Just plain 4.2, right? Not 4.2 rev B or something else?

On 1/6/2010 9:53 AM, Tony Graziano wrote:
> Look at your polycom compatibility list for bootrom. If all your phones will
> take a 4.2 bootrom then deactivate the package in use, delete any bootrom
> there and upload the new bootrom zip file and re-activate it. Reboot one
> phone and see if it works. Allow 5 or more minutes to erase and reload the
> phone.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com<mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>
> To: sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org<sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org>
> Cc: Tony Graziano<tgrazi...@myitdepartment.net>; mpic...@cmctechgroup.com
> <mpic...@cmctechgroup.com>
> Sent: Wed Jan 06 10:44:34 2010
> Subject: Re: [sipx-users] Managing Polycom firmware across multiple models
>
> I deleted the firmware from Sipx inventory, and added the same file back
> in. It was the only one I had ever put in. It worked now. I have no idea
> why it broke. Maybe something happened when I backed up and restored to
> new hardware? No clue here.
> What about bootroms? What does everyone normally do here? Should I stick
> with what is on them since it is higher than 4.1, or upgrade to the
> newest? I thought I read something somewhere about combinations of
> bootroms and fimrware that could cause slow boots because it had to
> build/read something at every boot (sorry for my lack of specifics). I
> want to do whatever is best practice, but I didn't want to make an
> irreversible mistake. Thanks for the help!
>
> On 1/5/2010 7:49 PM, Tony Graziano wrote:
>    
>> No way I know of except query the phone menu itself.
>> ============================
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com<mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>
>> To: Tony Graziano<tgrazi...@myitdepartment.net>
>> Cc: Picher, Michael<mpic...@cmctechgroup.com>;
>> sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org<sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org>
>> Sent: Tue Jan 05 20:45:39 2010
>> Subject: Re: [sipx-users] Managing Polycom firmware across multiple models
>>
>> I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow. I'm at home and I was hoping I
>> could tell the firmware version from the polycom web interface to see if
>> it had upgraded, but I can't find that anywhere. Oh well....
>>
>> On 1/5/2010 5:57 PM, Tony Graziano wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> Matrix:
>>> http://downloads.polycom.com/voice/voip/sip_sw_releases_matrix.html
>>>
>>> Release Notes:
>>> http://downloads.polycom.com/voice/voip/relnotes/spip_ssip_3_1_3RevC_relnotes.pdf
>>>
>>> As long as you are suing a bootrom 4.1.0 or greater, the 3.1.3RevC
>>> split upload should be useable by both model phones.
>>>
>>> Make sure you have no firmware active and upload the 3.1.3 split, then
>>> activate it (upload via the zip file).
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 6:54 PM,<mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>>   wrote:
>>>
>>>       Also - that is the firmware polycoms page shows when I follow
>>>       their menus. I assumed that meant it was supported. I will go
>>>       through some release notes and see what I can find.
>>>
>>>       Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>>
>>>       
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>       *From: * Tony Graziano<tgrazi...@myitdepartment.net
>>>       <mailto:tgrazi...@myitdepartment.net>>
>>>       *Date: *Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:42:22 -0500
>>>       *To: *<mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com<mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>>
>>>       *Cc: *Picher, Michael<mpic...@cmctechgroup.com
>>>       <mailto:mpic...@cmctechgroup.com>>;
>>>       <sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org
>>>       <mailto:sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org>>
>>>       *Subject: *Re: [sipx-users] Managing Polycom firmware across
>>>       multiple models
>>>
>>>       tftp would be available by default, and pushed out via dhcp.
>>>
>>>       so if firmware 3.1.3RevC is supported on the polycom 450, it
>>>       should automatically detect it at reboot or profile push and down
>>>       and install it, unless the phone was ona  network segment where
>>>       tftp was blocked from the sipx server...
>>>
>>>       On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 6:14 PM,<mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com
>>>       <mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>>   wrote:
>>>
>>>           They set to default, but I will check what that as soon as I
>>>           get home (kids basketball practice right now). DHCP, DNS,
>>>           TFTP, everything, etc is running on the sipx server configured
>>>           by the sipx wizard.
>>>           Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>>
>>>           -----Original Message-----
>>>           From: "Picher, Michael"<mpic...@cmctechgroup.com
>>>           <mailto:mpic...@cmctechgroup.com>>
>>>           Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:42:10
>>>           To:<mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com
>>>           <mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>>;
>>>           <sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org
>>>           <mailto:sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org>>
>>>           Subject: RE: [sipx-users] Managing Polycom firmware across
>>>           multiple models
>>>
>>>           Are phones set for TFTP or are they set for FTP or something
>>> else?
>>>
>>>           Try manually setting one for TFTP.  Also, are they getting
>>>           DHCP from the
>>>           same place?
