Vertical 480i Admin Guide

68 Pages·2005·0.55 MB·English

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Table of Contents
Overview........................................................................................................................................1
General Requirements................................................................................................................1
About this Guide..........................................................................................................................1
Methods of Installation...................................................................................................................2
480i IP Phone Set up.....................................................................................................................2
The 480i’s Options List................................................................................................................3
Administrator Level Options....................................................................................................3
Network:..................................................................................................................................3
SIP Settings:...........................................................................................................................4
Phone Status:.........................................................................................................................5
The Vertical 480i Web Client.......................................................................................................6
480i IP Phone Configuration..........................................................................................................7
Network.......................................................................................................................................7
Turn DHCP On or Off..............................................................................................................7
Manually Configure Network Settings.....................................................................................7
From the Web Client:.....................................................................................................................8
TFTP Server Settings..................................................................................................................8
From the 480i Phone:....................................................................................................................8
SIP settings.................................................................................................................................8
Setting Parameters through Configuration Files.........................................................................10
Options List Settings.................................................................................................................10
Network Settings:......................................................................................................................11
VLAN and TOS/QOS: Type and Quality of Service....................................................................17
DSCP RANGE...........................................................................................................................17
PRIORITY.................................................................................................................................17
Setting Parameters – Time Server Settings..............................................................................19
Setting Parameters – SIP Settings..............................................................................................26
SIP Intercom Parameters............................................................................................................33
Setting parameters – Softkey Settings:.......................................................................................34
Softkey Settings:.......................................................................................................................34
Label.....................................................................................................................34
Value.....................................................................................................................34
Softkey Parameters...................................................................................................................36
Mapped Key Parameters..........................................................................................................37
Firmware Upgrade.......................................................................................................................39
Troubleshooting...........................................................................................................................41
Appendix A: Sample Configuration Files.....................................................................................43
Appendix B: TFTP Server Set-up................................................................................................56
Appendix C: Time Zone Names and Corresponding Codes.......................................................57
Limited Warranty.........................................................................................................................62
Exclusions.................................................................................................................................62
Warranty Repair Services.........................................................................................................63
After Warranty Service..............................................................................................................63
Overview

This SIP 480i IP Phone Administration
• Vertical 480i IP Phone Installation
Guide provides information on the basic
Guide – contains installation and set-
network setup that is required for the SIP
up instructions, information on
480i IP phone. It also includes details on
general features and functions, and
the functioning and configuration of the
basic options list customization.
480i phone.

General Requirements • Vertical SIP 480i IP Phone
Administration Guide– explains
• A SIP based IP PBX system or how to set the phone up on the
network installed and running with a network, as well as advanced
number created for the new 480i configuration instructions for the
phone. 480i. This guide contains
information that is at a technical
• SIP standard "RFC 3261"
level more suitable for a system or
• Access to a Trivial File Transfer network administrator.
Protocol (TFTP) server.

• 802.3 Ethernet/Fast Ethernet LAN.
• Vertical SIP 480i IP Phone User
• Category 5/5e straight through Guide– explains the most commonly
cabling. used features and functions for an
end user.
• Power over Ethernet (PoE) power
supply (optional accessory –
necessary only if no inline power is
provided on the network).
About this Guide
This guide targets network
administrators, system administrators,
developers and partners who need to
understand how to install the 480i on a
SIP network. This guide contains
information that is at a technical level
suitable for system or network
administrators. Prior knowledge of SIP
and IP Telephony concepts is
recommended. This guide complements
the Vertical 480i IP Phone Installation
Guide and the Vertical SIP 480i IP Phone
User Guide.

