the administered VLAN ID becomes invalid. The
deskphone then initiates operation with a VLAN ID of 0. Or, if the value of L2Q is 0, that is auto,

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the deskphone turns off tagging until the L2QVLAN is set to a non-zero value or until the
deskphone verifies that the network can support tagged frames.
Setting VLANTEST to “0” causes the phone to use a non-zero VLAN indefinitely to attempt
DHCP. In other words, the deskphone does not return to the default VLAN.

Automatic detection of a VLAN
The phones support automatic detection of the L2QVLAN setting that is incorrect. When the
value of L2QVLAN is not 0 and VLAN tagging is enabled, L2Q= 0 or 1, initially the B189
Conference IP Phone transmits DHCP messages with IEEE 802.1Q tagging and sets the VLAN
ID to L2QVLAN. The phones will continue to do this for number of seconds configured by
VLANTEST.
• If L2Q=1 and the VLANTEST timer expires because the phone has not received a
DHCPOFFER, the phone sets L2QVLAN=0 and transmits DHCP messages with the
default VLAN (0).
• If L2Q=0 and the VLANTEST timer expires because the phone has not received a
DHCPOFFER, the phone sets L2QVLAN=0 and transmits DHCP messages without
tagging.
• If VLANTEST is 0, the timer never expires.
Note:
Regardless of the setting of L2Q, VLANTEST, or L2QVLAN, you must have administer
DHCP on the phone so that the phone receives a response to a DHCPDISCOVER on
making that request on the default (0) VLAN.
After VLANTEST expires, if the phone receives a non-zero L2QVLAN value, the phone
releases the IP address and sends DHCPDISCOVER on that VLAN. Any other release
requires you to perform a manual reset before the phone attempts to use a VLAN on
which VLANTEST has expired.
The phone ignores any VLAN ID administered on the call server if a non-zero VLAN ID
is administered either by LLDP, manually, through DHCP, or through the settings file.

About DNS addressing
Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones support DNS addresses, dotted decimal addresses, and
colon-hex addresses. The phone attempts to resolve a non-ASCII-encoded dotted decimal IP
address by checking the contents of DHCP Option 6. For more information, see DHCP Generic
Setup on page 42. At least one address in Option 6 must be a valid, non-zero, dotted decimal
address. Otherwise DNS fails. The text string for the DOMAIN system parameter, Option 15

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is appended to the addresses in Option 6 before the phone attempts DNS address resolution.
If Option 6 contains a list of DNS addresses, those addresses are queried in the order given
if no response is received from previous addresses on the list. As an alternative to
administering DNS by DHCP, you can specify the DNS server and or the domain name in the
HTTP script file. But first SET the DNSSRVR and DOMAIN values so that you can use those
names later in the script.
Note:
Administer Options 6 and 15 with DNS servers and domain names respectively.

802.1X Supplicant operation
Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones that support Supplicant operation also support Extensible
Authentication Protocol (EAP), and earlier, only with the MD5-Challenge authentication
method. For more information about the MD5–Challenge authentication, see IETF RFC
3748.
A Supplicant identity (ID) and password of not more than 12 numeric characters are stored in
reprogrammable non-volatile memory. The phone software downloads do not overwrite the ID
and password. The default ID is the MAC address of the phone, converted to ASCII format
without colon separators, and the default password is null. Both the ID and password are set
to default values at manufacture. EAP-Response/Identity frames use the ID in the Type-Data
field. EAP-Response/MD5-Challenge frames use the password to compute the digest for the
Value field, leaving the Name field blank.
When you install a phone for the first time and 802.1x is in effect, the dynamic address process
prompts the installer to enter the Supplicant identity and password. The IP phone does not
accept null value passwords.
An IP phone can support several different 802.1X authentication scenarios, depending on the
capabilities of the Ethernet data switch to which the deskphone is connected. Some switches
might authenticate only a single device per switch port. This operation is known as singlesupplicant or port-based operation. These switches usually send multicast 802.1X packets to
authenticating devices.
The switch supports Standalone phone (Telephone Only Authenticates) - When you configure
the IP phone for Supplicant Mode (DOT1XSTAT=2), the phone can support authentication
from the switch.
Some switches support authentication of multiple devices connected through a single switch
port. This operation is known as multi-supplicant or MAC-based operation. These switches

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usually send unicast 802.1X packets to authenticating devices. These switches support the
following two scenarios:
• Standalone phone (Telephone Only Authenticates) - When you configure the IP phone for
Supplicant Mode (DOT1XSTAT=2), the phone can support authentication from the switch.
When DOT1X is “0” or “1” the phone cannot authenticate with the switch.

About Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is an open standards layer 2 protocol that IP phones
use to advertise their identity and capabilities and to receive administration from an LLDP
server. LAN equipment can use LLDP to manage power, administer VLANs, and provide some
administration.
IEEE 802.1AB-2005 specifies the transmission and reception of LLDP. The Avaya B189
Conference IP Phones use Type-Length-Value (TLV) elements specified in IEEE
802.1AB-2005, TIA TR-41 Committee - Media Endpoint Discovery (LLDP-MED, ANSI/
TIA-1057), and Proprietary elements. LLDP Data Units (LLDPDUs) are sent to the LLDP
Multicast MAC address (01:80:c2:00:00:0e).
These phones:
• do not forward frames received with the 802.1AB LLDP group multicast address as the
destination MAC address between the Ethernet line interface and the secondary Ethernet
interface.
The Avaya B189 Conference IP phone initiates LLDP after receiving an LLDPDU message
from an appropriate system. After the phone is initiated, the phone sends an LLDPDU every
30 seconds or as specified by LLDP_XMIT_SECS parameter with the following contents:
Table 9: LLDPDU transmitted by the phones
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TLV Name (Type)

TLV Info String (Value)

Basic Mandatory

Chassis ID

IPv4 IP Address of phone.

Basic Mandatory

Port ID

MAC address of the phone.

Basic Mandatory

Time-To-Live

120 seconds.

Basic Optional

System Name

The Host Name sent to the DHCP server in
DHCP option 12.

Basic Optional

System Capabilities

Bit 2 (Bridge) is set in the System Capabilities
if the phone has an internal Ethernet switch. If
Bit 2 is set in Enabled Capabilities then the
secondary port is enabled.
Bit 5 (phone) in the System Capabilities. If Bit
5 is set in the Enabled Capabilities than the
phone is registered.

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Category

TLV Name (Type)

TLV Info String (Value)

Basic Optional

Management
Address

IEEE 802.3
Organization
Specific

MAC / PHY
Reports auto-negotiation status and speed of
Configuration / Status the uplink port on the phone.

TIA LLDP MED

LLDP-MED
Capabilities

Media Endpoint Discovery - Class III - IP
Telephone.

TIA LLDP MED

Extended
Power-Via-MDI

Power Value = 0 if the phone is not currently
powered through PoE, else the maximum
power usage of the deskphone plus all
modules and adjuncts powered by the phone
in tenths of a watt.

TIA LLDP MED

Network Policy

Tagging Yes/No, VLAN ID for voice, L2
Priority, DSCP Value.

TIA LLDP MED

Inventory – Hardware MODEL - Full Model Name.
Revision

TIA LLDP MED

Inventory – Firmware BOOTNAME, Firmware Revision =
Revision
RFSINUSE

TIA LLDP MED

Inventory – Software
Revision

APPNAME, Software Revision =
APPINUSE.

TIA LLDP MED

Inventory – Serial
Number

Phone serial number.

TIA LLDP MED

Inventory –
Manufacturer Name

Avaya.

TIA LLDP MED

Inventory – Model
Name

MODEL with the final D xxx characters
removed.

Avaya Proprietary

PoE Conservation
Level Support

Provides power conservation abilities and
settings, Typical and Maximum Power
values.
OUI = 00-40-0D (hex), Subtype = 1.

Avaya Proprietary

Call Server IP
Address

Call Server IP address.
Subtype = 3.

Avaya Proprietary

IP Phone Addresses

Phone IP address, Phone address mask,
Gateway IP address.
Subtype = 4.

Avaya Proprietary

CNA Server IP
Address

CNA Server IP address = in-use value from
CNASRVR.
Subtype = 5.

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Mgmt IPv4 IP Address of phone.
Interface number subtype = 3 (system port).
Interface number = 1.
OID = SNMP MIB-II sysObjectID of the
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Category

TLV Name (Type)

TLV Info String (Value)

Avaya Proprietary

File Server

File Server IP address.
Subtype = 6.

Avaya Proprietary

802.1Q Framing

802.1Q Framing = 1 if tagging or 2 if not.
Subtype = 7.

Basic Mandatory

End-of-LLDPDU

Not applicable.