>>>
>>>           Mike
>>>
>>>           -----Original Message-----
>>>           From: sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org
>>>           <mailto:sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org>
>>>           [mailto:sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org
>>>           <mailto:sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org>] On Behalf Of
>>>           mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com<mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>
>>>           Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 5:01 PM
>>>           To: sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org
>>>           <mailto:sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org>
>>>           Subject: Re: [sipx-users] Managing Polycom firmware across
>>>           multiple
>>>           models
>>>
>>>           Anyone got any tips on how to troubleshoot?
>>>
>>>           On 1/5/2010 2:31 PM, Tony Graziano wrote:
>>>           >   I believe they should be pulling it.
>>>           >   ============================
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>>>           >   ----- Original Message -----
>>>           >   From: mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com
>>>           <mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com><mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com
>>>           <mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>>
>>>           >   To: Tony Graziano<tgrazi...@myitdepartment.net
>>>           <mailto:tgrazi...@myitdepartment.net>>; sipx-users
>>>           >   <sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org
>>>           <mailto:sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org>>
>>>           >   Sent: Tue Jan 05 15:27:49 2010
>>>           >   Subject: Re: [sipx-users] Managing Polycom firmware across
>>>           multiple
>>>           models
>>>           >
>>>           >   Thanks. So my 450s should be pulling it? They definitely
>>>           don't seem to
>>>           >   be. I have deployed 6 handsets today and 12 total. My 450
>>>           bootrom is
>>>           >   4.1.2.0037, so it seems like I should have been ok with this
>>>           requirement
>>>           >   'Split download file is recommended, but requires that all
>>>           phones are
>>>           >   running BootROM 4.0 or newer'. They are definitely pulling
>>>           config file
>>>           >   updates.
>>>           >   My 550s are running bootrom 4.1.1.0232 if that matters. I
>>>           see that
>>>           there
>>>           >   is a newer bootrom available for each. Should I upgrade that
>>>           is well?
>>>           I
>>>           >   was a little hesitant to do that because I didn't have any
>>>           issues that
>>>           I
>>>           >   knew of and I read that change was typically irreversible.
>>>           >
>>>           >   Thanks again for all the help and advice!
>>>           >
>>>           >   On 1/5/2010 2:05 PM, Tony Graziano wrote:
>>>           >
>>>           >>   All of the phones the 3.1.1revc firmware support were
>>>           unzipped and
>>>           >>   copied to the tftp root directory when you unloaded it.
>>>           >>
>>>           >>   The phone knows the filename it is looking for, as each
>>>           model is a
>>>           >>   uniquely different name.
>>>           >>
>>>           >>   No magic, just logic provided by Polycom on that one.
>>>           >>
>>>           >>   When the phones boot, or are sent a new profile, they look
>>>           to see if
>>>           >>   there is a newer bootrom, then firmware, then config file.
>>>           Newer
>>>           >>   actually only means different here, meaning one that they
>>> don't
>>>           >>   currently have as far as bootrom or firmware. If it is not
>>>           a match,
>>>           >>   they know to download and use it.
>>>           >>
>>>           >>   On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:58 PM, mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com
>>>           <mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>
>>>           >>   <mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com
>>>           <mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>>   <mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com
>>>           <mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>
>>>           >>   <mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com
>>>           <mailto:mkitchin.pub...@gmail.com>>>    wrote:
>>>           >>
>>>           >>        I am deploying Soundpoint 450s and 550s. I'm using
>>>           Sipx 4.0.4.
>>>           The
>>>           >>        450s
>>>           >>        worked out of the box. No major changes. Per the posts
>>>           on here
>>>           and the
>>>           >>        documentation I found, I had to downgrade the 550s to
>>>           make them
>>>           >>        work at
>>>           >>        all. I added
>>>           spip_ssip_vvx_3_1_3RevC_release_sig_split.zip to my
>>>           Sipx
>>>           >>        server and all is well with the 550s. I double checked
>>>           to see
>>>           what
>>>           >>        firmware the 450s are running. Menu, Status, Platform,
>>>           >>        Application, Main
>>>           >>        shows version 3.1.0.0147. I assumed it would be a good
>>>           idea to
>>>           get
>>>           >>        these
>>>           >>        up to 3.1.3 as well before my roll out in 2 weeks. Now
>>>           is where
>>>           I get
>>>           >>        confused. Polycom shows
>>>           spip_ssip_vvx_3_1_3RevC_release_sig_split.zip
>>>           >>        (same file as the one for the 550) as the file I need
>>>           for the
>>>           450s. I
>>>           >>        can't check the same file in twice. I honestly don't
>>> quite
>>>           understand
>>>           >>        how Sipx knew the first file was for the 550. I didn't
>>>           know if
>>>           it read
>>>           >>        it somewhere within the firmware file. Do I have to
>>>           tell it
>>>           somehow it
>>>           >>        is for the 450 too? Am I missing something obvious and
>>>           simple
>>>           here?
>>>           >>
>>>           >>        Thanks a ton!
>>>           >>
>>>           >>        -Matthew
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>>> Fax: 434.984.8431
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