AudioCodes Device Manager Pro User Manual

Administrator's Guide
AudioCodes One Voice Operations Center (OVOC)
Device Manager Pro
Version 7.8
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
About this Document 1 Zero Touch Provisioning 1
Zero Touch Provisioning Process - Skype for Business Phone 2
Zero Touch Provisioning – non Skype for Business Phone 4
2 Starting up and Logging in 5
3 Adding Users & Devices in Non-Skype for Business Environments 7
Exporting 'System User' to zip File 10 Adding Users and Devices Information to the csv File 12 Importing the csv File 12
4 Using the Zero Touch Setup Wizard to Provision Phones 13
5 Provisioning Phones without the Zero Touch Setup Wizard 16
Before Implementing Zero Touch 16 Defining a Tenant 16 Configuring an Endpoints Group 18 Preparing a Template for a Tenant/Model 20 Uploading .img Firmware File to the Server 23 Configuring DHCP Option 160 with a Tenant URL 23
Configuring DHCP Option 160 with System URL 27
Editing the DHCP Option 160 cfg File 28
Editing the SBC HTTP Proxy 30
6 Provisioning Android-based Teams Phones 31
Configuring a Periodic Provisioning Cycle 32 Configuring TimeZone and Daylight Savings 32 Managing Devices with HTTPS 33 Supported Parameters 33
7 Managing Devices Behind a NAT using SBC HTTP Proxy 36
8 Monitoring and Maintaining the Phone Network 38
Monitoring the Network from the Dashboard 38 Viewing Network Topology 40 Checking Devices Status 41 Monitoring Alarms 48 Searching for Alarms 49 Performing Actions on Alarms 49 Maintaining Users 49
Searching for Users/Devices 49
Adding a User 50
Adding a Phone 51
Editing a User 52
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Viewing Device Status 53
Deleting a User 54
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Managing Multiple Users 54 Maintaining Multiple Devices 58 Managing Configuration Files 61 Managing Firmware Files 61 Upgrading Devices to the Latest Firmware Versions 66
9 Viewing Your License 69
Licensing Endpoints 70
10 Approving Users 71
Skype for Business Environment 71 Non-Skype for Business Environment 74
11 Managing Templates 75
System Settings and Placeholders 75 Selecting a Template 79 Editing a Configuration Template 80 About the Template File 82
Restoring a Template to the Default 82
Downloading a Template 83
Uploading an Edited Template 83
Generating an Edited Template 83
Defining Template Placeholders 84
Viewing Default Placeholders Values 85
Template Placeholders 86
Tenant Placeholders 87
Devices Placeholders 90
12 Configuring the LDAP Directory 92
13 Managing Device Manager Agents 95
Enabling Device Manager to Support Agents 96 Monitoring Device Manager Agents 97
16 Performing Polycom Configuration 98
17 Configuring Phones to Operate in an OVR Deployment 99
18 Signing in to a Phone into which Another User is Signed 101
19 Troubleshooting 102
Displaying Last n Activities Performed in the Web Interface 102 Displaying Archived Activities Performed in the Web Interface 103 Displaying Last n Activities Performed in Device Manager Pro 105 Displaying Archived Activities Performed in Device Manager Pro 106
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1 Introduction

AudioCodes' Device Manager Pro features a user interface that enables enterprise network administrators to effortlessly and effectively provision and maintain up to 30000 400HD Series IP phones and third-party vendor devices in globally distributed corporations.
The Device Manager Pro client, which network administrators can use to connect to the server, can be any standard web browser supporting HTML5: Microsoft's Edge, Internet Explorer version 11 and later, Chrome (recommended) or Firefox.
REST (Representational State Transfer) based architecture enables statuses, commands and alarms to be communicated between the devices and the server. The devices send their status to the server every hour for display in the user interface.
Accessed from AudioCodes' One Voice Operations Center (referred to as OVOC for short in this document), the Device Manager Pro enables network administrators to effortlessly load configuration files and firmware files on up to 30000 IP phones and third-party vendor devices.
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Other actions administrators can perform on multiple phones are to upload a csv file with devices' MAC addresses and SIP credentials (supported in all environments except Skype for Business), approve devices at the press of a button (supported in Skype for Business environments only), send messages to phones' screens, reset phones, and move phones between tenants.
A configuration file template feature lets network administrators customize configuration files per phone model, tenant, and device.
Integrated into the OVOC, the Device Manager Pro server provides added value to AudioCodes' 400HD Series IP phones and third-party vendor devices.

