It was a typical Monday morning for John, a network administrator at a large corporation. He was sipping his coffee and checking his emails when his phone rang. It was his colleague, Mike, from the IT department.
The two IT colleagues quickly got to work. They logged into the CUCM and navigated to the "Device" > "Device Settings" > "Default Device Configuration" page. From there, they selected the "Generate XML" option to create a new xmlDefault.cnf.xml file. cisco ip phone downloading xmldefault cnf xml repack
"Have you checked the XML file?" John asked Mike. It was a typical Monday morning for John,
John knew that the Cisco IP phones were configured using an XML configuration file, specifically the xmlDefault.cnf.xml file. He also knew that the file was used to push settings and configurations to the phones. The two IT colleagues quickly got to work
John explained that they needed to use the Cisco Unified Communications Manager's (CUCM) built-in feature to generate a new xmlDefault.cnf.xml file. They would then need to re-package the file and push it to the phones.
The next step was to force the phones to download the new configuration file. John and Mike used the CUCM's "Device" > "Phone" page to select the phones that needed the update and then chose the "Reset" option to restart the phones.