Provisioning 2000 series phones via dhcp

[pluff]

Hi All,
I am wondering if someone can explain how to auto provision i2002 / i2004 phase 2 handsets with dhcp?

I configured opt 224 with the B-String and provide S1= etc. info and option 227 with the B-string and the prov= (just to make it neat). This all works for 1100 series phones, I get the provisioning files and firmware from the tftp server.

2000 series phones give a DHCP Parse error? If I put the A-string back on option 128 it works. I moved the B-string to option 128 as recomended in another thread and same Parse error.

Nortel Buletin P-2008-0222-global states; "The info block can be transfered to the phone via dhcp" so this should work and I only send the standard options, the same as in the A-string (s1, retry, etc.)

I then deleted all options except 227 which contained only the provisioning server (which was turned off) and the phone booted correctly (cached dhcp?). Delete 227 and I get the expected dhcp error, put 227 back in and the phone boots. This makes no sense at all.

Avaya do not recomend using the A and B strings together so how do I get this to work?

Another related question, 2000 series phones will not pull firmware from my tftp server (using dhcp option 66) and the tftp option is not in the data block of the latest firmware, how can this be done?

Sorry for the long winded question but the docs around this are a bit ordinary and given that it workd on 1100 series phones my testing makes no sense and now my brain hurts!!!

TIA

 

[gwebster]

2001/2002/2004 only support the A string. 11xx/12xx/2007 support both the A and B string.

 

[pluff]

Looks that way but the documents clearly say that the provisioning block is supported via DHCP. Both in IP Phone fundementals and Unistim 3.3 bulitin?????

 

[Tman45]

Right - from what I understand the 2000 series phones do not support TFTP provisioning, but you are supposed to be able to configure some options via DHCP. I am not sure what all are supported - prolly just the options that are available on the phone firmware so you may be getting parse error if you are trying to use an option that the 2000 firmware does not support? I am actually upgrading a 4.5 CS1000S to a 7.5 E around 4/14 and would like to know this very same thing!!! I have to go around and touch every phone to enter Node/TN info - I figure 30 hours or less for 150 phones spread out throughout a 9 football field warehouse ...

 

[pluff]

From what I understand thia is correct but there are a lot of options and I can't even provision just the S1, retry, etc. that are acceprtd by the 'A' string. Given that it works on the 11xx phones I am at a loss. And then having phones "remember" their IP settings????

This shouldnt be a big problem for you as the upgrade process should take care of the phones for you. My problem is that I am changing the node ID on about 800 phones and about 500 are digital so I will be busy hitting keys next weekend