ZyXEL Communications X6004 User Manual

X6004 User’s Guide

This chapter shows you how to set up auto provisioning for the SIP clients of the X6004. 

Auto provisioning allows administrators to configure VoIP related settings on ZyXEL’s SIP 
clients from a central location. You can set up and maintain a configuration file associated 
with a SIP extension on the X6004. Auto provisioning has the VoIP devices periodically 
download the configuration file from the X6004. 

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Check the documentation that came with your ZyXEL softphone, IP phone, 
ATA or other device to see if it supports auto provisioning. 

The configuration file contains the settings you configure for a specific telephone extension in 
your organization. It also contains SIP settings necessary for the device to register with the 
X6004. The configuration file is encrypted using 3DES (Triple Data Encryption Standard). 
See 

 for more information on extensions and 

more information on SIP settings. 

Take the following steps to configure auto provisioning for the VoIP devices on your network. 
See also 

 for an auto provisioning tutorial.

1 Configure extensions that you want to assign to VoIP devices on your network. See  

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2 Create an SPTGEN file (this is a configuration file that can be downloaded by ZyXEL 

devices that support SPTGEN). Use the Auto Provision screen, described in 

, to create this file. You will need one of the following: the MAC address of 

the IP phone or ATA or the serial number associated with a ZyXEL softphone. This 
information is used to uniquely identify the device that you want to assign an extension 
to. 

3 Configure the auto provisioning compliant ZyXEL device (or softphone) to receive 

configuration information from the X6004. This typically involves specifying the 
protocol used for auto provisioning. At the time of writing, you can use HTTP protocol