profile file stored on the TFTP server

[granata77]

Hi!
I have a Call Manager 4.1.3 with 1300 phones registered (model 30 Vip, 7940 and 7960).

I need to add a 2nd TFTP server on every phone and I want to avoid to manually do it.

Does a way exist to do in automatic this thing?
I have read some existence of binary 'profile file' (they can be edited?!), but I don't know whether to find them!

Who can help me?

Thanks in advance.

Bob

 

[whykap]

Your DHCP server is the one that defines the TFTP servers.
Add the second TFTP server IP address to your DHCP server under option 150 and reset the phones.

 

[granata77]

I don't understand...

 

[granata77]

Excuse me.. the problem is that phones (not all) have address static without DHCP..

 

[whykap]

If you are statically assigning IP's you must have statically assigned the TFTP server as well.
Unfortunately if that's the case it becomes a manual process.

May I ask why you are using static IP's and not DHCP?

 

[granata77]

...the guilt is of whom has preceded me..

thanks

 

[granata77]

Can you recommend me a manual method to do this from remote?

The "binary profile file" exist? where can I find them to edit from remote?

 

[whykap]

i don't know of any other way but touch each phone in this case.
Again you are better off blowing out the static and implement DHCP.

 

[granata77]

I have continued in my search and I have found the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voi...4_2/english/administration/guide/LowPalt.html

where I read:

"...
A profile file is a binary-format file that is stored on the TFTP server. There are two types of profile files:
• Phone-specific profile files— Used to configure a particular Cisco Unified IP Phone
...
You can edit a profile file in text format on the TFTP server and then convert it to the binary format required by the phone. See the "Creating or Updating a Profile File" section for more information.

Configuration parameters are entered in the format "Parameter:value." For example, the following entry specifies that the password for accessing a phone's web page or Network Configuration screen is 12345: UIPassword:12345. See the "Configuration Parameters" section for more information about parameters and values.

Use the file example_uprofile.txt as a template for creating the text version of your Cisco Unified IP Phone profile files. You can obtain the latest version of this file from the CCO website. It is included with the SCCP Software Package Zip file.
..."

Can you help me with these files?! I've not found these files on Call Manager...

 

[whykap]

they should be under:
C:\Program Files\cisco\tftppath

 

[granata77]

No, there isn't...