Aastra 675xi Series Instruction Manual

Release Note
SISIPIIPPHONEPHONE
9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT and9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT and
675xi Series Phones675xi Series Phones
RN-001029-03
Rev 01
Release 2.4.1

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Contents
Contents
General Information ..................................................................................................................................2
Release Content Information ................................................................................................................ 2
Hardware Supported ............................................................................................................................. 2
Bootloader Requirements .....................................................................................................................2
Before you Upgrade .................................................................................................................................. 3
Please Read Before Upgrading Your Phone ......................................................................................... 3
New Features in Release 2.4.1 ................................................................................................................. 4
Description ............................................................................................................................................ 4
SIP Feature ...........................................................................................................................................4
Configurable Support for Compact SIP Header ..............................................................................4
User Interface Feature ..........................................................................................................................6
Support for Additional Codec Types and Codec Priority Selection .................................................6
Issues Resolved in Release 2.4.1 ...........................................................................................................10
Contacting Aastra Telecom Support ......................................................................................................12

RN-001029-03, Release 2.4.1, Rev 01 1
SIP IP Phone
Models 9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT,
and 675xi Series Phones
Release Note 2.4.1
About this Document
This Release Note 2.4.1 provides issues resolved since the release of the 2.4 software for the
9143i, 9480i, and 9480i CT SIP IP Phones and the 675xi Series SIP IP Phones (6751i, 6753i,
6755i, 6757i, 6757i CT), previously the 5xi Series.
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 Guide and the SIP IP
Phone User Guide. For detailed information about more advanced features, see the SIP IP Phone
Administrator Guide.
Topics in this release note include:
•General Information
(release content, hardware supported, bootloader requirements)
•New Features in Release 2.4.1
•Issues Resolved in Release 2.4.1
•Contacting Aastra Telecom Support

General Information
2RN-001029-03, Release 2.4.1, Rev 01
IP Phone Release Notes 2.4.1
General Information
Release Content Information
This document provides release content information on the Aastra 9143i, 9480i, and 9480i CT
SIP IP Phone firmware and the 675xi Series SIP IP Phone firmware.
Hardware Supported
This release of firmware is compatible with the following Aastra IP portfolio products:
Bootloader Requirements
This release of firmware is compatible with the following Aastra IP portfolio product bootloader
versions:
Model Release Name Release Version Release Filename Release Date
6751i Generic SIP 2.4.1.37 FC-001126-04-REV01 December 2008
6753i Generic SIP 2.4.1.37 FC-001086-08-REV01 December 2008
6755i Generic SIP 2.4.1.37 FC-001087-06-REV01 December 2008
6757i Generic SIP 2.4.1.37 FC-001088-06-REV01 December 2008
6757i CT Generic SIP 2.4.1.37 FC-001089-06-REV01 December 2008
9143i Generic SIP 2.4.1.37 FC-001092-04-REV01 December 2008
9480i Generic SIP 2.4.1.37 FC-001097-04-REV01 December 2008
9480i CT Generic SIP 2.4.1.37 FC-001101-04-REV01 December 2008
• 6751i • 6757i CT
• 6753i • 9143i
• 6755i • 9480i
• 6757i • 9480i CT
• 6751i - Bootloader 2.1.0.2088 or higher • 6757i CT - Bootloader 2.0.1.1055 or higher
• 6753i - Bootloader 2.0.1.1055 or higher • 9143i - Bootloader 2.2.0.166 or higher
• 6755i - Bootloader 2.0.1.1055 or higher • 9480i - Bootloader 2.2.0.166 or higher
• 6757i - Bootloader 2.0.1.1055 or higher • 9480i CT - Bootloader 2.2.0.166 or higher

Before you Upgrade
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Before you Upgrade
Please Read Before Upgrading Your Phone
If you have a firmware version on your phone prior to 2.3, please read the following IMPORTANT
information before upgrading the phones:
•LLDP is enabled by default.
If LLDP is enabled on your network, the phones may come up with different network settings.
For more information about LLDP, see the Aastra SIP IP Phone Administrator Guide.
•Support for DHCP Options 159 and 160.
If the DHCP server supplies Options 159 and 160, the phones will attempt to contact the
configuration server given in these options. For more information about Options 159 and 160,
see the Aastra SIP IP Phone Administrator Guide.
•HTTPS validation.
If you are using HTTPS and the certificates are not valid or are not signed by Verisign,
Thawte, or GeoTrust, the phones fail to download configuration files. For more information
about HTTPS validation, see the Aastra SIP IP Phone Administrator Guide.
•Watchdog task feature.
If the phone detects a failure (for example, a crash), the phone automatically reboots. For more
information about the Watchdog feature, see the Aastra SIP IP Phone Administrator Guide.
Note: If you factory default a phone with Release 2.3 and above
software, when the phone reboots, it attempts to connect to
rcs.aastra.com. There is no personal information transmitted from the
phone and the phone continues to boot up as normal.