About this Document

This document shows network administrators how to enable automatic provisioning (Zero Touch provisioning) of the AudioCodes devices in an enterprise network from a single central point.
For information on third-party vendor products (for example Jabra and Polycom),
see the Device Manager for Third-Party Vendor Products Administrator's Manual
For information on the Device Manager Agent, see:
Device Manager Agent Installation and Configuration GuideManaging Device Manager Agents on page95
For detailed descriptive information about the Agent, see the Device Manager
Agent Installation and Configuration Guide.

Zero Touch Provisioning

AudioCodes' IP phones can be automatically provisioned when they are plugged in to the enterprise's network if Zero Touch provisioning has been implemented.
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To implement Zero Touch provisioning:
1. Build your network topology of tenants and sites using the One Voice Operations Center
(see the One Voice Operations Center User's Manual for more information).
2. Start up and log into the Device Manager Pro.
3. Choose the Zero Touch provisioning method. Either:
Configure the DHCP server to provision the phone with an IP address that is in the
Use DHCP Option 160.
4. Choose the default template for each tenant and model.
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Applies to all phones irrespective of Skype for Business/non-Skype for Business.
tenant/site range. Configure the phone to receive the IP address or subnet mask of the tenant/site.
Phones that reside behind a NAT and whose IP addresses are internal can be managed by the OVOC via SBC HTTP proxy. For more information, see Managing Devices
Behind a NAT using SBC HTTP Proxy on page36.

Zero Touch Provisioning Process - Skype for Business Phone

The figure below illustrates the 1-9 step provisioning process for AudioCodes' IP phones for Skype for Business when the Zero Touch feature is implemented.
Figure 1-1: Zero Touch Provisioning - Skype for Business Phone
*If the network administrator does not define a tenant in the URL in DHCP Option 160, the
phone is allocated a tenant/site according to best match , that is, according to either tenant
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Subnet Mask or site Subnet Mask configured in the OVOC. See the One Voice Operations
Center User's Manual for more information.
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Zero Touch Provisioning – non Skype for Business Phone

The figure below illustrates the 1-8 step provisioning process for AudioCodes' non Skype for Business phones when the Zero Touch feature is implemented.
Figure 1-2: Zero Touch Provisioning – non Skype for Business Phone
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2 Starting up and Logging in

