Yealink T5 Series Administrator's Guide

Phone Provisioning
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Setting Up a Provisioning Server
You can use a provisioning server to configure your phones. A provisioning server allows for flexibility in upgrading,
maintaining and configuring the phone. Boot files, configuration files and resource files are normally located on this
server.
Topics
Supported Provisioning Protocols
Supported Provisioning Server Discovery Methods
Configuring a Provisioning Server
Supported Provisioning Protocols
Yealink phones support several transport protocols for provisioning:
l Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
l File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
l Hyper Text Transfer Protocol – Secure (HTTPS)
l File Transfer Protocol – Secure (FTPS)
Note
There are two types of FTP methods—active and passive. The phones are not compatible with active FTP.
You can specify the transport protocol in the provisioning server address, for example, http://xxxxxxx. If not specified,
the TFTP protocol is used.
Topic
Provisioning Protocols Configuration
Provisioning Protocols Configuration
The following table lists the parameter you can use to configure provisioning protocols.
Parameter static.auto_provision.server.type <y0000000000xx>.cfg
Description
It configures the protocol the phone uses to connect to the provisioning server.
Note: It works only if the protocol type is not defined in the access URL of the provisioning server con-
figured by the parameter "static.auto_provision.server.url".
Permitted
Values
1-HTTP
2-HTTPS
3-FTP
Other values-TFTP
Default TFTP
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If you change this parameter, the phone will reboot to make the change take effect.
Supported Provisioning Server Discovery Methods
After the phone has established network settings, it must discover a provisioning server to obtain software updates and
configuration settings.
The IP phone supports the following methods to discover the provisioning server address:

Yealink T5 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Yealink
Model	T5 Series
Category	IP Phone
Language	English