Peer firmware sharing - phone reset required after BAT update?

[jeffrey.girard]

My client is executing a world-wide update of all of their IP phones to current firmware before migrating to CUCM 8.x

In the midst of this process, I have discovered that about half of the phones have peer firmware sharing turned on, while the other half do not.

I know that I can update the configuration of those phone using BAT

BAT->Phones->Update Phones->Query and then select the checkbox for Peer Firmware Enable.

The question is - MUST I reset the phones for the functionality to be active.

I have tested a BAT update with a single phone and the push is successful - in that the phone configuration changes to show Peer Firmware Sharing is enable WITHOUT a reset.

However, is the functionality really active?

Without labbing it up and using a sniffer to see where other phones get their images from, all I can go by is what the CUCM tells me.

Thoughts anyone?

Is the capability immediately available after the push or will only become active after a reset?

Jeff

[Chris Deren · Accepted solution]

I am pretty sure you need to Apply the config /reset the phone in order for it to take affect as the phone needs to download the updated configuration from TFTP server.

HTH,

Chris

[jeffrey.girard]

thanks.  I was hoping to avoid that as the plants run 24 x 7

[Maciej Karpinski]

But you will have to restart the phones anyway to upgrade them so they will take the new config.

[Maciej Karpinski]

Yes you must apply the configuration to push it to the phone