SIP 480i IP Phone Admin Guide 1
480i IP Phone Set up
Methods of Installation
When the 480i is first plugged in or reset
The firmware set up and installation for it will automatically download any
the 480i can be done through the firmware updates for the phone. The
Options List available directly from the binary and configuration files that are
phone or through the Vertical 480i Web required for the 480i are: “firmware.st”,
Client web interface. When the 480i is “aastra.cfg” and “<mac>.cfg”. The
initialized for the first time, DHCP is settings of the 480i phone, as well as the
enabled by default. The DHCP server softkeys and the additional line keys, can
passes information to the 480i so that it be configured through the configuration
can configure itself for subsequent IP files. Please refer to Appendix A for
PBX addresses and normal runtime details on the parameters that can be set
operations. for the 480i phone. Please refer to
Appendix B for sample configuration
The following considerations must be files with all the basic parameters that
made before connecting the 480i phone need to be set in order to register the IP
to the network: phone at the PBX.

• If you are planning on using
The following steps illustrate a typical
Dynamic IP addresses, make sure
480i phone setup:
a DHCP server is running on your

network.
1. If DHCP is disabled, manually
• If you are not planning on using enter the TFTP server’s IP
Dynamic IP addresses, refer to address. For details on how to set
the section “Configuring the 480i the TFTP server setting for the
IP Phone” on how to set up an IP 480i, please refer to the section
address manually. “Configuring the 480i IP Phone”.

• Make sure a TFTP server is set
2. Copy the firmware file
up on your network and can
“firmware.st” to the root
accept connections anonymously.
directory of the TFTP server.
• Every PBX system that interacts This firmware file is downloaded
with the 480i phones requires only when it is different than the
adherence to the SIP Standard. one the phone is currently using.

3. Copy the configuration files
To find out how to hook up the cabling
“aastra.cfg” and “<mac>.cfg” file
to your 480i phone, please refer to the
to the root directory of the TFTP
Vertical 480i IP Phone Installation
server.
Guide.

NOTE: <mac> represents the actual MAC
address of your phone which must

be input; i.e. 00085D030996.cfg

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The 480i’s Options List
Network:
1. Press the button on the
phone to enter the options list. If DHCP is enabled, all the Network
2. Use the and to scroll settings are automatically configured.
through the list of options. The 480i’s firmware allows the network
3. Press the Show softkey, the settings to be manually entered, if for
button or press the number any reason the phone cannot populate
corresponding to the option to any of the settings with DHCP enabled.
select an option. If DHCP is disabled the following
4. Use the softkeys to change a network settings can be configured
selected option. manually:
5. Press the Done softkey at any

time to save the change and exit
the current option. 1. DHCP
6. Press the Cancel softkey, the This turns DHCP on or off. IP
button or the button at Address, Subnet Mask and
any time to exit without saving Gateway options are
the changes. automatically populated and are
read-only when DHCP is used.
DHCP is used by default.
Administrator Level Options
Some options in the phone’s options list 2. IP Address
are considered administrator level This is the phone’s IP address.
options and require the administrator To assign a static IP address to
user name and password. When the phone, disable DHCP.
attempting to access administrator level
options, the phone will prompt for the
3. Subnet Mask
administrator password before allowing
To assign your own subnet mask
access. The default administrator
to the phone, disable DHCP.
password is “22222”. For all other phone

options, please refer to the Vertical 480i
IP Phone Installation Guide. 4. Gateway
To assign your own gateway IP
The administrator level options in the address, disable DHCP.
phone’s Options List are:

5. DNS
• “8.Network”
To assign your own DNS
• “9.SIP Settings” addresses, disable DHCP.
• “4.Factory Default” found under
option “10.Phone Status” 6. TFTP Server
This allows you to select the
TFTP server that the phone will
use. There are three menu sub-
options:
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1. Primary TFTP: This is the is selected, the SIP phone's IP
IP address of the TFTP server address is immediately deleted
that the phone will use by from the Registrar's database,
default. If the TFTP address and the phone’s screen displays
is obtained through DHCP, it "No Service".
will override this setting. If
6. User Name
DHCP is ON, the primary
This is used in the name field of
TFTP is read only.
the SIP URI for the 480i phone
2. Alternate TFTP: This
and for registering the 480i at the
allows you to configure an
registrar.
alternate TFTP to use instead
of the primary server. 7. Display Name
3. Use Primary/Use Alternate: This is used in the display name
This selects which TFTP field of the From SIP header
server the phone will attempt field. Some IP PBX systems use
to obtain configuration from. this as the caller’s ID and some
may overwrite this with the
string that is set at the PBX
SIP Settings: system.
If you have a proxy server or have a SIP 8. Screen Name
registrar present at a different location This is used to display text on the
than the PBX server, the following screen of the phone. You may
settings may need to be changed: want to set this parameter to
display the phone user's name.
1. Proxy IP
This is the IP address of the 9. Auth Name
proxy server. This is the authentication name
that is used in the username field
2. Proxy Port
of the authorization header field.
This is the SIP proxy server’s
This allows the phone to identify
port number. By default this
itself to a proxy server that
number is set to 5060.
requires authentication. When the
3. Registrar IP phone is challenged for
This is the IP address of the SIP authorization, it will re-send the
registrar. challenged message with the
authentication name and
4. Registrar Port
password.
SIP registrar’s port number. By
default this is set to 5060.
10. Password
This is the authorization
5. Register
password that is used to register
This enables and disables
at the SIP registrar. When the
registration of the IP phone with
phone is challenged for
the Registrar.
authorization, it will re-send the
If YES is selected, the phone's IP
challenged message with the
address is immediately registered
authentication name and
in the Registrar's database. If NO
password.
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11. Nortel configuration files to the phone,
or
This is used to specify if a Nortel
• If the settings for the 480i on
NAT is being used. Select “Yes”
the IP PBX system had been
to enable this feature if using a
modified.
Nortel call server.

4. Factory Default
Phone Status:
This option lets you reset the
The following options display the phone back to the factory default
phone’s status or allow you to power settings, including the network
cycle the phone or reset the phone to its settings.
factory default settings.
NOTE: Performing this

operation will result in losing
1. Network Status all user modified settings.
This shows the network status of the

two Ethernet ports at the back of the
For information on other settings in
phone. You can also view the
the options list of the phone, please
phone’s IP and MAC addresses.
refer to the Vertical 480i IP Phone

Installation Guide provided with the
• IP Addr 480i.
Shows the IP address of the
phone.

• MAC Addr
The MAC or the hardware
address of the 480i’s Ethernet
card.

2. Firmware Version
This option displays information

about the firmware that is currently

installed on the 480i.

3. Restart Phone

This option lets you restart the

phone. A restart may be necessary
when:

• There is a change in your
network, or

• To re-load the configuration

information modified through the

SIP 480i IP Phone Admin Guide 5
The Vertical 480i Web Client
To access the Vertical 480i Web Client, open your web browser (supports Internet
Explorer and Gecko engine based browsers like Firefox, Mozilla or Netscape) and enter
the phone’s IP address into the address field, starting with the web prefix “http://”.

In the side menu of the Vertical 480i
• The ADMIN category contains
Web Client, there are three main
administrator only configurable
categories: Status, User and Admin.
sub-categories: Network,

Firmware and SIP Settings. This
• The STATUS category contains section is accessed through the
read only status information for admin level user name and
sub-categories Network, password. You will be prompted
Hardware and Firmware. for this information when one of
these options is selected. For
• The USER category contains more information, refer to the
user configurable sub-categories section “Configuring the 480i IP
Reset and Password. This section phone” of this document.
is accessed through the user level
or the administrator level user The default for the administrator user
name and password. You will be name is “admin” and the password is
prompted for this information “22222”. For a user, the default user
when one of these options is name is “user” and the password field is
selected. For more information, left blank. The user and administrator
refer to the Vertical SIP 480i IP level passwords can be changed using
Phone User Guide. the web client, or through the
configuration files.

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