On receipt of a LLDPDU message, the phones will act on the TLV elements described in the
following table:
Table 10: Impact of TLVs Received by Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones on System
Parameter Values
System
Parameter Name
L2QVLAN and
L2Q

TLV Name

Impact

IEEE 802.1 VLAN
Name

The value is changed to the TLV VLAN Identifier.
L2Q will be set to 1 (ON). VLAN Name TLV is only
effective if the following conditions are met:
• The phone is not registered with the call
server.
• Name begins with VOICE (letters are not casesensitive).
• The VLAN is not zero.
• DHCP Client is activated.
• The phone is registered but is not tagging layer
2 frames with a non-zero VLAN ID.
If VLAN Name causes the phone to change VLAN
and the phone already has an IP Address the
phone will release the IP Address and reset.
If the TLV VLAN ID matches the VLAN ID the
phone is using, the VLAN ID is marked as set by
LLDP. Otherwise, if already registered, the phone
waits until there are no active calls, releases its IP
Address, turns on tagging with the TLV VLAN ID,
sets L2Q to on changes the default L2Q to on and
resets. If there is no valid IP Address, the phone
immediately starts tagging with the new VLAN ID
without resetting.

L2Q, L2QVLAN,
L2QAUD,
L2QSIG,
DSCPAUD,
DSCPSIG

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Policy TLV

L2Q - set to 2 (off) If T (the Tagged Flag) is set to
0; set to 1 (on) if T is set to 1.
L2QVLAN - set to the VLAN ID in the TLV.
L2QAUD and L2QSIG - set to the Layer 2 Priority
value in the TLV.
DSCPAUD and DSCPSIG - set to the DSCP value
in the TLV.

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System
Parameter Name

TLV Name

Impact
The system checks whether a reset is necessary
to obtain a new IP address due to a change in the
values of the parameters L2Q or L2QVLAN. This
TLV is ignored if:
• the value of USE_DHCP is 0 and the value of
IPADD is not 0.0.0.0, or
• the Application Type is not 1 (Voice), or
• the Unknown Policy Flag (U) is set to 1.

MCIPADD

Proprietary Call
Server TLV

MCIPADD will be set to this value if it has not
already been set.

TLSSRVR and
HTTPSRVR

Proprietary File
Server TLV

TLSSRVR and HTTPSRVR will be set to this value
if neither of them have already been set.

L2Q

Proprietary 802.1
Q Framing

The default L2Q is set to the value of this TLV. No
change is made to the current L2 tagging, but the
new default value is used on the next reboot. If TLV
= 1, L2Q set to 1 (On). If TLV = 2, L2Q set to 2
(Off). If TLV = 3, L2Q set to 0 (Auto).

Proprietary - PoE
Conservation TLV

This proprietary TLV can initiate a power
conservation mode that turns the phone backlight
on or off in response to this TLV.

Extended PowerVia-MDI

Power conservation mode is enabled if the
received binary Power Source value is 10, and
power conservation mode is disabled if the
received binary Power Source value is not 10.
Power conservation mode is enabled even if the
phone is not powered over Ethernet because the
phone sends information about the power source
that it is using in a TIA LLDP MED Extended
Power-Via-MDI TLV. The power management
system intends to conserve local power also.

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Administering settings at the phone
Implementing Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone describes how to use Administration Menu
procedures at the phone for administration. The local procedures you might use as an
administrator are:
• 802.1x - Enable or disable the Supplicant and the Pass-thru options.
• ADDR - Add the IP addresses for the call server, HTTP server, HTTPS server, and other
network related parameters.
• CLEAR - Remove all administered values, user-specified data, option settings, etc. and
return a phone to the phone's initial “out of the box” default values.
• DEBUG - Enable or disable debug mode for the button module serial port.
• GROUP - Set the group identifier on a per-phone basis.
• INT - Set or change the interface control value(s) of PHY1STAT
• RESET VALUES - Reset the phone to default values including any values administered
through local procedures, and the values that were previously downloaded using DHCP
or a settings file.
• RESTART PHONE- Restart the phone in response to an error condition, including the
option to reset parameter values.
• SSON - To add site specific options.
• Test - To run a self test on the phone.
• VIEW - Review the Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone system parameters to verify the
current parameter values and file versions.
Note:
You can use the DEBUG option only if you change the default password to the Administration
Menu procedures through the PROCPSWD parameter.
The new value of the PROCPSWD parameter must be 4 to 7 numeric digits, "0000" through
"9999999". However, if value of PROCPSWD is less than 4 digits, the value will be changed
back to the default value of 27238.

