I can only speak for Aastra phones.
Central provisioning is very easy. All you need is one simple text
file on a TFTP, FTP, or HTTP server which all the phones point to.
To customize individual phones you add a second text file for each
phone you want customized. The custom text file is given the name
of the phones MAC address. When the phone reboots it first reads
the general text file and then reads it's custom file which will
overwrite any duplicate setting in the general text file.
To remotely reconfigure and reboot phones you can configure them to
check for updates to these files or for updated firmware at a
certain time of day. You can also remotely reboot individual
phones based on extension from the Asterisk CLI. Of course, you
can also access an individual phones Webpage configuration based on
it's IP address.
From: Rod Bacon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:46 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [asterisk-users] Best phone for easy provisioning
Does anyone have any recommendations for a phone that has easy to
understand/implement central provisioning? I’ve used CISCO 79XX
phones, and they’re great (but too expensive). I like Grandstream
phones, but their provisioning sucks.
What is everybody else using in large environments where individual
config is not an option?
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Rod Bacon
Technical Manager
JASCO Consulting Pty. Ltd.
http://www.jasco.net.au
Ph. 03 9432 6376
Fax: 03 9432 6378
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Polycom's central provisioning is very straight forward and very
powerful.
There is support for all major connectivity methods (tftp, ftp, ftps,
http, https, etc) and the configuration capability is more broad than
any other phone we have worked with.
I hope this information is helpful.
Bryan M. Johns
Partner
Shelton | Johns Technology Group
office: 678:248:2637 x:1500
direct: 678:229:1809
iaxtel: 700:248:2637 x:1500
http://www.sheltonjohns.com
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