Setup guide

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General
Polycom
®
Unified Communications (UC) software 4.0.4 is a general release and will be
distributed to all Polycom partners and customers. These release notes include references to
previous UC software versions to assist administrators who are updating from a previous
software release to a UC software 4.0.x release.
UC software 4.0.4 supports SoundPoint
®
IP phones, SoundStation
®
IP phones, SoundStation
Duo
phones, and VVX
®
500 and VVX
®
1500 phones. For more details on configuring the
phones and the software, refer to the Polycom® UC Software 4.0.1 Administrators' Guide
.
Note: Polycom VVX Phone Models Not Supported
Polycom UC software 4.0.4 does not support VVX 300/310, VVX 400/410, and VVX 600
business media phones.
For details on platform support for these models, refer to the UC
So
ftware/SIP Software Release Matrix .
The UC software 4.0.4 Release Notes contain the following sections:
General Read this section to understand how the changes in UC software 4.0.4 affect
Polycom hardware, deployment, and configuration of the software.
What’s New for Polycom UC Software 4.0.4? This section lists new, enhanced, and
discontinued software features.
Updates to Previous Software Releases This section lists enhanced and discontinued
software features in previous software releases.
Known Issues and Suggested Workarounds This section lists existing known issues and
suggests workarounds, if available.
Reference Documents This section lists all documents relevant to these release notes.
Important Upgrade Notes and Considerations in UC
Software 4.0.4
This section contains important notes on Polycom hardware and software.
Configuration Files
Since UC software 3.3.0, Polycom has simplified and extensively modified the configuration
files, their respective parameters and defaults, and the provisioning methods. Some of the
software updates in UC software 4.0.4 may not be compatible with configuration files from
software releases prior to UC software 3.3.0. If you are updating to the UC software 4.0.4 from a