Administering display language options
By default, Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones display information in the English language.
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specify from one to four languages for each phone to replace English. Users can then select
the language in which the phone displays messages.
All downloadable language files contain all information needed for the phone to present the
language as part of the user interface.
The actual character input method does not depend on the languages available from the
software download. If the phone does not support a character input method, use ASCII instead.
Acceptable input methods are as follows:
• US-English

• Simplified Chinese

• Japanese

• Korean

• German

• French

• Italian

• Russian

• Spanish

• Portuguese

Use the configuration file and the following parameters to customize the settings for up to four
languages:
• LANGxFILE - The name of a selected language file, for example, French. In addition to
providing the language name as this value, replace the x in this parameter with a 1, 2, 3,
or 4 to indicate which of the four languages you are specifying. For example, to indicate
that German and French are the available languages, the setting is:
LANG1FILE=mlf_german.txt and LANG2FILE=mlf_french.txt.
• LANG0STAT - Use this parameter to select the built-in English language when other
languages are downloaded. If LANG0STAT is 0 and at least one language is downloaded,
you cannot select the built-in English language. If LANG0STAT is 1 then you can select
the built-in English language text strings.
• LANGSYS - The file name of the system default language file, if any.
For more information, see B189 Conference Phones - Customizable System Parameters on
page 54. For more information on multiple language strings, see Implementing Avaya B189
Conference IP Phone.
To download a language file or to review pertinent information, go to support.avaya.com
Note:
Specifying a language other than English in the configuration file has no impact on Avaya
Communication Manager settings, values, or text strings.

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Administering dialing methods
Avaya B189 Conference IP Phones have a variety of telephony-related applications that might
obtain a telephone number during operation. Two dialing methods are used, depending on
which version of Avaya Aura® Communication Manager that is running.
Related topics:
Understanding log digit or Smart Enbloc dialing on page 72
Using enhanced local dialing on page 72
Enhanced local dialing requirements on page 73

Understanding log digit or Smart Enbloc dialing
Avaya Aura® Communication Manager Releases 4.0 and later support the feature of a superior
level of enhanced log digit analysis. This feature is also called smart enbloc dialing and it allows
the call server to supplement the number the deskphone dials based on the call server’s
knowledge of the entire dialing plan. With the server supporting log digit dialing analysis, the
deskphone does not attempt to enhance a number as described for enhanced local dialing,
and the call server assumes responsibility for analysis and action. Smart enbloc provides a
more accurate dialing method because the deskphone signals to the call server that log dialing
digit analysis is requested for all calls originated by the Redial buffer(s), the local Call Log/
History applications, and all web-based dialing.

Using enhanced local dialing
For servers running a CM release earlier than 4.0, Avaya B189 Conference IP phones evaluate
a stored phone number (other than those in the Contacts list) based on parameters
administered in the settings file. The phone can then automatically prepend the correct digits,
saving the user time and effort. This feature is Enhanced Local Dialing. If you correctly
configure several important values, you can successfully implement this feature.
For more information, see B189 Conference Phones - Customizable System Parameters on
page 54
The parameters relevant to the Enhanced Dialing Feature are:
• ENHDIALSTAT: Enhanced dialing status. If set to 1 which is the default value, the enhanced
local dialing feature is turned on. If set to 0, enhanced local dialing is off. However, even

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when the ENHDIALSTAT parameter is used, Using log digit (Smart Enbloc) dialing on
page 72 takes precedence, regardless of the ENHDIALSTAT setting.
Note:
As with any parameters, the default values are used unless you explicitly administer different
values. Thus, if you do not administer a given parameter or if you comment a given
parameter out in the 46xxsettings file, the default value for that parameter is used.
Note:
In all cases, the digits the phones insert and dial are subject to standard Avaya server
features and administration such as, Class of Service (COS), Class of Restriction (COR),
Automatic Route Selection (ARS), and so on. You can administer the system parameter
ENHDIALSTAT to turn off the Enhanced Local Dialing feature.. ,
For more information on using the ENHDIALSTAT parameter, see B189 Conference Phones
- Customizable System Parameters on page 54

Enhanced local dialing requirements
The enhanced local dialing feature is invoked when all the following conditions are met:
• A user invokes the Redial application, the Missed or Answered Call Log, or any Browserbased click-to-dial link to identify a telephone number to dial.
• The Phone application determines a call appearance is available for an outgoing call.
• The current value of ENHDIALSTAT is “1” (On).
• The call server has not indicated it supports smart enbloc dialing. Smart enbloc dialing is
call type digit analysis available with Communication Manager Release 4.0 and later.
The Phone application takes the incoming character string, applies an algorithm, and
determines the string of digits to be sent to automated call processing (ACP) for dialing. At this
point the Phone application goes off-hook and sends the digits to ACP.
Note:
The Enhanced Local Dialing algorithm requires that telephone numbers be presented in a
standard format.
Avaya B189 Conference IP phone supports enhanced local dialing only through a saved
contact number.

