Approving Users
Once your phones are connected to the network and loaded with their firmware and configuration files, you must approve log in to user phones so that you can start monitoring and configuring them. The network administrator can do this by importing a csv/zip file with the phones properties, or by approving the phones users one at a time.
Approving users is not required under the following circumstances:
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When using the Zero Touch provisioning method. |
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When importing a csv file containing devices (as well as users). |
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Open the Devices Status page (Monitor > Dashboard > Devices Status). |
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Optionally click the 'Export the devices to CSV file' icon; a csv file is generated; a download option is displayed. The same information on the page, e.g., Serial Number, which enables admin to efficiently manage devices stocktaking, is displayed in Excel format. |
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Click Actions to select (depending on device and model) Show Info, Open Web Admin, Check Status, Reset Device, Generate Configuration, Change Group, Delete Devices Status, Update Configuration, Change Tenant, Update Firmware, Nickname, Set as VIP. |
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Click the Approve button (only displayed if the System URL is configured for the DHCP Option because OVOC will then not know the tenant in which the device is located; if the Tenant URL is configured for the DHCP Option, the Approve button will not be displayed). |
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View information displayed in the page's columns next to each managed device: User Name, Phone Number, MAC Address, IP, Model, Firmware, Last Update Status, Report Time, Location, Subnet, VLAN ID |
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[Optionally] Use the Search option to display specific information in the page and exclude unwanted information from the page. |
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[Optionally] Click the Filter button to display specific information in the page and exclude unwanted information from the page. |
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Select the upper left checkbox; the Selected Rows Actions menu is displayed and all devices listed are selected. |
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Click the Approve Devices button; you're prompted to approve the selected device/s. |
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In the prompt, select the tenant and then click Approve; all selected users are approved; all phones restart; the cfg file is automatically uploaded to the phones from the OVOC provisioning server, which the DHCP server points them to. |
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From the 'VLAN Discovery mode' dropdown, select either: |
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Manual Configuration [of the LAN; static configuration of VLAN ID and priority] |
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Automatic - CDP [automatic configuration of the VLAN - VLAN discovery mechanism based on Cisco Discovery Protocol] |
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Automatic - LLDP [automatic configuration of VLAN - VLAN discovery mechanism based on LLDP] |
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Automatic - CDP_LLDP [automatic configuration of VLAN (default) - VLAN discovery mechanism based on LLDP and Cisco Discovery Protocol. LLDP protocol is with higher priority]. |