New Features in Release 2.4.1
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IP Phone Release Notes 2.4.1
New Features in Release 2.4.1
Description
This section provides a new feature in SIP IP Phone Release 2.4.1. This new feature applies to
all of the Aastra IP Phones, unless specifically stated otherwise. The feature also specifies
whether it affects the Administrator, the User, or both.
Configurable Support for Compact SIP Header
Release 2.4.1 provides a new feature that allows an Administrator to shorten the length of a SIP
packet by using the compact form. This feature is in accordance with Compact SIP Headers
defined in RFC 3261.
For example, the following SIP header is the long format:
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP
10.50.91.2:5060;branch=z9hG4bK571ebe0c;rport=5060;received=10.50.91.2
From: "Unknown" <sip:[email protected]1.2>;tag=as19d00fc8
To: <sip:[email protected]:5060;transport=udp>;tag=916699998
Call-Id: 73cad5456806f3a7768d17e8617[email protected]
CSeq: 102 OPTIONS
Feature Description
SIP Feature
Configurable Support for Compact SIP
Header
(For Administrators)
Release 2.4.1 provides a new feature that allows an
Administrator to shorten the length of a SIP packet by
using the compact form. This feature is in accordance
with Compact SIP Headers defined in RFC 3261.
User Interface Feature
Support for Additional Codec Types and
Codec Priority Selection
(For Administrators)
Release 2.4.1 includes support for a additional code
types. Now using the Aastra Web UI or the configuration
files, an Administrator can select from up to 14 codecs
for the phones AND customize a codec preference list of
up to 10 codecs. Silence suppression can still be enable
or disabled as required.
SIP Feature

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The following SIP header is equivalent to the above SIP header, but uses the short (compact)
format instead:
v: SIP/2.0/UDP
10.50.91.2:5060;branch=z9hG4bK571ebe0c;rport=5060;received=10.50.91.2
f: "Unknown" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=as19d00fc8
t: <sip:[email protected]:5060;transport=udp>;tag=916699998
i: [email protected].2
CSeq: 102 OPTIONS
By default, the IP Phones use the long format. However, an Administrator can provision the short
(compact) format using the configuration files. The Aastra Web UI does not support this
configuration feature.
Enabling/Disabling the Compact SIP Headers Feature
To enable/disable compact sip headers use the following configuration parameter:
• sip compact headers
Parameter –
sip compact headers
Configuration Files aastra.cfg, <mac>.cfg
Description Enables or disables the IP phones to use compact SIP headers in the
SIP packets sent from the phone.
Format Boolean
Default Value 0 (disabled- uses long SIP header format)
Range 0 (disabled- uses long SIP header format)
1 (enabled- uses short (compact) SIP header format)
Example sip compact headers: 1

New Features in Release 2.4.1
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IP Phone Release Notes 2.4.1
Support for Additional Codec Types and Codec Priority Selection
Release 2.4.1 includes support for additional code types. Previously, using the Aastra Web UI or
the configuration files, an Administrator could enable or disable basic codecs for the phones
(G.711 u-law, G.711 a-law, and G.729), customize a codec preference list, and enable or disable
silence suppression.
Now using the Aastra Web UI or the configuration files, an Administrator can select from up to
14 codecs for the phones AND customize a codec preference list of up to 10 codecs. Silence
suppression can still be enable or disabled as required.
Configuring Customized Codecs Using the Configuration Files
Using the configuration files, you can enter the following parameters to configure the codecs for
the phones and customize a codec preference list.
•sip customized codec (this parameter has not changed but now supports up to 14 codecs)
User Interface Feature
Parameter –
sip customized codec
Codec Preference List
(in Web UI)
Aastra Web UI Advanced Settings->Global SIP->RTP Settings
Configuration Files aastra.cfg, <mac>.cfg
Description Specifies a customized Codec preference list which allows you to
select the preferred Codecs for this IP phone. You can enter up to 10
codec preferences.
Note: Enabling or disabling silence suppression (sil supp) enables/
disables it for all codecs in the customized list.
Format Comma-separated list of semicolon-separated values
Default Value Not Applicable
Range Valid values for the syntax are:
payload 0 - G711u/8000
8 - G711a/8000
98 - G726-16/8000
97 - G726-24/8000
115 - G726-32/8000
96 - G726-40/8000
18 - G729/8000
106 - BV16/8000
107 - BV32/16000
110 - G711u/16000
111 - G711a/16000
9 - G722/8000
113 - L16/16000
112 - L16/8000
ptime (in milliseconds) 5, 10, 15, 20........90
silsupp on, off
Note: The “silsupp” value is either ON for all codecs or OFF for all
codecs.
Example sip customized codec:
payload=18;ptime=10;silsupp=on,payload=0;ptime=10;
silsupp=on

