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Avaya has released SIP software release 4.3 for their 1100 and 1200 series IP deskphones.
This software release is compatible with the following Call Server platforms;
I’ll refer you to the release notes for all the details.
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Avaya has released SIP software release 4.1 Service Pack (4.01.15) for their 1100 and 1200 series IP deskphones. I’ll refer you to the release notes for the 4.1 Service Pack software release for the all the details. Let me also reference the 4.1 (4.01.13) software release notes since I never announced it here.
This release adds support for the following two new features;
SIP Software Release 4.1 for 11xx/12xx IP Deskphones introduced a mechanism for IP Office to configure extra features using the soft keys on the deskphone. Soft keys are the 4 buttons located below the display screen on the phone. Soft key button labels are displayed on the phone display right above the physical buttons, with each label corresponds to the physical button. SIP Software Release 4.1 Service Pack for 11xx/12xx IP Deskphones extends this feature by the addition of a ‘More’ key as the right-most button, indicating more selections are available.
SIP Software Release 4.1 for 11xx/12xx IP Deskphones provides a mechanism to customize the time to wait for LLDP data from the network.
On reset/power-up, the Deskphone will try to obtain LLDP data (i.e. the VLAN ID) only once at startup. If no response is received from the network switch the deskphone will continue to boot. After that the phone will not retry to get LLDP data until the next reboot. In some cases, the network switch may take too much time to start up. In this case, if the switch applies power to its ports (POE) before the switch is ready to accept network packets from devices (the deskphone) connected to the switch, the LLDP negotiation may timeout before the switch is ready to respond.
Prior to SIP Software Release 4.1 Service Pack, following a reboot (and the ENABLE_LLDP flag is set), the deskphone would wait for LLDP data from switch for up to 30 seconds. If no data was received, the deskphone starts up using the previous data stored in EEPROM.
With SIP Software Release 4.1 Service Pack, a new provisioning parameter has been added to the device configuration file to specify the time to wait for LLDP data from the network switch:
Minimum value is 30 seconds
Maximum value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
I haven’t personally seen the issue that Avaya is attempting to resolve regarding the LLDP timer when connecting the 1100 or 1200 series IP phones to the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 5520. I have observed that the switch appears to delay enabling PoE on the ports until it’s far enough along through the boot-up process.
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I was recently testing the built-in UNIStim VPN Client (UVC) on the Avaya 1120e IP phone and needed to access the SSH console of the IP phone to check the status of the VPN connection to the Nortel VPN Router. I thought I’d take a few seconds to document for anyone that might be interested. You obviously need to be running firmware 0623C7F, 0624C7F, 0625C7F or 0627C7F (or later) for IP Phone 1110, 1120E, 1140E or 1150E respectively.
You can enable the SSH console by the following commands;
There is no reboot required to enable the SSH console. Here’s a quick example of the help command;
[root@centos ~]# ssh 10.1.1.10 -l admin The authenticity of host '10.1.1.10 (10.1.1.10)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is 09:14:95:11:c2:e6:d7:93:98:2c:4e:ce:e4:2c:64:cc. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added '10.1.1.10' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. admin@10.1.1.10's password: Welcome to Nortel problem determination tool. You are connected to IP Phone 1120E. HW version:18001365FF5E4FFFFF FW version 0625C7F MAC 001365FFFFF IP 10.1.1.10 Type "pdtHelp" for list of available commands. Bluetooth address 00140D01635B Type "pdtHelp" for list of available commands. Type "bye" to exit current shell. PDT> pdtHelp pdtHelp Print PDT shell help setLogLevel <loglevel> Set LogLevel, Critical:1, Major:2, Minor:3, Warning:4, Info:5 setRecoveryLevel <recovery level> Set RecoveryLevel, Critical:1, Major:2, Minor:3 setAutoRecoveryFlag <flag> Set auto recovery flag, turn on:1, turn off:0 printLogLevel Print current logLevel, Critical:1, Major:2, Minor:3, Warning: 4, Info:5 printRecoveryLevel Print current recoveryLevel, Critical:1, Major:2, Minor:3 printAutoRecoveryFlag Print auto recovery flag printUptime Print set uptime printLogFile [severity level] Print log files; Args - Critical:1, Major:2, Minor:3, Warning:4, Info:5 clearLogFile Clear content of error log file taskMonShow Show task monitor list taskMonAddTask <taskName | task id> Add a task to task minitor taskMonRemoveTask <taskName | task id> Remove a task from task monitor setCpuSamplingPeriod <value> Set CPU sampling period, range: 180-360s, step 10s i Print all task Info ti <taskName | task id> Complete info on TCB for task tt <taskName | task id> Task Trace memShow [level] Show system memory partition blocks and statistics checkStack <taskName | task id> Print a task's stack usage ls [dirname] [-f] List contents of directory, -f: include details lsr [dirname] Recursive list of directory contents cd [dirname] Set current working path usbFsShow Display MSDOS volume configuration data of USB memory stick usbls [dirname] [-f] List contents of USB directory, -f: include details usblsr [dirname] Recursive list of USB directory contents usbcd [dirname] Set current USB working path pwd print the current default directory ping <host ip> [# of pings] Test that a remote host is reachable tracert <host ip> [max hops] traceroute to any host netinfo Print common network info routeshow Display host and network routing tables and stats arpShow Display entries in the system ARP table listcerts List all trusted certificates printcert <index> Print a trusted certificate in detail listcrls Prints a detailed list of CRLs listdevcerts Prints all device certificates listsecuritylogs Lists all events logged through the security interface securitypolicy Prints the current Security Policy values gxasinfo Lists the GXAS configuration and current status reportWidgetData shows widgets info reportWindowData shows windows hierarchy turnOnScreenScrape turn Screen Scrape feature on turnOffScreenScrape turn Screen Scrape feature off setScreenScrapeDelay <delay> set delay in ms for the Screen Scrape process sendKey <code> <state> Emulate key with a code "code". State 0/1/2 = Key Down Message/Key Up Message/Key combination down followed by up. showVPNStatistics Show VPN Statistics showVPNStatus Show VPN Status showVPNFilter Show VPN Filter setVPNLogLevel <loglevel> Set VPN Log Level - 0:turn off log/1:log info/2:log info,error/3:log error,debug,info printVPNLogLevel Print current VPN logLevel - 0:turn off log/1:log info/2:log info,error/3:log error,debug,info showFIPSStatus Show FIPS Status setVPNNatKeepaliveIntervalOverride <interval> Set VPN NAT Keepalive Interval Override scrShow Show SCR Status printSetInfo Print HardwareID, FirmwareID and MAC address vxshell Switch to vxShell bye Exit current shell PDT>
I don’t know that I would advise someone to enable this feature on every IP phone they deploy but it can certainly be helpful if enabled when needed during troubleshooting.
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