dhcp scope option B string settings wont take

[1998xj8]

128 Call Server information
Nortel-i2004-A,100.88.44.100:4100,1,3;100.88.40.100:4100,1,10.
We installed the phones using A scope and set the nic to 100F

Now there is a network switch replacement and management wants the IP sets to Auto.. so we tryied this but the nic cards do not change and we see this ERROR on the dhcp recieved scope

144 Additional Phone Options
Nortel-i2004-B,nis=a,pcs=a. ERROR

 

[gwebster]

Are you using a ";" between the paramaters and at the end of the string?

 

[1998xj8]

no we used a comma and . at end

Nortel-i2004-A,100.88.44.100:4100,1,3;100.88.40.100:4100,1,10,nis=a,pcs=a.

 

[gwebster]

The last two paramaters cannot be used in the Nortel-i2004-a string. They either havet to be in a Nortel-i2004-b string or provided by tftp/http config files.

 

[nessman]

The DCHP strings on the server hosting DHCP ***must*** be formated ***e-x-a-c-t-l-y*** as shown in Nortel's documentation* or they will not work! There is no room for error here. It is very very very easy to confuse or overlook commas, semi-colons, colons and periods. Change your screen resolution to make everything bigger if necessary. Make sure you copy/paste what you have in your DHCP server to a text file and save it somewhere safe before making any changes.

* - you can find this info in the appendixes of any given UniStim firmware release notes.