Polycom 8020 phones

[acejavelin]

So I am trying to replace some old Spectralink i640 phones with newer 8020 phones, and I am a little confused... Do I have to actually make the slnk config files and load them in the 3300? It is vaguely mentioned files need to created for the 8020 phone in the configuration guide from Mitel's website, but there isn't any real detail on what to do with them and how to move them to the controller. Anybody have a little more insight into this? I am very familiar with SIP and understand configuration files and how to edit them, just not sure if they are really needed here or what to do with them. Thanks.

[johnp]

I think I had to add them to the default tftp location on the 3300. There are already some there that may get replaced with newer versions

[LoopyLou]

You just need to put the files in a TFTP server. Doesn't need to be the 3300. When you config the phone you set a TFTP server. We used a Solar Wind TFTP server on the Enterprise Manager PC and put the config file in TFTP root directory. Think that's all we did ( been a while ).

[johnp]

I put a changes directory in the tftp directory on the Mitel to keep track, then copy the files to both places. It makes upgrades easier. Most of my sites have only a few, so it's not hard to keep track.

I've also done some sites that had several phones running remotely via a vpn tunnel and have setup a local tftp so that they don't need to pass this data across on boot.

[acejavelin]

Hmmm... good ideas, going to give it a try again this week and will report back.