Cisco SPA901-UK Provisioning Guide - Page 12
Redundant Provisioning Servers, Retail Provisioning
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Provisioning Cisco Small Business VoIP Devices Provisioning Overview 1 The Restricted Access Domain parameter is configured with the actual domain names of up to a maximum of five domains. The Primary_DNS and Secondary_DNS parameters are configured with the actual domain names or IP addresses of the DNS servers available to the RC unit. Redundant Provisioning Servers The provisioning server can be specified as an IP address or as a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). The use of a FQDN facilitates the deployment of redundant provisioning servers. When the provisioning server is identified through a FQDN, the IP Telephony device attempts to resolve the FQDN to an IP address through DNS. Only DNS A-records are supported for provisioning; DNS SRV address resolution is not available for provisioning. The IP Telephony device continues to process A-records until the first server responds. If no server associated with the A-records responds, the IP Telephony device logs an error to the syslog server. Retail Provisioning The firmware for each IP Telephony device includes an administration web server that displays the internal configuration and accepts new configuration parameter values. The server also accepts a special URL command syntax for performing remote profile resync and firmware upgrade operations. In a retail distribution model, a customer purchases a Cisco Small Business voice endpoint device and subscribes to a particular service. The customer signs on to the service and establishes a VoIP account, possibly through an online portal with an Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP). The customer binds the device to the assigned service account. The unprovisioned IP Telephony device is instructed to resync with a specific provisioning server through a resync URL command. The URL command typically includes an account PIN number or alphanumeric code to associate the device with the new account. http://192.168.1.102/admin/resync?https://prov.supervoip.com/cisco-init/ 1234abcd In this example, a device at the DHCP-assigned IP address 192.168.1.102 is instructed to provision itself to the SuperVoIP service at prov.supervoip.com. The PIN number for the new account is 1234abcd. The remote provisioning server is configured to associate the IP Telephony device that is performing the resync request with the new account, based on the URL and the supplied PIN. Cisco Small Business IP Telephony Devices Provisioning Guide 11