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Backup and restore processing
Avaya B189 Conference IP phones support the HTTP client to back up and restore the userspecific data indicated in User data saved during backup. HTTP over TLS (HTTPS) is also
supported for backup or restore. For backup, the phone creates a file with all user-specific data
if a backup file location is specified in system parameter BRURI. The file is sent to the server
by an HTTP PUT message, with the appropriate success or failure confirmation. Only one
backup or restore attempt is made for each request. Retries are the responsibility of the
initiating process.
The phone stores the authentication credentials and the realm in non-volatile memory that is
not overwritten if new phone software is downloaded. The default value of the credentials and
the realm is set to null at manufacture and at any other time that user-specific data is removed
from the deskphone.
For restore, the initiating process must supply only the backup file name. The file is requested
from the server by an HTTP GET message. If successful, the file is returned to the initiating
process. Otherwise a failure message is returned.
Backup and restore operations construct the URI used in the HTTP message from the value
of the BRURI parameter and from the file name as follows:
• If BRURI ends with a / (a forward slash), the file name is appended.
• Otherwise, a forward slash and the file name is appended to the BRURI value.
Note:
BRURI can include a directory path and or a port number as specified in IETF RFCs
2396 and 3986.
For backup, the initiating process must supply the backup file and the file name, and the file
is sent to the server through an HTTP PUT message. A success or failure indication is returned
to the initiating process based on whether or not the file is successfully transferred to the
server.
For restore, the initiating process must only supply the file name, and the file is requested from
the server through an HTTP GET message. The file is returned to the initiating process if it is
successfully obtained from the server, otherwise a failure indication is returned.
For deletion, the initiating process must only supply the file name. The server requests deletion
of the file through an HTTP DELETE message. The initiating process receives a success
indication, if a 2xx HTTP status code is received, otherwise a failure indication is returned.
If you use TLS, the call server registration password for the phone must be included in an
Authorization request-header in each transmitted GET and PUT method. This method is
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requesting the file transaction can be authenticated. You can downloaded the Avaya IP
Telephone File Server Application from the Avaya support site.
If no digital certificates are downloaded based on the system parameter TRUSTCERTS, the
phone establishes a TLS connection only to a backup and restore file server that has a Avayasigned certificate. The Avaya certificate is included by default with the Avaya IP Telephone
File Server Application, and includes the credentials. However, if at least one digital certificate
has been downloaded based on TRUSTCERTS, the credentials are included only if BRAUTH
is set to 1. This method is a security feature to allow control over whether the credentials are
sent to servers with third-party certificates. If the server on which the Avaya IP Telephone File
Server Application is installed uses a non-Avaya certificate, set BRAUTH to 1 to enable
authentication of the deskphones. The default value of BRAUTH is 0.
When the call server IP address and the registration password of the phone are included as
the credentials in an Authorization request-header, the call server IP address is included first
in dotted-decimal format, followed by a colon, hex 3A, followed by the registration password
of the phone.
Both backup and restore operations support HTTP/HTTPS authentication. The authentication
credentials and realm are stored in re-programmable, non-volatile memory, which is not
overwritten when new phone software is downloaded. Both the authentication credentials and
realm have a default value of null, set at manufacture or at any other time user-specific data
is removed from the phone. When TLS is used, the TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
cipher suite is used for authentication. If the digital certificate of the server is signed by the
Avaya Product Root Certificate Authority certificate, the call server registration password of
the phone is included as the credentials in an Authorization request-header for each
transmitted PUT (backup) and GET (for restore) method.
If the authority component of BRURI contains a DNS name, and if a TCP connection cannot
be established to the IP address that was previously used to attempt to establish a connection
with the server, the deskphone again attempts to resolve the DNS name. If a new IP address
is received, the deskphone attempts to establish a connection to that address. If the deskphone
receives the same IP address from the DNS server used previously, or if a TCP connection
cannot be established with the new IP address, a failure indication is returned to the initiating
process.
With TLS, the phone uses a TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA cipher suite. If TLS is
used but no digital certificates are downloaded based on the TRUSTCERTS value, the IP
address of the call server with which the phone is registered and the registration password of
the phone will be included as the credentials in an Authorization request-header in each
transmitted GET and PUT method. If at least one digital certificate has been downloaded based
on TRUSTCERTS, the IP address of the call server with which the phone is registered. The
registration password of the phone is included in the credentials in an Authorization requestheader in each transmitted GET and PUT method only if the value of BRAUTH is 1.
When the call server IP address and the registration password of the phone are included as
the credentials in an Authorization request-header, the call server IP address is included first
in dotted-decimal format, followed by a colon (hex 3A), followed by the registration password
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file name. The server must also protect the user's credentials once they are received through
the secure TLS connection.
The phone sends the registration credentials without regard to the BRAUTH setting if no
certificates are downloaded. Only server certificates signed by an Avaya Root CA certificate
are authenticated if no certificates are downloaded.
If an HTTP backup or restore operation requires authentication and the realm in the challenge
matches the stored realm, the phone uses the stored credentials to respond to the challenge
without prompting the user. However, if the stored credentials are null, or if the realms do not
match, or if an authentication attempt using the stored credentials fails, the Status Line of the
B189 Conference IP Phones display an HTTP Authentication or an HTTP Authentication
Failure interrupt screen:Enter backup/restore credentials.
New values replace the stored authentication and realm values:
• When HTTP authentication for backup or restore succeeds and
• If the userid, password, or realm used differs from those values that are stored in the
phone
If HTTP authentication fails, the user is prompted to enter new credentials.
Note:
Users can request a backup or restore using the Advanced Options Backup/Restore screen,
as described in the user guide.
For specific error messages relating to Backup/Restore, see Implementing Avaya B189
Conference IP Phones.