After installation, start the Device Manager Pro and log in. Before logging in, you need to run the OVOC.
To access the Device Manager Pro without running the OVOC, point your web
browser to https://<OVOC_IP_Address>/ipp and then in the login screen that opens, log in. If the browser is pointed to HTTP, it will be redirected to HTTPS.
Device Manager Pro is a secured web client that runs on any standard web
browser supporting HTML5: Internet Explorer v11 and later, Chrome or Firefox.
For information on installing and operating the OVOC, see the OVOC Server IOM Manual and the OVOC User's Manual.
To log in to the Device Manager Pro via the OVOC:
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1. In the OVOC's Network page, click the Endpoints tab and from the dropdown select
Configuration . The Login to Device Manager Pro screen opens.
Figure 2-1: Login
The 'Username' and 'Password' used to log in to the Device Manager Pro are the same as those used to log in to the OVOC.
2. Enter your Username and Password (default = acladmin and pass_1234)and click Sign In;
the application is launched and the Monitor Dashboard is displayed.
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Figure 2-2: Monitor Dashboard
See Monitoring and Maintaining the Phone Network on page38 for more
information about monitoring phones.
The following topics show how to provision phones using Zero Touch.
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3 Adding Users & Devices in Non-Skype for Business
Environments
Administrators can import
users and devices -or-
only users
If the administrator imports users and devices, the association between users and devices was made before Version 7.6
using the device's MAC address
through user name and password
via an imported CSV file
before deployment
To add users and devices with a version earlier than Version 7.6 of Device Manager
Pro:
After plugging the phones into the network, log in to Device Manager Pro and then (best
practice):
Export the automatically created 'System User' to a zip file (see Exporting 'System
User' to zip File on page10)
Unzip the zip file, open the csv file and add users and devices in the same format (see
Adding Users and Devices Information to the csv File on page12)
Import the csv file with users and devices back into Device Manager Pro (see
Importing the csv File on page12
To add only users:
Applies only to Version 7.6 and later
The association is manually made after deployment, using the Approve button in
the Devices Status page
When the phone is connected to the network for the first time, the user is prompted
to enter their username/password; it's matched with that on the Device Manager Pro. After the match, the Manager associates the device with the user. Usernames/ passwords are then uploaded to the Manager through the import CSV without using MAC address. After authentication, the Manager downloads the cfg file to the phone.
1. After installing the Device Manager Pro, add the HTTP authentication configuration
properties to the initial configuration file (taken from DHCP Options 160) and to the templates.
2. Select an authentication mode. Two possibilities are available:
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With username/password
Without password; only username or extension
The default authentication mode is username/password
The Login screen then allows the user to authenticate with username only,
excluding password
If you want the user to use 'password only' for authentication, enable the 'no
password' option
Figure 3-1: System Settings Page - HTTP AUTH Provisioning No Password
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3. Configure DHCP Options for HTTP Authentication. To prompt the user for username and
password, add the following HTTP authentication parameters to the DHCP option 160 cfg file:
provisioning/configuration/http_auth/password=
provisioning/configuration/http_auth/ui_interaction_enabled=1
provisioning/configuration/http_auth/user_name=
4. Update the parameter 'provisioning/configuration/url'
provisioning/configuration/url=<HTTP_OR_S>://<IP_ADDRESS>/ip-
p/admin/httpauth/auth_prov.php
5. Open the DHCP Option Configuration page (Setup > Devices Configuration > DHCP
Options Configuration)
Figure 3-2: DHCP Options Configuration
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6. Click Edit configuration template:
Figure 3-3: Edit DHCP Option
7. Click Generate Template:
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If you want password to be excluded from HTTP user authentication, configure para­meter 'provisioning/configuration/http_auth/password' to 1234. Users will then not have to enter a password when performing authentication.
8. Configure each template to operate with HTTP authentication. Open each template you
want to operate with HTTP authentication and add the following values to each:
provisioning/configuration/http_auth/password=%ITCS_Line1AuthPassword%
provisioning/configuration/http_auth/ui_interaction_enabled=1
provisioning/configuration/http_auth/user_name=%ITCS_Line1AuthName%
9. Update the parameter 'provisioning/configuration/url':
provisioning/configuration/url=%ITCS_HTTP_OR_S%://%ITCS_HTTP_PROXY_
IP%:%ITCS_HTTP_PROXY_PORT%/ipp/admin/httpauth/auth_prov.php
10. Close the Directory 'configfiles'. For security reasons, it's preferable to close the 'configfiles'
web directory as from now on all cfg files will be downloaded from the new location
http:<SERVER_IP_ADDRESS>/ipprest/lync_auto_prov.php rather than from http:<SERVER_IP_ADDRESS>/configfiles/MAC.cfg
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11. In the System Settings page, click the button.
Figure 3-4: Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
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Device firmware does not support Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol yet. Future device firmware will support it.

Exporting 'System User' to zip File

Here's how to export the 'system user' that is automatically created after you log in to Device Manager Pro, to a zip file.
To export the 'system user' to a zip file:
1. Open the Export Users and Devices Information page (Setup > Import/Export).
Figure 3-5: Export Users and Devices Information
2. Click Export; a link to the users.zip file is added to the lowermost left corner of the page.
3. Click the link; the unzipped file opens displaying a csv file and a cfg file.
4. Open the csv (in Excel):
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Figure 3-6: csv File in Excel
Excel displays the information related to 'system user'.
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Adding Users and Devices Information to the csv File

