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Linksys SPA Provisioning Guide

Version 3.01

Chapter 1 Provisioning Linksys VoIP Devices

Provisioning Setup

This section describes setup requirements for provisioning a SPA and includes the following topics:

• License Keys, page 1-11

• Software Tools, page 1-11

• Server Configuration, page 1-11

• TFTP, page 1-12

• HTTP, page 1-12

• Enabling HTTPS, page 1-13

• Syslog Server, page 1-15

License Keys

Certain products within the SPA product family provide for premium features. Enabling these features

requires a license key. This key is unique per feature and device. To enable a premium feature in any

device, the corresponding key needs to be programmed into the <License_Keys> parameter. Once

programmed, the feature remains enabled permanently. License_Keys is a write-only parameter that

always appears empty when read. Contact Linksys for further information or to obtain license keys.

Software Tools

The following software tools are useful for provisioning Linksys ATAs :

• Open source gzip compression utility, used when generating configuration profiles

• Open source OpenSSL software package: for profile encryption and HTTPS operations

• Scripting language with CGI scripting support, such as the open source Perl language tools: to test

dynamic generation of profiles and one-step remote provisioning using HTTPS

• Ethernet packet analyzer (such as the freely downloadable Ethereal/Wireshark): to verify secure

exchanges between provisioning servers and Linksys voice devices

• The ssldump utility: for monitoring HTTPS transactions

Server Configuration

Provisioning requires the availability of servers, which for testing purposes can be installed and run on

a local PC:

• TFTP (UDP port 69)

• HTTP (TCP port 80)

• HTTPS (TCP port 443)

• Syslog (UDP port 514)

To troubleshoot server configuration, it is helpful to install a separate client for each type of server on a

different host.