Michael McNamara

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UNIStim Firmware Release 4.1 for Avaya IP Phones

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Avaya has released UNIStim 4.1 for their IP phones;

  • 0621C7D for 2007 IP Deskphone,
  • 0623C7J, 0624C7J, 0625C7J, 0627C7J and 0626C7J for 1110, 1120E, 1140E, 1150E and 1165E IP Deskphones respectively and
  • 062AC7J for 1200 Series IP Deskphones

UNIStim 4.1 adds the following features;

  • UNIStim 4.0 functionality delivered onto the 1165E IP Deskphone
  • Quality improvements to Secure Signaling using DTLS
  • Adjustable open-microphone warning tone during Zone Paging
  • UNIStim VPN client interoperability extended to include Avaya VPN Gateways

The two product bulletins covering the software release can be found here and here.

Notice any formatting differences between the two bulletins?

Cheers!

UNIStim Firmware Release 4.0 for Nortel IP Phones

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Nortel 1165e IP Phone
Nortel 1165e IP Phone

Nortel has released UNIStim firmware 4.0  for their IP phones;

  • 0621C7A for IP Phone 2007,
  • 0623C7F, 0624C7F, 0625C7F and 0627C7F for IP Phone 1110, 1120E, 1140E and 1150E respectively and
  • 062AC7F for IP Phone 1210, 1220, and 1230

No UNIStim software release 4.0 is being offered for the Phase II IP Phone 2001, Phase II IP Phone 2002, and Phase II IP Phone 2004.  The Nortel IP Phone 200x series (except the 2007) was manufacture discontinued as of November 29, 2009.

The enhancements available with UNIStim software release 4.0 for IP Phones include:

  • UNIStim VPN Client (UVC) in the IP Phone 1100 series
  • Feature and Application Licensing
  • Secure Signaling using DTLS
  • Secure Call Recording (SCR)
  • Designed for Operability (DfO)
  • Enhancements to Certificate Support

The product bulletin for the 4.0 release listed the same fixes (two of which were for the 2004 model) as the previous UNIStim 3.4 release. I’m going to guess that someone forgot to update that section of the product bulletin with some relevant information.

The big news with this release is the built in VPN client for the IP Phone 1100 series, the UNIStim VPN Client (UVC). Unfortunately this initial release doesn’t support encrypting/tunneling the traffic to/from the PC port, only the traffic to/from the Signaling Server and Voice Gateway Media Cards is encrypted with the VPN connection. The initial release is certified to work wtih Nortel VPN Router (NVR) family running software release 8.00 or greater. (NVR software release 8.00 has been qualified on the NVR 1010, 1050, 1100, 600, 1600, 17xx, 27×0, 4600 and 5000).

Please refer to the release notes and the product bulletin for complete details.

Cheers!

UNIStim Firmware Release 3.4 for Nortel IP Phones

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ipphone_1220_800x600Nortel has released UNIStim firmware 3.3 for their IP phones;

  • 0604DCN for Phase II IP Phones (2001, 2002 & 2004),
  • 0621C6R for IP Phone 2007,
  • 0623C6T, 0624C6T, 0625C6T and 0627C6T for IP Phone 1110, 1120E, 1140E and 1150E respectively and
  • 062AC6T for IP Phone 1210, 1220, and 1230

The enhancements available with UNIStim firmware release 3.4 for IP Phones include:

  • Screen Saver support (including slideshow) on the IP Phone 2007
  • Support for Voice Signaling Application in LLDP-MED Network Policy TLV
  • Incoming calls accepted during Zone Paging
  • AG interface enhancement – forwarding of cookie deletion events
  • GXAS interface enhancement – expanded Status Updates commands
  • OS Diagnostics support on the IP Phone 1100 series

Here are a list of fixes included in release 3.4:

  • 090708-75234 Slight chance that the IP Phone 2004 may freeze when ending an IP Call
    Recording (IPCR) call
  • 090824-03336 Problem with the IP Phone 2004 obtaining an IP address when 802.1Q is
    enabled
  • 090805-92397 Issue with Mouse Cursor on the IP Phone 2007 when backlight turns off
  • 090713-78022 Issue with menu access when Lock Menu is enabled
  • 090519-43214 SSH challenge prompt causes issue on IP Phone 1100 series
  • 090728-87526 Concern with lowest ring tone setting on the IP Phone 1120E

Please refer to the release notes and the product bulletin for complete details.