You need to add to the csv file the information related to all the users and devices in your enterprise's network.
To facilitate this task, you can export a csv from your enterprise PBX and then edit it to conform to the 'system user' csv row shown in the figure above and the columns shown in the table below.
Table 3-1: csv File Information
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Na-mePass-
word
Up to 30000 users and devices can be defined in the csv file. After defining users and devices, save the csv file on your desktop from where you can import it into the Device Manager Pro.
Dis­play Nam­e
Ten­ant
Dis­play Nam­e
Ser­ial
MAC Addr­ess
Pho­ne Mo­del
Lan­guage
VL­AN Mo­de
VL­AN ID
VLA­N Pri­ority

Importing the csv File

After adding to the csv file the information related to all the users and devices in your enterprise's network, import the new csv file into the Device Manager Pro.
To import the new csv file into the Device Manager Pro:
1. Open the Import Users & Devices Information page (Setup > Import/Export).
Figure 3-7: Import Users & Devices Information
2. Click Import and then navigate to and select the csv file which you created and saved on
your desktop previously; the file is imported into the Device Manager Pro.
3. Open the Manage Users page (Setup > Users & Devices) and make sure all enterprise
users you imported are displayed.
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4 Using the Zero Touch Setup Wizard to Provision
Phones
When plugged in to the enterprise network, phones can automatically be provisioned through the Zero Touch feature.
Zero Touch determines which template the phone will be allocated.
The template is allocated per phone model and per phone tenant.
The template determines which firmware file and configuration file the phone will be
allocated.
Zero Touch provisioning accelerates uptime by enabling multiple users and phones to automatically be provisioned and added to the Manager.
You can use the Setup Wizard feature to set up Zero Touch provisioning. The Wizard simplifies deployment of phones in the enterprise for network administrators. The Wizard's functions were already implemented in versions of Device Manager Pro earlier than Version 7.4, only now they're centralized in a single location for a friendlier deployment experience. Here're the steps to follow to provison phones using the Wizard.
To provison phones using the Zero Touch Setup Wizard:
1. In the main screen, click the 'Setup' menu and then click the Setup Wizard option.
Figure 4-1: Step 1 – System Type
2. Select Skype for Business and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard will be closed if you intend to use other PBXs besides Skype for Business. The Setup Wizard is intended exclusively for Skype for Business.
Figure 4-2: Step 2 - Zero Touch
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3. Select Yes and then click Next.
Figure 4-3: Step 3 – Choose Tenant
4. Choose an existing tenant from the dropdown and click Next. If a tenant doesn't already
exist, click Next and configure one. This is to be able to create a specific configuration for the tenant and configure the URL in DHCP Option 160 so devices will use this tenant. If there's no specific tenant configuration to configure, click Next.
Figure 4-4: Step 4 – Tenant Configuration
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5. Click Next.
Figure 4-5: Step 5 – Templates Mapping
6. From the 'Template' dropdown, choose a template.
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Figure 4-6: Step 5 – Templates Mapping
This page is an alternative view to the Devices Configuration Templates page.
7. Associate a template according to the MODEL and TENANT. The page displays a mapping
table in which you need to map {MODEL + TENANT} to TEMPLATE.
a. Select 'IsDefault'; from this point on, the template chosen will be used.
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b. From the 'Phone' dropdown, select the model.
c. From the 'Tenant' dropdown, select the tenant and then click Next.
Figure 4-7: Step 6 – DHCP Configuration
8. Define the URL in DHCP Option 160.
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5 Provisioning Phones without the Zero Touch Setup
Wizard
You can set up zero touch provisioning in the Manager without using the Setup Wizard. When plugged in to the enterprise network, phones will then automatically be provisioned.
Zero Touch determines with which template the phone will be provisioned.
The template is provisioned per phone model and per phone tenant.
The template determines with which firmware file (img) and configuration file (cfg) the
phone will be provisioned.
Zero Touch accelerates uptime by enabling multiple users and phones to automatically be provisioned and added to the Manager.

Before Implementing Zero Touch

Before implementing Zero Touch, you need to prepare the network.
This applies to:
the network administrator of the enterprise whose OVOC is installed on premises (in the
enterprise's LAN)
the system integrator of the Service Provider whose OVOC is installed in the cloud (WAN)
To prepare the network for Zero Touch provisioning:
1. Define a tenant (see Defining a Tenant below).
2. Prepare a template per tenant (see Preparing a Template for a Tenant/Model on page20).
3. Upload the firmware .img file to the server (see Uploading .img Firmware File to the Server
on page23).
4. Configure the DHCP server's Option 160 to allocate the phone to the tenant/site URL (see
Configuring DHCP Option 160 with a Tenant URL on page23).

