For 9611's, you will need to program the "file server" address manually (either HTTPS or HTTP server), or somehow get the DHCP options to be sent to the phone on bootup (very unlikely for home users). Because that value is stored in two places (non-volatile and volatile RAM), there really is no way to inject that value so it survives a reboot besides manually entering it.
One of the advantages of the J-100 series phones is that they can communicate with the Avaya Cloud for auto-configuration. You can request a login for that service, and they will generate a 9 digit code for you. You user will enter that 9 digit code when the phone boots (when asked if they want to do auto-provisioning), and it will pull down that setting as well as a version of firmware of your choosing.
-Nick
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Nick Kwiatkowski
Director of Design and Engineering
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-01-2020 12:16 PM
From: Mary Doran
Subject: Deploying SIP hard phones
Hey gang - Looking for an easy way to deploy 9611SIP hard phones. We have 360 phones that need to be deployed quickly. We normally would flash the firmware then attach them to the DSL to update the Config Server ip address.
Is there a way to get the proper Config Server in the phone without attaching to the DSL? We are trying to do it in the Settings File but it does not seem to be working.
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Mary Doran
Lead Telecom Analyst
Cartus
Danbury CT
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