Manually Provision A Phone From The Keypad; Sample Configuration File - Cisco 8831 Administration Manual

Manually Provision a Phone from the Keypad

Generate CSR a that contains fields that identify your organization, and location. For example:
Step 3
openssl req -new -key <file.key> -out <file.csr>
You must have the following information:
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Step 4 Email the CSR (in zip file format) to the Cisco support person or to
ciscosb-certadmin@cisco.com. The certificate is signed by Cisco and given to you.
Manually Provision a Phone from the Keypad
Typically the conference phone is configured to be provisioned when first connected to the network and
at configured intervals that are set when the phone is preprovisioned (configured) by the service provider
or the VAR. Service providers can authorize VARs or advanced users to manually provision the phone
by using the phone keypad.
The status of the provisioning process is indicated by the phone mute button blinking in the following
patterns:
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To manually provision the phone by using the keypad:
Step 1 Press Setup, then scroll to Profile Rule.
Step 2 Enter the profile rule by using the following format:
For example:
If no protocol is specified, TFTP is assumed. If no server-name is specified, the host that requests the
URL is used as the server name. If no port is specified, the default port is used (69 for TFTP, 80 for
HTTP, or 443 for HTTPS).
Step 3 Press the Resync softkey.

Sample Configuration File

Refer to the Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 for Third-Party Call Control Provisioning Guide.
Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 for Third-Party Call Control Administration Guide
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Subject field—Enter the Common Name (CN) that must be a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name)
syntax. During SSL authentication handshake, the Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 for
Third-Party Call Control verifies that the certificate it receives is from the machine that presented it.
Server's hostname—For example, provserv.domain.com.
Email address—Enter an email address so that customer support can contact you if needed. This
email address is visible in the CSR.
Red/orange slow blink (1.0 seconds on, 1.0 seconds off): Contacting server, server not resolvable,
not reachable, or down.
Red/orange fast blink (0.2 seconds on, 0.2 seconds off, 0.2 seconds on, 1.4 seconds off): Server
responded with file not found or corrupt file.
protocol://server[:port]/profile_pathname
tftp://192.168.1.5/CP_8831_3PCC.cfg
Chapter 5 Provisioning