Backup file formats
When the system parameter BRURI is non-null, user changes are automatically backed up to
the file ext_96xxdata.txt (where ext is the extension number of the deskphone) on the HTTP
server to a user-specified folder. The backup formats are as follows:
Table 11: Backup File Formats
Item/Data Value

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Format

Generic

name=value

Contacts

ABKNAMEmmm=ENTRY_NAME
ABKNUMBERmmm=ENTRY_NUMBER_1
ABKTYPEmmm=ENTRYT_TYPE
(where mmm is the one-, two-, or three-digit entry
ID, with leading zeros for single and double-digit
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About restore
When automatic or user-requested retrieval of backup data is initiated, user data and option
settings are set to values contained in the backup file. The user-requested retrieval of backup
data occurs only if the OPSTAT parameter setting allows the user to change those values.
Therefore, any restrictions set using OPSTAT are given priority and implemented.
The backup file value is not retrieved, and the current setting remains valid:
• When a value in the backup file has changed and
• That value corresponds to an application that OPSTAT indicates should not be
changed.
This method prevents a user from bypassing the administration of OPSTAT and changing
options settings in the backup file.
Note:
If you administered the APPSTAT parameter to suppress changes to one or more
applications, the phone backs up and restores data as usual, but ignores data for
“suppressed” applications. This method prevents a user from bypassing your APPSTAT
restrictions by editing the backup file. For information about APPSTAT, see Setting the
Application Status flag (APPSTAT).
During backup file restoration, do not perform any user activity until the phone displays a
Retrieval successful or Retrieval Failed .
Important considerations during data retrieval are as follows:
• When you create a backup file instead of editing an existing one, ensure to create the file
with UTF-16 LE (little endian) characters, with Byte Order Mark (BOM) for LE of
0xFFFE.
• Backup saves data values using the generic format name=value. For specific formats,
see Backup file formats on page 76.
• All identifiers, for example, names, are interpreted in a case-insensitive manner, except
parameter values, Contact names, and numbers.
• Spaces preceding, within, or following a name are treated as part of the name.
•  and  (UTF-16 characters 0x000D and 0x000A, respectively) are interpreted
as line termination characters.
• Blank lines are ignored.
• When an identifier is not recognized or is invalid, the entire line is ignored. Similarly, if an
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• When an identifier is valid with valid and complete data, but the data is not applicable to
the current state of the phone, the data is retained for possible use later, and is treated
as data to be backed up at the appropriate time.
• When more than one line contains a value for an option, parameter, or Contacts entry,
the last value read is retrieved, to allow new values to overwrite previous values as lines
are read from the backup file. In all other cases, the line order in the backup file has no
bearing on retrieval.
• The existence of invalid data does not constitute a failed retrieval. The success of the
retrieval process requires the phone to get the backup file and successfully restore valid
data.

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Options

Administering guest users
About this task
A guest user is a person who logs into a Avaya B189 Conference IP Phone other than the
primary phone at the home location of the user.
The guest user can log in to a phone that is across the country from the home location or one
in the office near the home office. You administer permission for guest login by setting the
system parameter GUESTLOGINSTAT to 1 (permitted), that displays the Guest Login option
on the Main Menu.
Other related parameters you can administer are GUESTDURATION and GUESTWARNING.
For more information on the parameters, see B189 Conference Phones - Customizable
System Parameters on page 54.

Idle timer configuration
When the idle timer in the phone expires, you can administer the phone to turn the backlight
to the lowest power level. You can put up a screen saver or set the backlight to low power
mode when idle.
The related system parameters and their default values are:
System parameter

Default value

BAKLIGHTOFF

120 minutes

SCREENSAVERON

240 minutes

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802.1X

An authentication method for a protocol requiring a network device to
authenticate with a back-end Authentication Server before gaining
network access.