Defining a Tenant

You need to define a tenant before you can implement Zero Touch.
To define a tenant:
1. Open the Tenant List page (Setup > System > Tenants).
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Figure 5-1: Tenant List
2. Click the +Add New Tenant button.
Figure 5-2: Add New Tenant
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3. Use the table below as reference.
Table 5-1: Add New Tenant
Parameter Description
Name Enter an intuitive name to facilitate effective management later.
Description Enter a tenant description to facilitate effective management later.
Subnet Enter the tenant's subnet mask. Must be in prefix format x.x.x.x/y.
For example: 255.255.0.0/16. For any region under the tenant, sub­net mask is not mandatory, but if it is configured, its subnet mask must be within the tenant's, for example, 255.255.0.0/1.
Default Defines the default tenant. Only this newly added tenant can be
the default. The default is used for devices/endpoints auto­detection.
4. Click Save.
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Configuring an Endpoints Group

After adding a group to the OVOC as shown in the OVOC User's Manual, you can add an end­point - or multiple endpoints - to that group as shown in Checking Devices Status on page41 under the action Change Group, and then you can configure the endpoints in the group as shown here. The feature benefits a customer who wants for example 10 of 500 phones in a site in their enterprise organized in a group for a software upgrade to apply exclusively to the 10 phones in that group. In contrast to sites, groups are logical entities but configuration of both are identical; both are per tenant.
To configure an endpoints group:
1. Open the Group Configuration page (Setup > Devices Configuration > Group
Configuration).
Figure 5-3: Group Configuration
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2. From the 'Select Group' drop-down, choose the group (added to the OVOC) under which
you want to organize endpoints.
3. From the 'Configuration Key' drop-down, select a parameter to configure for the
endpoints group.
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Figure 5-4: Configuration Key
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4. In the 'Configuration Value' field displayed after a selection, provision the parameter with
a value and then click Add. Click ? for more information if necessary.
5. To configure Jabra endpoints group parameters, click adjacent to the
'Configuration Key' field and select Jabra.
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6. View the following:
7. From the 'Configuration Key' drop-down, select a Jabra parameter to configure for the
Jabra endpoints group.
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8. In the 'Configuration Value' field displayed after a selection, provision the parameter with
a value and then click Add. Click ? for more information if necessary.
9. To switch back to an AudioCodes (non Jabra) endpoints group, click adjacent to
the 'Configuration Key' field and select AudioCodes.

Preparing a Template for a Tenant/Model

You need to prepare a template per tenant / type (phone model) in the deployment. The template informs the server how to generate the .cfg configuration file when the phones are plugged in to the network. When the phones are plugged in, the .cfg configuration file is downloaded to them from the server.
User-configured Speed Dials and Programmable Keys are saved in the device's cfg file and backed up on the server. After the user configures them (see the device's User's Manual for details), the phone automatically updates the cfg file on the server. They're
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downloaded to the phone after:
they're deleted or some other 'crisis' occurs
the phone is restored to factory defaults
the user starts working with a new device
the user deploys another device at their workstation
the user's phone is upgraded
This saves the user from having to configure Speed Dials and Programmable Keys from the beginning. The user only needs to configure them once, initially.
If there is no cfg file on the server, the server gets the data from the phone.
To prepare a template for a tenant / phone model:
1. Open the 'Add new template' screen (Setup > Devices Configuration > Templates).
Figure 5-5: Devices Configuration Templates
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2. Click the Add New Template button.
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Figure 5-6: Add New Template
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3. Enter a name for the template. Make the name intuitive. Include tenant and model
aspects in it.
4. Provide a description of the template to enhance intuitive maintenance.
5. From the 'Tenant' dropdown list, select the tenant.
6. From the 'Type' dropdown list, select the phone model.
7. Select the Default Tenant option for the template to be the default for this tenant. More
than one phone type can be in a tenant. All can have a common template. But only one template can be configured for a tenant. If a second template is configured for the tenant, it overrides the first. After a template is added, it's displayed as shown below in the Devices Configuration Template page. When a phone is then connected to the network, if the phone is of this type and located in this tenant, it will automatically be provisioned via the DHCP server from the OVOC provisioning server (Zero Touch).
Figure 5-7: Default Template Indication
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8. From the 'Clone From Template' dropdown list, select a template to clone from. If the
template is for phones in a tenant that are Microsoft Skype for Business phones, choose a Skype for Business template.
9. Do this for all tenants and types (phone models) in the network.
10. If necessary, click the here link in 'Click here to Download Shared Templates'; your
browser opens displaying AudioCodes share file in which all templates are located, for example, the templates used with Genesys.

