Overview
MagnaVoIP can automatically configure the SIP devices associated with a Phone terminal extension using either customized provisioning templates added by the extension's parent accounts (including the system administrator) or the default configuration files, specific to each device model. This feature is called provisioning and it helps you set and maintain identical configurations for a large number of equipments.
After setting up the contact information, permissions, limits and all the other specific features, MagnaVoIP displays the following message:
Extension John Smith (0027*001) has been successfully added. Click here if you want to provision this extension now. If you want to provision every newly extension, click here.
If you click the second link, the Provisioning and SIP Preferences for Extension <extension_name> page is added as the last step when configuring a new extension. You can provision a new device using the controls grouped into the fields detailed below.
Provisioning
Enable Use provisioning if you want to provision a new SIP device for the current Phone terminal extension. This unlocks the Device Information and the Device Settings fieldsets, allowing you to configure the equipment.
By doing so, the extension gets all its setup parameters from the provisioning server. Otherwise, the extension user will have to manually set the device parameters.
As a system administrator, you have access to this option regardless of the Allow to provision devices permission level set for the extension.
Device Information
Option | Details |
Friendly name |
Fill in a custom name that will differentiate the provisioned device. |
Manufacturer |
Choose the manufacturer that produces the device you want to provision. |
Model | Select one of the device models available for the chosen manufacturer. |
Firmware/Version |
Select one of the firmware/product versions corresponding to the selected brand and model. |
Application version |
Provide the firmware version of the device specific (e.g. |
MAC address |
Fill in the device MAC address. |
Use MAC based provisioning | The provisioning link is generated based on the device MAC address as long as the Allow MAC based provisioning on HTTP(S) option is enabled from the Unified Communications → Equipment Templates → Global Preferences section and the Update protocol is either HTTP or HTTPS . |
Status |
If you just want to define and assign the device without provisioning it, then you should select Disable and the provisioning file will not be generated; |
Notes | Use the text box to add supplementary information about the device. |
Provisioning Link
For Aastra
devices, the provisioning link could be:
If the Use MAC based provisioning check box is selected and the Update protocol is set to HTTP:
http: //192.168.4.170/pro/p/00085D000000. |
If the Use MAC based provisioning check box is not selected and the Update protocol is set to HTTP:
http: //192.168.4.170/pro/p/0019/0020/001. |
For some manufacturers, such as Polycom
, the provisioning links may look different:
http: //192.168.14.39/pro/p/0038/0039/001/0004f2111111.cfg |
If a duplicate MAC address is found in the database, the provisioning link will not be generated and an error message will be displayed.
Device Settings
Option | Details |
Administrator username |
Fill in a username for logging in to the device's browser based configuration interface. Not all the devices support configuration via a web browser. For additional information, check the documentation of the equipment you want to provision. |
Password generation |
Choose the method for providing the password:
|
Phone update interval |
Optionally, you can fill in the text box with the number of minutes the device waits before checking for updates on the provisioning server. |
Update protocol | The list is automatically populated with the protocols used by the selected device to access the configuration file on the provisioning server (e.g. TFTP, HTTP ). |
Provisioning template |
The most important step when adding a device is to select the appropriate Provisioning template. The drop-down list displays only those templates with configuration files defined for the selected equipment, plus the Server default template that includes the standard configuration files of all the devices supported by MagnaVoIP . These configuration files contain the settings (default or custom) required by the device to become fully functional in the MagnaVoIP system. It is advisable to double-check the template you are going to use and search for any possible error that could cause the device to malfunction. As a system administrator, you can only choose from your own templates. The provisioning templates defined by other users are not available. |
Regenerate provisioning files | Select this checkbox if you want the provisioning files available for the current extension to be regenerated with the new settings. |
SIP Preferences
This fieldset is called SIP and IM Preferences if the extension's Enable chat server access permission is enabled.
The users that log in to the MagnaVoIP interface using a service provider, organization or user account have complete access to the Provisioning and SIP Preference's field sets only if the Phone extension SIP management permission is enabled.
If this permission is disabled, then these users have access only to the following features:
- Use the same password with interface
- Phone password
- Confirm phone password
- Equipment description