_____________________________________________________________________________________www.support.avaya.com, Page: 15 11/4/2009Avaya Inc. – Proprietary. Use pursuant to Company Instructions._____________________________________________________________________________________CHAPTER 4._________________________________________________________________________4. A VAYA 96XX SERIES IP PHONE CONFIGURATION_________________________________________________________________________4.1 96xx series IP Phone FirmwareThe Avaya 96xx series (3.1) VPN-Enabled IP Phone firmware must be installed on the phone prior to the phonebeing deployed in the remote location. Refer to [1] and [2] for details on installing 96xx series IP Phonefirmware. The firmware version of Avaya IP telephones can be identified by viewing the version displayed onthe phone upon boot up or when the phone is operational by selecting the Options hard button Æ View IPSettings Æ soft button Miscellaneous Æ soft button Æ Right arrow hard button. The Application file namedisplayed denotes the installed firmware version.As displayed in Table 1, 96xx series IP Phone firmware includes “3_1” in the name. This allows for easyidentification of firmware versions incorporating VPN capabilities.4.2 Configuring Avaya 96xx series IP PhoneThe Avaya 96xx series IP Phone configuration can be administered centrally from an HTTP server through46xxsettings.txt file (mentioned in section 5.3) or locally on the phone. These Application Notes utilize the localphone configuration method. Refer to [1] and [2] for details on a centralized configuration.1. There are two methods available to access the VPN Configuration Options menu from the 96xx series IPPhone.[A]. During Telephone Boot: -During the 96xx series IP Phone boot up, “*” key can be used to enter the Configuration mode is displayed onthe telephone screen as shown below.100 Mbps Ethernet* to program(Please note that the “*” key can also be used to enter the configuration mode till tunnel building procedures isnot complete). When the * key is pressed, it will ask for “Enter Code:” we need to Press Mute Button +PROCPSWD (default 27238) (Mute + 2-7-2-3-8 + #) and then press # to Enter into the phone configurationmode.Go to “ADDR” (Address Procedures) and update it with the below details.Phones IP Address0.0.0.0 (Will be assigned from the IP pool configured on the VPN gateway orby the Internal DHCP server if the VPN gateway is configured as DHCPRelay).