Method 3: Installing a B199 without a file server

Last Updated : Nov 17, 2022 |
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In this method of B199 installation, the IP Office system is not acting as a DHCP server and the customer's DHCP server does not redirect the new B199 phones to a file server.
Download the B199 firmware from https://support.avaya.com. This documentation assumes that version 1.0.8.3.2 is being used.
  1. First enable SIP phone support and create a user and extension for the B199 phone as per the generic SIP phone installation processes.
  2. Connect the PoE network cable from the network to the phone.
  3. Once started, if the phone prompts whether to perform auto-provisioning, select No.
  4. The phone prompts you to set a password, select Yes. Set and confirm the password. This password is required for access to the phone's admin and web browser menus.
  5. Click on < twice.
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
    If you click < too often, the phone reboots. If so, after rebooting, press Settings Settings and click Admin Login.
  6. Click Status. The menu displays key information:
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
    • The IP Address is used to access the phone's admin menus in a web browser.
    • If the Software Version is lower then 1.0.8.3.2, the phone should be upgraded (see Manually upgrading the B199 firmware.) . Otherwise, press the < icon.
  7. Press V to scroll down and click Device Management.
    1. Click Provisioning Server and enter the address of the IP Office system.
    2. Press V to scroll down and click DES Provisioning.
    3. Click DES Enablement and select Disabled.
    4. Click < repeatedly until you exit the admin menus. The phone will reboot.
  8. The phone requests the avayab199.xml file from the IP Office system. When received, the phone reboots again.
  9. The phone displays Avaya B199 and Not Registered.
  10. Press Settings Settings. Click Admin Login and enter the phone's admin password.
    1. Click SIP.
    2. Click Primary Account.
      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
      1. In User, enter the phone's extension number.
      2. Press V to scroll down and click Credentials.
      3. In Authentication Name, enter the phone's extension number.
      4. In Password, enter the IP Office extension password.
      5. Click < twice.
    3. If the phone is being installed in an IP Office network that has resilience configured, click Fallback Account and enter the same details again.
    4. Click < to exit the menus. The phone is rebooted again.
    5. Following the reboot, the phone displays Avaya B199 and the system's IP address.
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