Cheers!

UNIStim Firmware Release 3.3 for Nortel IP Phones

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call_center_corp_red_32bitNortel has released UNIStim firmware 3.3 for their IP phones;

  • 0604DCL for Phase II IP Phones (2001, 2002 & 2004),
  • 0621C6P for IP Phone 2007,
  • 0623C6R, 0624C6R, 0625C6R and 0627C6R for IP Phone 1110, 1120E, 1140E and 1150E respectively and
  • 062AC6R for IP Phone 1210, 1220, and 1230

The enhancements available with UNIStim firmware release 3.3 for IP Phones include:

  • HTTP transport for provisioning and configuration files
  • DSCP provisioning precedence override
  • DSCP tagging (QoS) for duplicate media stream
  • DHCP provisioning information window
  • New icons and colors on the IP Phone 2007
  • Double-line edit boxes and drop-down boxes on selected menu items
  • GXAS inactivity timer lower limit restricted to 10 seconds
  • GEM firmware included in IP Phone 1100 series firmware image
  • Default for LLDP changed to Enabled
  • OS Diagnostics support on the IP Phone 2007

Please refer to the release notes and the product bulletin for complete details.

Cheers!

UNIStim Firmware Release 3.2 for Nortel IP Phones

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ipphone12301Nortel has released UNIStim firmware 3.2 for the their IP phones;

– 0604DCJ for Phase II IP Phones (2001, 2002 & 2004),
– 0621C6M for IP Phone 2007,
– 0623C6N, 0624C6N, 0625C6N and 0627C6N for IP Phone 1110, 1120E, 1140E and 1150E respectively and
– 062AC6N for IP Phone 1210, 1220, and 1230

There is a lot of information in product bulletin which can be found here.

I did notice that Nortel has made changes in this firmware release that will now allow the Cache IP option to function when the Voice VLAN (via automatic methods such as DHCP, LLDP-MED) is also enabled.  Previously these features were exclusive of each other and wouldn’t operate together. While the Cache IP option violates some basic DHCP principles it provides a solution should your DHCP server be down while the phone is performing it’s initial boot up or renewing it’s DHCP lease. I’ve had the Cache IP option save me on a number of occasions and since I use DHCP lease times of at least 3 months for all IP phones I’ve never had an issue with IP address conflicts. Here’s the text from the product bulletin concerning the change to the Cache IP feature;

Recall that the ability to provision “Cached IP” is provided within the IP Phones to allow phones, which has been configured to use DHCP, to remain in service in the event of a DHCP server failure (or loss of connection to the DHCP server). The use of a cached IP address, however, is not compliant to the DHCP specification. Therefore the ability to decide whether one wishes to cache the IP address or not is a configurable option. The default setting is compliant with the DHCP specification resulting in service denial until connection to the DHCP server can be re-established. Only if Cached IP is enabled will the phone be more resilient in the event of broken communication to the DHCP server. In UNIStim firmware prior to release 3.2 the ability to provision Cached IP was not available – and was greyed out in the manual configuration menu – when the Voice VLAN was configured as Auto. Since in the past, “Auto” meant that the VLAN ID was obtained from DHCP in a Nortel vendor option, caching the IP address had no value if the phone could not also obtain its Voice VLAN ID. With UNIStim firmware release 3.2, the ability to configure Cached IP is now mutually exclusive to whether the Voice VLAN is configured as Auto. Since the Voice VLAN can also be obtained automatically from LLDP, the request to cache the IP address is valid. But also to ensure the phone still operated even if the Voice VLAN ID is being obtained from DHCP as well, if Cached IP is enabled, then the Voice VLAN is cached along with the IP address.

There are also a number of new Info block options that might be of interest to folks so I would advise that you review the product bulletin.

Cheers!

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