Administrator’s Guide for SIP-T5 Series Smart Media Phones114Boot Files, Configuration Files and Resource FilesWhen IP phones are configured with central provisioning method, they will request to downloadthe configuration files and resource files from the provisioning server.The following sections describe the details of boot files, configuration files and resource files: Boot Files Configuration Files Resource Files Obtaining Configuration Files and Resource FilesBoot FilesYou can use a boot file to customize the download sequence of configuration files. It isefficiently for you to provision your IP phones in different deployment scenarios, especiallywhen you want to apply a set of features or settings to a group of phones.NoteThe boot files are valid BOOT files that can be created or edited using a text editor such asUltraEdit. The boot files are first downloaded when you provision the phones using centralizedprovisioning (refer to Central Provisioning). The configuration parameters are not included inthe boot file. You can reference some configuration files that contain parameters in the bootfiles to be acquired by all your phones and specify the download sequence of theseconfiguration files.Yealink supports two types of boot files: common boot file and MAC-Oriented boot file.During auto provisioning, the IP phone first tries to download the MAC-Oriented boot file (referto MAC-Oriented Boot File), and then download configuration files referenced in theMAC-Oriented boot file in sequence from the provisioning server. If no matched MAC-Orientedboot file is found, the IP phone tries to download the common boot file (refer to Common BootFile) and then downloads configuration files referenced in the common boot file in sequence. Ifno common boot file is found, the IP phone downloads the common CFG file (refer to CommonCFG File) and MAC-Oriented CFG file (refer to MAC-Oriented CFG File) in sequence.The following figure shows an example of common boot file:#!version:1.0.0.1#The header above must appear as-is in the first lineinclude:config include:config “http://10.2.5.206/configure/account.cfg”You can select whether to use the boot file or not for auto provisioning according to yourdeployment scenario. If you do not use the boot file, proceed to Configuration Files on page 116.That is, you can also use the old mechanism for auto provisioning.
