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How to use the Auto Provisioning
 

Auto provision management function is for auto updating the system configure file and firmware, thus enable the Service Provider to do the terminal management more easily.

 

After configure the auto configuration, the system will download the configure file through an appointed way from a Server. If configure file on the Server has been changed, the system will do corresponding updating automatically. All the process is automatic. After updating, the terminal devices will restart automatically to take the new configuration into effect.

 

Features:

1, It supports several transfer protocols so that it can be used under different circumstances or different kinds of Servers.

 

2, The configure file saved on the Server can be set flexibly. If no configure file name has been configured on terminal devices, the system will consider its WAN port MAC address as configure file name and look for corresponding configure file on the Server. This is very convenient for administer to do management and reduce the maintenance cost.

 

3, Support AES encryption, ensure transferring security. After finish done the system configure file, administer can use standard AES encryption tool to encrypt the configure file and then upload it to the Server in order to avoiding leaking configure file parameters during transfer. After the terminal device downloading configure file from the Server, the device system will do decryption automatically.

 

4, Support various update modes. System can use different update modes to finish auto configuration and firmware updating. You can let it do updating after restart.(only check one time, unless the system restarted.), or let it check with the Server after an interval time, or disable such function.

Current Version:  This shows the current system configure file version. When using FTP/TFTP/HTTP for auto updating, the system will compare the versions between its current version and the downloaded one. If found the downloaded configure file version is higher than its current version, the system will use the download configure file otherwise, will keep its current one unchanged.

Server Address:   Configure the Server IP address. This could be IP address or a domain name, and also support sub menu. For example, if configure the Server IP as 192.168.1.1/ftp/config/ or ftp.domain.com/ftp/confi, it points to the address 192.168.1.1 or ftp.domain.com. And the root of configure file is ¡°/ftp/config/¡±. Sub menu can be with ¡°/¡± or without ¡°/¡±.

Username:   Configure FTP Username. Leave blank here will using ¡°anonymous¡± as user name.  TFTP does not need such configuration.   

Password:  Configure TFP user password. TFTP dose not need such configuration either.

Config File Name:  Configure the configuration file name. We suggest you not to configure anything in this option so that the System will use its WAN port MAC address as the configure file name. For example, its MAC address is ¡°00:09:45:a0:20:8a¡±, then the system will log in the Server to find a configure file with the name as ¡°000945a0208a¡±(please be noticed that no extended name .txt is needed). In such way, the Service Provider can put many configure file with the file name as WAC addresses to maintain the terminal devices.

Config Encrypt Key:  If the configured file has been encrypted, then encrypt key should be entered here. Length should be 64 digitals with hexadecimal characters.

Protocol Type:   Choose Server Type. There are three kinds of server: FTP, TFTP and HTTP.   

Update Interval Time :  Configure the update interval time. Unit: hour

Update Mode:  Auto Updating Modes. There are three kinds of update mode: Disable, Update after reboot and update time interval.

 

Besides auto configuration, the system can also do firmware auto update, thus ensure the system automatization and reduce the maintenance cost. 

 

firmware auto upgrading:

If need "auto firmware upgrading", such following command lines should be added:

 

Open the configure file you will see the item "<AUTOUPDATE CONFIG MODULE>"

Add following information to "AUTOUPDATE CONFIG MODULE"

Auto Image Server  :192.168.1.102  ( FTP or TFTP Server address£¨IP or domain£©

Auto Image Name    :image.z       (firmware file name)

Auto Image User    :               (FTP Server's User Name)

Auto Image Password:               (FTP Server's Password)

Auto Image Protocol:2               (Server type: 1stands for FTP£»2 stands for TFTP and 4 stands for HTTP)

 

Then, the whole "AUTOUPDATE CONFIG MODULE" item should be:

<AUTOUPDATE CONFIG MODULE>

Download Username  :

Download password  :

Download Server IP :192.168.1.102

Config File Name   :

Config File Key    :

DMAP File Name     :

Download Protocol  :2

Download Mode      :1

Download Interval  :1

Auto Image Server  :192.168.1.102

Auto Image Name    :image.z

Auto Image User    :

Auto Image Password:

Auto Image Protocol:2

 

Put the firmware (image.z) under the TFTP Server. Together with the configure files.  The firmware upgrading will only be done after atuo configuring.

 

Notice: During the auto provision or firmware auto updating, some mistake might happen due to power cut of, RJ45 cable disconnected and so on, and causing updating fail. In such case, the devices will not be able to boot. Please log in ¡°POST MODE¡± and reload the firmware manually or contact the manufacturer for help.

Auto updating is done after comparing the configure file versions.  So, please do not forget to set a higher version to the configure file which was saved on the Server before updating.
 

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