Category:Auto Provisioning

Author: Alexander Feldt

Mass deployment ("Auto Provisioning") is a proprietorily implemented feature in the standard firmware of all snom 3x0 VoIP phones and snom m3 Mass deployment allows remote administration (configuration and maintenance) of unlimited number of distinct snom phone types. Mass Deployment is particularly useful for out-of-the-box scenarios in larger phone installations. Mass Deployment can be used to provide general and specific configuration parameters ("Settings") to the phones and to manage firmware actualization.

Prerequisites

• Mass deployment requires a central setting (or provisioning) server able to deliver the necessary configuration parameters ("settings") and firmware updates to each phone.
• Configuration parameters can be stored in individual setting files (phone type/MAC address based) or can be created at runtime by means of script files (MAC address based). The location of these files is determined in the setting (provisioning) URL.

Scenarios

Depending on the phone installation environment the following scenarios to provide the setting (provisioning) URL to the phones can be distinguished:

Scenario: The DHCP Server in the LAN may be configured to send the provisioning URL via DHCP Option 66/67. Scenario: The SIP Server in the LAN is able to send the provisioning URL by replying to SIP SUBSCRIBE Broadcast messages Scenario: Scenario 1/2/4 cannot be used, the provisioning URL must be configured manually. Scenario: If scenario 1/2/3 is not used the phones will contact snom's public provisioning server which is preconfigured to redirect the request automatically to another customer provisioning server where the configuration is hosted Scenario: Reserved for OEM partners: The provisioning URL is hardcoded in the OEM firmware.

Further Documentation

Firmware Release	Phone Type	Document Type	Document Link
Version 2	snom1xx/snom2xx	(not maintained)	Description
Version 3	snom1xx/snom2xx/snom360	(not maintained)	Description
Versions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	snom3x0, snom8xx, snom MeetingPoint	(maintained)	Description & Example
Version 1	snom m3	maintained	Description
Version 9	snom m9	maintained	Description & Example

FAQ Links

Can I provide license files via mass deployment?
Can I provide encrypted user passwords via mass deployment?
What does 'Subscribe Config' mean ?
How to trigger the phone to synchronize its settings via mass deployment?