SIP Provisioning - Features

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.
Value must be alphanumerical and 3-32 character long; it is not unique.

Manufacturer

Choose the manufacturer that produces the device you want to provision.
The drop-down list contains all the brands supported by the MagnaVoIP provisioning system.

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.
Have in mind that the configuration file may be different for the same device, depending on its firmware/version.
For the moment, only Cisco (7940) and Cisco (7960) have two different configuration files, for firmware 7.x and 8.x.

Application version

Provide the firmware version of the device specific (e.g. P0S3-08-11-00).
This value will be retained in the data base and used in the configuration file generated for the selected device.
For most devices, you do not have to fill in this text box, but there are certain cases (i.e. Cisco) when the device requires the presence of the exact application version in the configuration file in order to be provisioned.
Check the supplied user guide for clarifications.

MAC address

Fill in the device MAC address.
The text box is auto-populated with the first three segments specific to each manufacturer (e.g. 00:04:13 for Snom);
Value must have the standard format XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, where X is a hexadecimal digit (e.g. 0-9, A-F or a-f). Check the equipment's manual to find its MAC address.
You can also edit this parameter when a device is already provisioned for this account.

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;
On the other hand, if you want to finalize the provisioning process, select Enable;
If the extension's Allow to provision devices permission level is set to Modify and a device is already provisioned for this account, then you are able to modify the selection.

Notes Use the text box to add supplementary information about the device.

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:

  • None - No password will be required to connect to the device's browser-based configuration interface.
  • Auto generated - MagnaVoIP will randomly generate a password for you.
  • Manual - If you like, you can manually set and confirm the Administrator 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.
Between: 1 and 99,999 minutes/seconds, depending on the device's settings. Default: 10 minutes.

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
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