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Configuring Customized Codecs Using the Aastra Web UI
Use the following procedure to customize codecs for the phones using the Aastra Web UI.
Aastra Web UI
1 Click on Advanced Settings->Global SIP->Codec Preference List.
2 In the Codec Preference List 1, select a codec 9 (with its payload type) you want the phones to use. Valid values are:
All
Basic (G.711 u-law, G.711 a-law, G.729)
G722
G711u/8K
G711u/16K
G711a/8K
G711a/16K
G729
G726-16
G726-24
G726-32
G726-40
BV16 (8K)
BV32 (16K)
L16 (8K)
L16 (16K)
Notes:
1. Setting the Codec Preference List 1 to “All” ignores the packetization interval (ptime). The packetization
interval setting defaults to 30, which is the default for all codecs.
2. Setting the Codec Preference List 1 to “All” automatically sets all other codec preference fields 2through 10 to
“None”.
3. Setting the Codec Preference List 1 to “Basic” and all other codec preferences in 2through 10 to “None”,
forces the phone to use only the basic codecs as in previous releases (G.711 u-law, G.711 a-law, and G.729). If you
select an additional codec to use in the codec preferences 2through 10 fields, those codecs are added to the list of
Basic codecs for the phone to use.

3 In the Codec Preference List 2 through 10, select a preference of codecs (with its payload type) to use on the phone.
Valid values are:
None
G722
G711u/8K
G711u/16K
G711a/8K
G711a/16K
G729
G726-16
G726-24
G726-32
G726-40
BV16 (8K)
BV32 (16K)
L16 (8K)
L16 (16K)
Note: You can select up to 9 codecs in addition to the codec you selected in step 2.
Aastra Web UI

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For more information about codecs, ptime, and silence suppression, see the SIP IP Phone
Administrator Guide.
4 In the “Packetization Interval” field, select the time, in milliseconds. Valid values are 5 to 90, in increments of 5
milliseconds.
5 In the “Silence Suppression” field, enable or disable as applicable.
When enabled, the phone negotiates whether or not to use silence suppression. Disabling this feature forces the
phone to ignore any negotiated value.
Reference: For more information about silence suppresion, see the SIP IP Phone Administrator Guide.
6 Click to save your changes and reboot the phone for the change to take affect.
Aastra Web UI

Issues Resolved in Release 2.4.1
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Issues Resolved in Release 2.4.1
This section describes the issues resolved on the IP Phones in Release 2.4.1. The following table
provides the issue number and a brief description of each fix.
Note: Unless specifically indicated, these resolved issues apply to all
phone models.
Issue Number Description of Fix
User Interface
ENH11409 BLF/list: The LED on the phone now shows a solid RED indicating the initiater as Busy during a BLF/
List call.
DEF10515 Performing the “park a call” with the cordless phones using CT handset now works properly.
DEF11394 There are no longer Private/Public dialing/display Caller-ID issues when using the CT handsets.
DEF11519 Error messages now use current language configured on the phone.
DEF11522 Ringing screen now has the name on the first line and number on the second line as expected.
DEF11636 6757i: Ringtone is no longer heard over conversation on a call.
DEF11746 Expansion Modules: Changes made to the list names on the expansion modules are now dynamic
and apply after saving the name.
DEF11851 Trailing spaces (%20) in the dial string are now trimmed before dialing.
Web UI
DEF11578 6757iCT: Configuration Server fields are no longer greyed out. and can now be edited if required.
DEF11754 Vlan: Changing “PC passthru vlan” parameter now prompts the user to reboot the phone.
DEF11810 TLS continues to work properly if TLS files are deleted from the configuration server. TLS uses files
stored on the Flash as expected.
DEF12061 No longer a Javascript error on saving a Web page if DHCP is disabled.
SIP
ENH12057 Replacement of “early-only” now works as expected when server sends 181 instead of 180.
DEF09110 Broadsoft Call Foward No Answer: phone no longer generates 302.
DEF11395 Phone no longer continues to ring after a CANCEL packet.
DEF11396 Update message is now taken into account When UPDATE is received after 183 with SDP followed
by 180 without SDP.
DEF11547 SDP session version is now correct on the answering party’s phone display.
DEF11570 SRV lookup for TURN on the phone now performs as expected.
DEF11742 Phone now shows correct caller extension number after receiving INVITE w/ earlyonly.
DEF11876 No longer a typo in the NOTIFY sent by the phone when using the ACD feature.
DEF12111 The phones now add quotes around the display name in the contact header in 180 ringing as
expected.
DEF12198 Third party BLA registration is no longer missing the 5060 UDP SRC port in the contact header.

Issues Resolved in Release 2.4.1
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Configuration
DEF12085 FTP provisioning now works as expected with proFTPd.
Issue Number Description of Fix

Contacting Aastra Telecom Support
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IP Phone Release Notes 2.4.1
Contacting Aastra Telecom Support
If you’ve read this release note, and consulted the Troubleshooting section of your phone
model’s manual and still have problems, please send inquiries via email to [email protected].

Generic SIP IP Phone
Models 9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT,
and 675xi Series
2.4.1 Release Notes
Copyright © 2008 Aastra Telecom. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subject to
change without notice. Aastra Telecom assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in
this document. Product capabilities described in this document pertain solely to Aastra Telecom's
marketing activities in the U.S. and Canada. Availability in other markets may vary.
RN-001029-03 Rev 01
Release 2.4.1
December 2008