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X6004 User’s Guide
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CHAPTER 8
Auto Provision
This chapter shows you how to set up auto provisioning for the SIP clients of the X6004.
8.1 Auto Provisioning Overview
Auto provisioning allows administrators to configure VoIP related settings on ZyXEL’s SIP
clients from a central location. You can set up and maintain a configuration file associated
with a SIP extension on the X6004. Auto provisioning has the VoIP devices periodically
download the configuration file from the X6004.
" Check the documentation that came with your ZyXEL softphone, IP phone,
ATA or other device to see if it supports auto provisioning.
The configuration file contains the settings you configure for a specific telephone extension in
your organization. It also contains SIP settings necessary for the device to register with the
X6004. The configuration file is encrypted using 3DES (Triple Data Encryption Standard).
See Chapter 14 on page 125 for more information on extensions and Chapter 7 on page 95 for
more information on SIP settings.
8.1.1 How to Configure Auto Provisioning
Take the following steps to configure auto provisioning for the VoIP devices on your network.
See also Chapter 3 on page 41 for an auto provisioning tutorial.
1 Configure extensions that you want to assign to VoIP devices on your network. See
Chapter 14 on page 125.
2 Create an SPTGEN file (this is a configuration file that can be downloaded by ZyXEL
devices that support SPTGEN). Use the Auto Provision screen, described in Section 8.2
on page 104, to create this file. You will need one of the following: the MAC address of
the IP phone or ATA or the serial number associated with a ZyXEL softphone. This
information is used to uniquely identify the device that you want to assign an extension
to.
3 Configure the auto provisioning compliant ZyXEL device (or softphone) to receive
configuration information from the X6004. This typically involves specifying the
protocol used for auto provisioning. At the time of writing, you can use HTTP protocol