This article refers to Barracuda Phone System and Cisco® phones.
The Barracuda Phone System works with many different Cisco telephone devices. Cisco has several families of devices, each of which have specific requirements.
Provision SPA 500 Series Phones
To provision the SPA 500 series phones you must download firmware 7.4.3 from Cisco's download site. Note that Cisco requires you to create a log in account.
Once the firmware is uploaded to the phone you can select to auto provision or manually provision the phone.
Use the following steps to manually provision the phone:
- Point browser to http://x.x.x.x where x.x.x.x is the phone's IP address.
- At the top of the page, click Admin Login, and then click advanced.
- Click the Provisioning tab, and enter the enter the provisioning URL http://x.x.x.x/provision/ where x.x.x.x is the Barracuda Phone System IP address, in the Profile Rule field.
- Click Submit All Changes. Allow the phone to reboot. Note that the phone may reboot twice.
- The phone connects to the Barracuda Phone System and receives a temporary extension number. Assign the phone to a user as needed.
Provision SPA 3102 and SPA 8800 Phones
The SPA 3102 (1 FXO, 1 FXS) and SPA 8800 (4 FXO, 4 FXS) devices can be either automatically or manually provisioned.
Use the following steps to manually provision the phone:
- Point browser to http://x.x.x.x where x.x.x.x is the phone's IP address.
- At the top of the page, click Admin Login, and then click advanced.
- Click the Provisioning tab, and enter the enter the provisioning URL http://x.x.x.x/provision/ where x.x.x.x is the Barracuda Phone System IP address, in the Profile Rule field.
- Click Submit All Changes. Allow the phone to reboot.
- The phone connects to the Barracuda Phone System. The SPA 3102 appears with one phone (FXS) and one service provider entry (FXO).The SPA 8800 appears as four phones (FXS) and four service provider entries (FXO).
Provision SPA 900 Series, SPA 112/122, and PAP2T Phones
Linksys phones and the PAP2T (2 FXS) ATA can be provisioned automatically or manually.
Use the following steps to manually provision the phone:
- Point browser to http://x.x.x.x where x.x.x.x is the phone's IP address.
- At the top of the page, click Admin Login, and then click advanced.
- Click the Provisioning tab, and enter the enter the provisioning URL http://x.x.x.x/provision/ where x.x.x.x is the Barracuda Phone System IP address, in the Profile Rule field.
- Click Submit All Changes. Allow the phone to reboot.
- The phone connects to the Barracuda Phone System. The SPA 942 and 962 appear as a single phone. The PAP2T appears as two phones.
Provision Cisco 7900 Series Phones
Cisco 7900 series phones have very specific requirements in order to work with the Barracuda Phone System. Use the direction in the Cisco 7900 Series - Tech Bulletin available on the Barracuda Phone System support page to manually provision Cisco 7900 series phones.
You can upload Cisco Firmware to the Barracuda Phone System on the Configuration > Phones page, in the Cisco Firmware Upload section.