Phone Provisioning41Phone ProvisioningThis chapter provides basic instructions for setting up your IP phones with a provisioning server.For more information, refer to Yealink_SIP_IP_Phones_Auto_Provisioning_Guide.TopicsBoot Files, Configuration Files and Resource FilesProvisioning MethodsSetting Up a Provisioning ServerKeeping User’s Personalized Settings after Auto ProvisioningBoot Files, Configuration Files and Resource FilesYou can use boot files, configuration files and resource files to configure phone features and apply feature settings tophones. You can create or edit these files using a text editor such as Notepad++.You can ask the distributor or Yealink FAE for template files. You can also obtain the template files online: http://sup-port.yealink.com/documentFront/forwardToDocumentFrontDisplayPage.TopicsBoot FilesConfiguration FilesResource FilesFiles Download ProcessBoot FilesYealink IP phones support boot files. The boot files maximize the flexibility to allow you to customize features and set-tings for multiple phones.With the boot file, you can specify which configuration files should be downloaded. It is effective for you to provisionthe IP phones in different deployment scenarios:l For all phonesl For a group of phonesl For a single phoneYealink IP phones support two types of boot files: common boot file and MAC-Oriented boot file. You can use thedefault boot template file “y000000000000.boot” to create MAC-Oriented boot file by making a copy and renaming it.NoteYou can select whether to use the boot file or not according to your deployment scenario. If you do not want to use theboot file, please go to Configuration Files.TopicsCommon Boot FileMAC-Oriented Boot FileBoot File AttributesCustomizing a Boot File
