BlackSunshine,
The 3300 can’t handle to tftp duties once you get past 100 phones.
Since when it that a thing? I have 2 systems with well over 200 phones per and haven't had any issues with TFTP on either one. The only issue I have had with TFTP with the 6900 on a 3300 was when the firmware load was too low on the 6900 and it wouldn't upgrade. Once the phone was brought up to a version of firmware that would upgrade off the 3300 the problem went away.
Thanks,
TE
Sorry it’s 100 for an AX page 30 of Mitel mivoice business engineering guideline 8.0....its 200 -6900 on MXE Controller page 35 of engineering guideline 8.0....also page 176 of same guide
Yes, and virtual controllers can handle the TFTP duties for 1500 sets of the 6900 series.... without going to an external TFTP server. The issue isn't with the operation of the phones or the resources they use in operation, but in the massive TFTP services they need. A MiVO250 could just as easily configured for a external TFTP server as any other Mitel system.
We could argue this all day, and interpret the engineering guide in several different ways for various scenarios, but it isn't really the point and we are not here to fight are we?
I remember the Inter-tel 5000 v1.2... it supported ~25 IP phones, through tweaks and refinements it's capacity increased 10 fold. I am sure Mitel will figure out a way to implement the 6900 series phones on the 5000 platform, or find an alternative that doesn't require a separate Phone Manager server, but the information we have this far seems to reinforce the fact it won't be happening any time soon.