Avaya has released SIP software release 3.2 for their 1100 and 1200 series IP deskphones. This release adds support for the 1120e, 1140e, 1165e, 1220, and 1230 model IP deskphones.
Here are some of the enhancements made in the new software release;
- Improved Licensing
- SIP Support for 1220,1230 and 1165E IP Deskphones
- Shared Call Appearances – CS1000
- IPv6 Support
- SRTP Media Security
- TLS Signaling Security
- Certificate-based Authentication
- Enhanced Screensavers
- Background images
- Support for Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager / Session Manager
I was having a discussion with “Mike” in the comments section of any earlier post entitled, SIP Software Release 3.0 for IP Deskphones, in which he pointed out some of the issues with the new licensing model. Well it looks like Avaya was paying attention to that thread and made some changes to the licensing that should satisfy the majority of users. (I’m just going to quote directly from the readme.)
Improved Licensing
Licensing was introduced in the SIP 3.0 release. With SIP 3.2, the following changes are made to the licensing mechanism:
- The Standard feature set is now available on all desksets without a token. This provides a basic set of SIP features conforming to RFC 3261 (SIPPING 19) at no additional cost.
- Now, when the phone is registered to a recognized Avaya call server (Avaya AuraTM, AS 5300, CS1000 or CS2100), the Extended feature set is available as well without a token.
- The Advanced feature set is reserved for Federal and DoD features on the AS 5300 call server only
- The feature packages have been re-organized
- Wideband is part of Standard feature set
- IPv6 and Broadworks SCA are part of Extended feature set
- Security is now part of the Extended feature set
If you connect your IP deskphone to a Avaya Call Server (Avaya AuraTM, AS 5300, CS1000 or CS2100), you’ll get all the standard features you would get with the UNIStim firmware. The licensing really only comes into play if you decide to connect your Avaya IP deskphone to a third party call server or SIP provider.
Please make sure to review the product bulletin and the readme for all the details.
Cheers!
SIP Software Release 3.2 has undergone testing with Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager R6, Avaya Aura™ Session Manager R6, and Avaya Modular Messaging R5.2. The associated interoperability document is available at http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100109882.
Hi Gord,
It’s good to see that you’re still at Avaya. I’ve heard that Avaya will be announcing a new voice mail solution (if you haven’t already).
Thanks for the link!
Responding to the query on your support forum… The language files for SIP 3.2 are undergoing final testing and should be posted on http://www.nortel.com/support within the next week.
Thanks for the heads-up Gord.
I’ve just installed this firmware on a Avaya 1230 and now trying to connecting to a Mitel 3300 as a SIP User.
It appears to begin to log in but gets stuck on getting a license. I get an error message saying “failed to obtain token license”.
From reading the article it would appear I can have a standard SIP phone without a token license. Does anyoen know how to turn of the license part? I can’t find any documentation on this.
Any help greatly appreaciated. Thanks
What version of software is the 1230 IP phone running (3.2 I hope right)? You might also want to confirm that you don’t have a feature enabled that requires an “advanced” license. I haven’t had the time personally to connect a Nortel/Avaya 1200 series IP phone to a non-Avaya SIP backend, although I might try connecting a few handsets up to Asterisk for fun.
Good Luck!
Yes I’m using 3.2. I’ve now narrowed it down to a problem with the Mitel 3300 as I’ve been able to connect the 1200 series phone to an Asterisk server. All I need now is some help with the Mitel.
I’ve been using the 1220IP with 3.2 firmware on an Asterisk server and working well. However the 30 day trial token has now expired and I have been trying to turn off the features that require the token with little luck.
I have tried several config entries to turn off the 3 remaining enhanced features selected: Authentication Security, Signalling Security TLS and USB Headset Support.
I have read through all the documentation I could find but still can’t get these de-selected. Any suggestions?
Thanks
I haven’t personally tried it yet but I’ll send a few messages and see if we can get some type of response.
Cheers!
I have the same issue as Klaus but on a 1140e running ver.3.2. Mine is connecting to a CS1K. I had downgrade to 2.x to get working again. Documentation is vague but seems that the basic functionality should work. The following message was on the screen after 30 days;
“Information;
Could not obtain license
Login has been denied”
I am using the set with an Aastra AXS with fw rel 2.x and it’s great. Upgrading to rel. 3.2 is not so great; No web interface that I can find, quite slow screen reaction time, I can’ t have two different lines (DNs). How can I downgrade to previous fw?? I can’t find the setting for TFTP server address. I know it’s looking for sw update but where?? Any ideas anyone?
Thanks.