[VoiceOps] Cisco linksys spa 942 and tftp

[Robert Johnson]

In case you don't have a copy, this document goes over the
provisioning process in pretty good detail:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/csbpvga/ata/provisioning/guide/Cisco_Small_Business_IP_Telephony_Provisioning_Guide.pdf



On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Ujjval Karihaloo
<ujjval at simplesignal.com> wrote:
> Thx guys:
>
> The behaviour on the Profile rules seems to be little unpredictable when
> using Broadsoft Guide.
>
> Here is what we have tried:
>
> From the Phone UI point it to tftp://a.b.c.d/spa952.xml
>
> The above file has 2 rule entries like this?
>
>  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
> <flat-profile>
> <Resync_On_Reset>Yes</Resync_On_Reset>
> <Resync_Periodic>10</Resync_Periodic>
> <Transport_Protocol
> group="Provisioning/Configuration_Profile">tftp</Transport_Protocol>
> <Profile_Rule>tftp://1.1.1.1/942System.xml</Profile_Rule>
> <Profile_Rule_B ua="na">tftp://1.1.1.1/$MA.xml</Profile_Rule_B>
> </flat-profile>
>
> When we hand craft the 2 files with cherry picked configurations, Phone
> downloads first the system file and then the MAC.xml files..and comes up.
>
> However we we use the Broadsoft suggested templates, it downloads only the
> system file and not the mac.xml file and lines never register obviously
>
>  I wanted help understanding what logic the phone uses to download each file
> and where does it look for pointers from one file to the other.
>
> Thx in advance...
>
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Carlos Alvarez <carlos at televolve.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Mark R Lindsey wrote:
>>>
>>> The Linksys SPA9xx series has some real quirks related to TFTP. I've had
>>> a lot more consistent behavior with HTTPS.
>>
>> Never tried TFTP, but will vouch for the reliability of HTTP provisioning.
>>
>>> And in general, it will only download files when the phone thinks it's
>>> time to do so. They've intentionally added random delays. The Linksys might
>>> reboot, then have default delays of 15 minutes before it downloads the
>>> configuration. It's possible that it will download the file you told it too
>>> in the Provisioning rule . . . eventually.
>>
>> This is true, but you can force a resync:
>>
>> http://<address>/admin/resync?[--key <key>] https://<server>/<url>.cfg
>>
>> If you don't use HTTPS, you can omit the key stuff.
>>
>>> The BroadSoft partner config guides can be a nice start, but (a) there
>>> are sometimes errors, and (b) vendors, like Cisco/Linksys, can change things
>>> faster than BroadSoft can update their documentation.
>>
>> The SPA series, with the exception of the SPA525G, has been stable and
>> unchanged for many years.  However it was ignored/maligned/ill supported by
>> many vendors.  I'm not sure why.  Everyone here would rather work on those
>> phones than any other, and all of us have them on our desks. We've deployed
>> more SPA phones than any other.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Carlos Alvarez
>> TelEvolve
>> 602-889-3003
>>
>>
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