Auto Provisioning Overview

Auto Provisioning is a time-saving feature that helps you to manage and deploy IP phones and gateways centrally on Yeastar P-Series Software Edition. The process of configuring and managing IP phones and gateways is simplified, which makes deployment and management of devices fast and convenient.

Auto Provisioning supported devices

Yeastar P-Series Software Edition supports various models for Auto Provisioning.

Find the Auto Provisioning - Supported Devices before you start deploying devices.

Auto Provisioning methods

Yeastar P-Series Software Edition supports three Auto Provisioning methods, you can select a method to provision your IP phones and gateways according to your network environment.

PnP (Plug and Play)
PnP method supports auto provisioning IP phones and gateways that are located in the same LAN subnet as the PBX.

For more information, see Auto Provision IP Phones in Local Network (PnP Method) and Auto Provision Yeastar TA FXS Gateways (PnP Method).

DHCP Option 66
DHCP method supports auto provisioning IP phones and gateways that are located in the same local network as the PBX (same LAN subnet or different LAN subnet).
Note: Snom IP phones do not support DHCP Auto Provisioning method.

For more information, see Auto Provision IP Phones in Local Network (DHCP Method) and Auto Provision Yeastar TA FXS Gateways (DHCP Method).

RPS
RPS method supports auto provisioning remote IP phones via public IP address or Yeastar FQDN.
Note: The Yeastar TA FXS gateway does not support RPS Auto Provisioning method.

For more information, see Auto Provision IP Phones Remotely (RPS Method) and Auto Provision IP Phones Remotely (RPS FQDN Method).

Note: In practice, the actual implemented Auto Provisioning method of IP phone/gateways does not limit to your selected method. The followings shows the detailed information.
  • When you select PnP Auto Provisioning method, the available methods are PnP and DHCP.
  • When you select DHCP Auto Provisioning method, the available methods are PnP and DHCP.
  • When you select RPS Auto Provisioning method, the available methods are PnP, DHCP, and RPS.

How Auto Provisioning works

This section introduces how the three Auto Provisioning methods work with IP phones and the PBX, which can help you understand the operating principle and locate the Auto Provisioning problem rapidly.
PnP Provisioning
DHCP Provisioning

You can directly use the PBX as a DHCP server, or use a third-party DHCP server that supports DHCP option 66.

Note: The DHCP server in the PBX supports only one DHCP address pool.
Using the PBX as a DHCP server
Using a third-party DHCP server
RPS Provisioning