Administrator’s Guide for SIP-T2xP IP Phones162. The message “Initializing, Please Wait” appears on the LCD screen as the IP phonestarts up.3. The main LCD screen displays the following: Time and date Soft key labels (not supported by the SIP-T20P IP phone)4. Press the OK key to check the IP phone status, the LCD screen displays the valid IPaddress, MAC address, firmware version, etc.If the IP phone has successfully passed through these steps, it starts up properly and isready for use.Configuration MethodsYou can use the following methods to set up and configure IP phones: Phone User Interface Web User Interface Configuration FilesThe following sections describe how to configure IP phones using each method above.Phone User InterfaceAn administrator or a user can configure and use IP phones via phone user interface.Access to specific features is restricted to the administrator. The default password is“admin“(case-sensitive). Not all features are available on phone user interface.Web User InterfaceAn administrator or a user can configure IP phones via web user interface. The defaultuser name and password for the administrator to log into the web user interface areboth “admin” (case-sensitive). Almost all features are available on web user interface.IP phones support both HTTP and HTTPS protocols for accessing the web user interface.For more information, refer to Web Server Type on page 114.Configuration FilesYou can deploy IP phones using configuration files. There are two configuration filesboth of which are CFG formatted. We call them Common CFG file and MAC-OrientedCFG file. A Common CFG file will be effectual for all IP phones of the same model.However, a MAC-Oriented CFG file will only be effectual for a specific IP phone. TheCommon CFG file has a fixed name for each IP phone model, while the MAC-Oriented
