Nortel DHCP parameter to set Voice VLAN? 1

[Shaq2k]

Hi!
We use DHCP to set parameters to our Nortel phones, like call server ip adress, etc.
But does anyone know if there is a parameter for every item you can see in the Network Configuration list in the phone display?

The only list of DHCP parameters I have found is this:

http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/2008/05/nortel-ip-phones-unistim-release-v23/

But not everything is covered there.
What I am looking for is a parameter for the Voice VLAN option.
On the older 1120E phones (from 2006), the Voice VLAN option is set to No VLAN by default, and then the phone will not enter the Voice VLAN no matter what we do in the DHCP string.
On newer 1120E phones, this option is set to Auto, and then everything works like a charm.

So what I want to do is to set the Voice VLAN option to Auto or DHCP, but I cannot find a parameter for it.
There are other things too, like the EAP Mode option.

Thank you.

 

[VinceWhirlwind]

Option#191: VLAN-A:200.

 

[VinceWhirlwind]

...but you might prefer to use LLDP:

lldp port 1/1-47 status txAndRx config-notification
lldp tx-tlv port 1/1-47 local-mgmt-addr port-desc sys-cap sys-desc sys-name
lldp tx-tlv port 1/1-47 dot1 vlan-name 100,200

 

[Shaq2k]

Hi, and thanks for answering.

But you seeem to have misunderstood me.

I use both Option 191 (for switches without LLDP), and LLDP today, and it works as intended.

But some of our phones, it seems to be the oldest ones, have the Voice VLAN option on the phone itself set to "None" as default. The newer ones have this option set to "Auto" as default.
When I say on the phone itself, I mean the Voice VLAN option you can see if you enter the Network Configuration menu in the phone display.
When this option is set to "None", it does not matter what you set in your Option 191 DHCP string, the phone will *not* enter the Voice VLAN.

Therefore, I was hoping there was a parameter for this option in the DHCP string, so for I have not been able to find it.

Thanks again.

 

[Shaq2k]

I finally found it!
The parameter is called vvsource, and can have these flags:

‘n’ no VLAN

‘a’ auto VLAN via DHCP

‘lv’ auto VLAN via VLAN Name TLV

‘lm’ auto VLAN via Network Policy TLV

I set it to 'a', and everything worked out.

The info is taken from this document:

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...PVfRoN&sig=AHIEtbSALIq_JnMJy57wcAT9bhBR2-LTaQ

 

[gwebster]

Full list of DHCP/TFTP/HTTP settings is found in the Product Bulletin / ReadMe associated with whatever release of software you are running on the IP Phone. The most recent ones are posted to support.avaya.com under product "1100 Series IP Deskphones" and then Documentation->Release Notes & Software Update Notices

 

[Shaq2k]

Excellent!
Thank you.

 

[curtismo]

Note that to use the new parameters you have to use the option string "Nortel-i2004-B", along with, as gwebster states, newer phone firmware on your sets.