Uploading .img Firmware File to the Server

After obtaining the device's latest .img firmware file from AudioCodes, upload it to the OVOC provisioning server. When devices are later connected to the network, they're automatically provisioned with firmware from the server. You can also upload the .dfu firmware files for the speakers of the Huddle Room Solution (HRS).
To upload the .img firmware file to the OVOC provisioning server:
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1. In the Device Manager Pro, access the Firmware Files page (Setup > Devices Configuration
> Firmware Files).
Figure 5-8: Phone Firmware Files
2. In the Firmware Files screen, click the Add new Device firmware button.
3. Navigate to the .img file and/or .dfu firmware files for the HRS speakers, and upload to the
OVOC provisioning server.

Configuring DHCP Option 160 with a Tenant URL

You need to point DHCP Option 160 to a tenant URL so that the phones will be automatically provisioned with their .img firmware file and cfg configuration file when they're plugged in to the network for the first time (Zero Touch provisioning).
Either of the following two methods can be used to implement Zero Touch:
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Configure the DHCP server to provision the phone with an IP address that is in the
tenant/site range. Configure the phone to receive the IP address or subnet mask of the tenant/site.
Use DHCP Option 160
The Device Manager Pro supports backward compatibility so you can point DHCP Option 160 to a region URL. See the Administrator's Manual v7.2 and earlier.
Later when the (Skype for Business) phones are signed in, phones and users are automatically added to Device Manager Pro which loads their specific .cfg files to them.
To point DHCP Option 160 to a tenant URL:
1. In the Device Manager Pro, open the DHCP Options Configuration page (Setup > Devices
Configuration > DHCP Options Configuration).
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2. Click the Advanced: DHCP option 160 with Tenant Configuration link located lowermost
and under the Tenant URLs section, select from the 'Tenant' dropdown a tenant with which to associate a new device, as shown in the next figure (Tenant '2').
3. From the 'Group' dropdown list, select a group with which to associate a new device, as
shown in the next figure (Group '1').
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Figure 5-9: Tenant URL
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You can configure the device's tenant URLs to retrieve files either directly from the OVOC server or via an SBC HTTP proxy. Using an SBC HTTP proxy server is useful for customers whose OVOC is installed in the cloud, or when phones are located behind a NAT.
4. Choose either:
The OVOC has direct access to the phones. The DHCP server will connect the phones
directly to the OVOC server IP address.
Copy (Ctrl+C) the following URL and paste it into DHCP Option 160 in the
enterprise's DHCP server:
HTTP://<OVOC_IP_Address>/firmwarefiles;ipp/tenant/<tenant selected in Step 1>/group/<group selected in step 1>
The OVOC access the IPP's through the SBC HTTP proxy. The DHCP server directs the
phones firstly to an SBC HTTP proxy server, which then redirects to the OVOC server.
If the phones communicate with an SBC HTTP proxy rather than directly with the
OVOC server, copy (Ctrl+C) the following URL into DHCP Option 160 in the enterprise's DHCP server: http://SBC_PROXY_IP:SBC_PROXY_
PORT/firmwarefiles;ipp/tenant/Tenant
Direct URL for the IPP (No DHCP Available) – typically used for debugging purposes
when no DHCP is available.
Configure DHCP Option 160 to point to the OVOC provisioning server's URL if the
phones are not behind a NAT. DHCP Option 66/67 can also be used.
If the phones reside behind a NAT and an SBC HTTP proxy is available, configure
DHCP Option 160 to point to the SBC HTTP proxy; phone-OVOC communications will then be via the SBC HTTP proxy rather than direct.
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