CA

Certificate Authority, the entity which issues digital certificates for use by
other parties.

CLAN

Control LAN, a type of Gatekeeper circuit pack.

CNA

Converged Network Analyzer, an Avaya product to test and analyze
network performance. Applies to IPv4 only.
This feature is not supported in Release 6.2 and later.

Digital Certificate

The digital equivalent of an ID card used in conjunction with a public key
encryption system. Digital certificates are issued by a trusted third party
known as a “Certificate Authority” (CA) such as VeriSign
(www.verisign.com). The CA verifies that a public key belongs to a
specific company or individual (the “Subject”), and the validation process
the public key goes through to determine if the claim of the subject is
correct and depends on the level of certification and the CA.

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, an IETF protocol used to automate
IP Address allocation and management.

Digital Signature

A digital signature is an encrypted digest of the file being signed. The file
can be a message, a document, or a driver program. The digest is
computed from the contents of the file by a one-way hash function such
as MD5 or SHA-1 and then encrypted with the private part of a public or
private key pair. To prove that the file was not tampered with, the recipient
uses the public key to decrypt the signature back into the original digest,
recomputes a new digest from the transmitted file and compares the two
to see if they match. If they do, the file has not been altered in transit by
an attacker.

DNS

Domain Name System, an IETF standard for ASCII strings to represent
IP addresses. The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed Internet
directory service. DNS is used mostly to translate between domain
names and IP addresses.

EAP-TLS

Extensible Authentication Protocol, or EAP, is an authentication
framework frequently used in wireless networks and Point-to-Point
connections. EAP is defined in RFC 3748. EAP-Transport Layer Security
(EAP-TLS), defined in RFC 5216, is an IETF open standard protocol,

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with strong security used by wireless vendors. EAP-TLS uses PKI to
secure communication to a RADIUS authentication server or another
type of authentication server.
H.323

A TCP/IP-based protocol for VoIP signaling.

HAC

Hearing Aid Compatibility, an Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), part of the United States government Part 68 standard for handset
equalization for interoperability with t-coil enabled hearing aid devices.

IKE

Internet Key Exchange Protocol, RFC 2409, which is now replaced by
IKEv2 in RFC 4306.

IPsec

A security mechanism for IP that provides encryption, integrity
assurance, and authentication of data. Applies only to IPv4.

LLDP

Link Layer Discovery Protocol. All deskphones with an Ethernet interface
support the transmission and reception of LLDP frames on the Ethernet
line interface in accordance with IEEE standard 802.1AB.

NAT

Network Address Translation, a mechanism by which IP addresses are
mapped from one address space to another, and in which UDP and TCP
port numbers are remapped to allow multiple devices to share the same
IP address without port number conflicts.

MAC

Media Access Control, ID of an endpoint.

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network, the network used for traditional
telephony.

QoS

Quality of Service, used to refer to several mechanisms intended to
improve audio quality over packet-based networks.

RSA

Rivest-Shamir-Adleman: A highly secure asymmetric cryptography
method developed by RSA Security, Inc. that uses a public and private
key pair. The private key is kept secret by the owner and the public key
is published, usually in a digital certificate. Data is encrypted using the
public key of the recipient, which can only be decrypted by the private
key of the recipient. RSA is very computation intensive, thus it is often
used to encrypt a symmetric session key that is then used by a less
computationally-intensive algorithm to encrypt protocol data during a
“session”. You can also use RSA for authentication by creating a digital
signature, for which the private key of the sender is used for encryption,
and the public key of the sender' is used for decryption.

RTCP

RTP Control Protocol, monitors quality of the RTP services and can
provide real-time information to users of an RTP service.

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SCEP

Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol, used to obtain a unique digital
certificate.

SIP

Session Initiation Protocol. An alternative to H.323 for VoIP signaling.

SNTP

Simple Network Time Protocol. An adaptation of the Network Time
Protocol used to synchronize computer clocks in the internet.

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol, used to provide downloading of upgrade
scripts and application files to certain IP telephones.

WML

Wireless Markup Language, used by the IP phones Web Browser to
communicate with WML servers.

VoIP

Voice over IP, a class of technology for sending audio data and signaling
over LANs.

VPN

Virtual Private Network, a private network constructed across a public
network such as the Internet. A VPN can be made secure, even though
the network uses using existing Internet connections to carry data
communication. Security measures involve encrypting data before
sending data across the Internet and decrypting the data at the other end.
To add an additional level of security, you can encrypt the originating and
receiving network address.

