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IP Phone Release Notes 2.3 New Features in Release 2.3 Changing DHCP Option 12 Hostname via the IP Phone UI Use the following procedure to change the “hostname” for DHCP Option 12. Aastra IP Phone UI Step Action 1 Press Options, and then select Administrator Menu. On the 51i: Press Services, and then select Options->Administrator Menu. 2Select Network Settings. 3Select Hostname. 4 By default, the “Hostname” field is automatically populated with [] of your phone (for example,
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9 9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT 143i, 9480i, 9480i CT
and 5i Series Phones and 5i Series Phones
SI SIP I IP PHONE PHONE
RN-001029-02
Rev 00
Release Note
Release 2.3
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Aastra Telecom will not accept liability for any damages and/or long distance charges, which result from unauthorized and/or unlawful use. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, Aastra Telecom will not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained within this documentation. The information contained in this documentation is subject to change without notice. Copyright 2008 Aastra Telecom. www.aastratelecom.com All Rights Reserved.
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Contents Contents General Information ..................................................................................................................................2 Release Content Information ................................................................................................................2 Hardware Supported .............................................................................................................................2 Bootloader Requirements ..................
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SIP Features .......................................................................................................................................57 P-Asserted-Identity (PAI) Support in UPDATE message ..............................................................57 DTMF Tones in Info Requests ......................................................................................................57 Ignore Out of Sequence Errors .....................................................................
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SIP IP Phone Models 9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT and 5i Series Phones Release Note 2.3 About this Document This Release Note 2.3 provides new features for the 5i Series IP Phones (51i, 53i, 55i, 57i, and 57i CT), and the 9143i, 9480i, and 9480i CT IP Phones. It also includes the issues resolved since Release 2.2.1 of the IP Phones. For more detailed information about features associated with each phone, and for information on how to use the phones, see your model-specific SIP IP Phone Installation
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IP Phone Release Notes 2.3 General Information General Information Release Content Information This document provides release content information on the Aastra 9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT and 5i Series SIP IP phone firmware. Model Release Name Release Version Release Filename Release Date 51i Generic SIP 2.3.0.82 FC-001126-02-REV00 July 2008 53i Generic SIP 2.3.0.82 FC-001086-04-REV00 July 2008 55i Generic SIP 2.3.0.82 FC-001087-03-REV00 July 2008 57i Generic SIP 2.3.0.82 FC-001088-03-REV00 July 200
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SIP IP Phone Models 9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT and 5i Series Phones Release Note 2.3 Before you Upgrade Before you Upgrade Please Read Before Upgrading the Phones to Release 2.3 Release 2.3 provides several new features for the Aastra IP Phones. However, before upgrading the phones in your network to Release 2.3, please read the following IMPORTANT information: • In Release 2.3, LLDP is enabled by default. If LLDP is enabled on your network, the phones may come up with different network settings.
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IP Phone Release Notes 2.3 New Features in Release 2.3 New Features in Release 2.3 Description This section provides the new features in SIP IP Phone Release 2.3. These new features apply to all of the 5i Series phones and the 9143i, 9480i, and 9480i CT phones, unless specifically stated otherwise. Each feature also specifies whether it affects the Administrator, the User, or both. Feature Description Network Features Link Layer Discovery Protocol for Media The IP Phones support Link Layer Dis
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SIP IP Phone Models 9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT and 5i Series Phones Release Note 2.3 New Features in Release 2.3 Feature Description Dialpad Passthrough for Objects On the IP Phones, an XML Developer can now control digit passthrough while the phone is in the connected (For XML Developers) state using the “allowDTMF” attribute with the XML objects AastraIPPhoneTextScreen, AastraIPPhoneFormattedTextScreen, and AastraIPPhoneImageScreen. Non-Blocking Action URI The Action URI feature on the IP Pho
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IP Phone Release Notes 2.3 New Features in Release 2.3 Feature Description Dialpad Speeddial Supported on All Phones Previously, only the 51i IP Phone supported the dialpad speeddial feature. In Release 2.3, all the phones now (For Administrator & User) support this feature. Using the IP Phone UI or the Aastra Web UI, an Administrator or User can create speeddial keys on the dialpad. UTF- 8 Codec for Multi-National Language The IP Phones, expansion modules, and cordless Support handsets pre
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SIP IP Phone Models 9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT and 5i Series Phones Release Note 2.3 New Features in Release 2.3 Network Features Link Layer Discovery Protocol for Media Endpoint Devices (LLDP-MED) In Release 2.3, the IP Phones support Link Layer Discovery Protocol for Media Endpoint Devices (LLDP-MED). LLDP-MED is designed to allow for things such as: • Auto-discovery of LAN policies (such as VLAN, Layer 2 Priority and Diffserv settings) leading to "plug and play" networking. • Extended and auto
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IP Phone Release Notes 2.3 New Features in Release 2.3 Configuring LLDP-MED Using the Configuration Files Use the following parameters to configure LLDP-MED on the IP Phones. Parameter– Configuration Files aastra.cfg, .cfg lldp IP Phone UI Options->Administrator Menu-> Network Settings->Ethernet&VLAN-> LLDP LLDP Support (in Web UI) Aastra Web UI Advanced Settings->Network-> Advanced Network Settings Description Enables or disables Link Layer Discovery Protocol for Media Endpoint Devices (L
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SIP IP Phone Models 9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT and 5i Series Phones Release Note 2.3 New Features in Release 2.3 Configuring LLDP-MED Using the IP Phone UI Use the following procedure to enable/disable LLDP-MED using the IP Phone UI. Note: You cannot configure the “LLDP Interval” or the “Use LLDP ELIN” parameters via the IP Phone UI. Aastra IP Phone UI Step Action 1 Press Options, and then select Administrator Menu. On the 51i: Press Services, and then select Options->Administrator Menu. 2 Select N
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IP Phone Release Notes 2.3 New Features in Release 2.3 Configuring LLDP-MED Using the Aastra Web UI Use the following procedure to configure LLDP-MED using the Aastra Web UI: Aastra Web UI 1 Click on Advanced Settings->Network->Advanced Network Settings. LLDP LLDP Packet Interval 2 The “LLDP” field is enabled by default. To disable LLDP, click the check mark in the box to clear the check mark. 3 In the “LLDP Packet Interval” field, enter the time, in seconds, between the transmission of LLDP Dat
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SIP IP Phone Models 9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT and 5i Series Phones Release Note 2.3 New Features in Release 2.3 Aastra Web UI 5 Select Basic Settings->Preferences->General. Use LLDP ELIN 6 The “Use LLDP ELIN” field is enabled by default. To disable LLDP ELIN, click the check mark in the box to clear the check mark. This field enables or disables the use of an Emergency Location Identification Number (ELIN) received from LLDP as a caller ID for emergency numbers. 7 Click to save your changes. RN
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IP Phone Release Notes 2.3 New Features in Release 2.3 DHCP Options 159 and 160 for the Configuration Server In addition to DHCP options 43 and 66 already supports on the IP Phones for setting the configuration server, Release 2.3 provides new DHCP Options 159 and 160. The IP Phones now use the following order of precedence when deriving the configuration server parameters: 43, 160, 159, 66. In addition, an administrator can override this order of precedence by setting a configuration parame
