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 four the following 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 automatically discovering and provisioning available IP phones and gateways.

To auto provision IP phones or gateways that are located in the same subnet as the PBX, see Auto Provision IP Phones in Local Network (PnP Method) and Auto Provision Yeastar TA FXS Gateways (PnP Method).
To auto provision IP phones in a remote network via Yeastar Onsite Proxy, see Auto Provision IP Phones Remotely (PnP Method).

DHCP Option 66

DHCP method supports providing the configuration server address to IP phones and gateways via a DHCP server for auto provisioning.

To auto provision IP phones and gateways that are located in the same local network as the PBX (same subnet or different subnet), see Auto Provision IP Phones in Local Network (DHCP Method) and Auto Provision Yeastar TA FXS Gateways (DHCP Method).
To auto provision IP phones in a remote network via Yeastar Onsite Proxy, see Auto Provision IP Phones Remotely (DHCP Method).

RPS

RPS method supports auto provisioning remote IP phones via public IP address or Yeastar FQDN.

Note: Yeastar TA FXS gateways do 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).

Provision Link: Provision Link method supports auto provisioning remote IP phones/gateways that don't support RPS Auto Provisioning method via public IP address or Yeastar FQDN.
Note: Cisco IP phones do not support Provision Link Auto Provisioning method.; For more information, see Auto Provision IP Phones Remotely (Provision Link Method), Auto Provision IP Phones Remotely (Provision Link - FQDN Method), Auto Provision Yeastar TA FXS Gateway (Provision Link Method), and Auto Provision Yeastar TA FXS Gateway (Provision Link FQDN Method).

How Auto Provisioning works

This section introduces how the 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: The PnP process differs depending on the network environment of the IP phone and Yeastar PBX.; IP phone and the PBX are located in the same subnet; IP phone and the PBX are located in different networks
DHCP Provisioning: According to the network environment of IP phone and Yeastar PBX, 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.; IP phone and the PBX are located in the same subnet; IP phone and the PBX are located in different subnets; IP phone and the PBX are located in different networks
RPS Provisioning
Provision Link