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A
about H.323 phones ................................................... 10
administering ............................................. 20, 21, 62, 79
DIFFSERV ........................................................... 21
guest user ............................................................ 79
QOS ..................................................................... 21
RSVP ................................................................... 20
VLAN ....................................................................62
Administering Features .............................................. 25
administration .................................................. 11, 19, 39
B189 Conference IP Phone ................................. 11
call server .............................................................19
DHCP and file servers ......................................... 39
parameters ........................................................... 11
administrative checklist .............................................. 14
administrative process ................................................13
application file .............................................................50
upgrade script file .................................................50
application file ................................................ 50
Auto Hold administration ............................................ 23
Auto select any idle appearance administration ......... 25

B
Backup ....................................................................... 76
Backup File Formats .................................................. 76
Backup/restore processing ......................................... 74

C
call server ................................................................... 19
administration .......................................................19
requirements ........................................................ 19
call servers ................................................................. 20
IP interface and addresses .................................. 20
Calltype Digit Analysis ................................................ 72
checklist, administrative ............................................. 14
Conference/Transfer on Primary Appearance
administration ................................................ 25
considerations during call conferences ...................... 22
Coverage Path administration .............................. 23, 25
customizable .............................................................. 54
parameters ........................................................... 54

D
DHCP ....................................................................30, 42

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generic setup .................................................. 30, 42
DHCP ............................................................ 42
DHCP Generic Setup ................................................. 40
DHCP options .............................................................43
DHCP server .............................................................. 28
DHCP, Parameters Set by ......................................... 40
dialing methods .......................................................... 72
Dialing, enhanced, requirements ................................73
DIFFSERV ..................................................................21
administering ........................................................21
DNS addressing ......................................................... 64

E
EC500 administration ................................................. 23
Enhanced Conference Features administration ... 23, 25
Enhanced Local Dialing ..............................................72
Enhanced local dialing requirements ......................... 73
error conditions ...........................................................17

F
Far End Mute administration ...................................... 25
Feature Administration for Avaya Communication
Manager ........................................................ 23
Feature-Related System Parameters, administering on
CM ................................................................. 23

G
General Download Process ........................................49
GROUP parameter ..................................................... 52

H
hardware requirements .............................................. 27

I
idle timer settings ....................................................... 79
IEEE 802.1D and 802.1Q ........................................... 31
initialization process ................................................... 15
installation .................................................................. 28
required network information ............................... 28
intended audience ........................................................ 7

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Station Number Portability ................................... 32
IP interface and addresses .........................................20
call servers ........................................................... 20

L
Language Selection ....................................................70
legal notices ................................................................. 2
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) ....................... 66
local administrative ..................................................... 70
options ................................................................. 70
Log Digit (Smart Enbloc) Dialing ................................ 72

N
NAT ............................................................................ 21
network assessment ...................................................27
network audio quality display ..................................... 31
network considerations, other .................................... 29

O
On-Hook Dialing administration ..................................23
options ........................................................................ 70
local administrative .............................................. 70
options, ....................................................................... 53
administering ........................................................53
other network considerations ..................................... 29
overview ....................................................................... 9

P
Parameter data precedence ....................................... 13
parameters ................................................................. 54
customizable ........................................................ 54
parameters in real-time .............................................. 31
phone .............................................................. 15, 16, 23
network initialization ............................................. 15
administration .......................................................23
call server initialization ......................................... 16
file server initialization .......................................... 16
initialization to DHCP server ................................ 15
ping .............................................................................30
port selection .............................................................. 20
UDP ..................................................................... 20
port utilization ............................................................. 32
TCP/UDP ............................................................. 32

Q
QoS .......................................................................21, 30

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administering ........................................................21

R
Registration and Authentication ................................. 37
related courses .............................................................8
related documentation ..................................................7
required network information ...................................... 28
requirements ................................................... 19, 27, 28
call server .............................................................19
hardware .............................................................. 27
server ................................................................... 28
Restore ....................................................................... 77
Restrict Last Call Appearance administration ............ 25
RSVP ..........................................................................20
administering ........................................................20

S
Secure Shell Support ................................................. 37
security ....................................................................... 36
Send All Calls (SAC) administration ........................... 25
server ......................................................................... 28
requirements ........................................................ 28
settings file ................................................................. 51
Smart Enbloc Dialing .................................................. 72
SNMP ......................................................................... 29
enabling ............................................................... 29
software prerequisites ................................................ 39
SRTP .......................................................................... 32
SSON, Option 242, configuring .................................. 40
station administration ................................................. 24
Station Number Portability ..........................................32
IP address lists .....................................................32
Supplicant operation, 802.1X ..................................... 65
support ......................................................................... 8
contact ................................................................... 8
System Parameters .................................................... 23

T
Time-to-Service (TTS) ................................................ 37
TLS ............................................................................. 32
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