How to Provision Your Cisco SPA IP Phone

Objective

To provision your Cisco SPA IP phone for use on 8x8's service.

Applies To

Cisco SPA IP Phones
Provisioning

Procedure

The following is valid for Cisco IP phone models SPA303, SPA504G, and SPA525G2.

Notes:

Accommodation of devices not purchased from or originally provisioned for service by 8x8 is on a commercially reasonable effort basis. These devices are not guaranteed to be supported on 8x8 service.

Need to provision a Cisco 3PCC phone? Click here

Bringing a previously used Cisco SPA phone over from a different VoIP provider?

Provisioning (enabling it for use) is a snap as long as it has a valid factory-installed device certificate. It's crucial that Cisco phone certificates are factory-installed and not added later. Third-party phones must already have a valid factory-installed device certificate to be used on 8x8 service.

Before You Begin

Connect the phone to the network and power it on. (If you will be using a computer to complete provisioning setup, ensure the phone and computer are on the same VLAN/subnet.)
Via the phone menu, verify that the device has a valid factory-installed device certificate.
- SPA303 and SPA504G: Press Menu > 10: Product Info > 6 (Certificate: Installed)
- SPA525G2: Press Menu > 10: Status > 1: Product Info (Certificate: Installed)
You should see the message Certificate: Installed. If you do not see this, the phone cannot be provisioned for use with 8x8. Please contact the phone's previous owner or the previous service provider for assistance.
Factory reset the phone.
- SPA303 and SPA504G: Press Menu > 14: Factory Reset
- SPA525G2: Menu > 9: Device Administration > 6: Factory Reset

Enabling/Disabling Web GUI

Ensure the Web GUI is turned on for the SPA phone before accessing the Web GUI through the IP Address.

Go to Setup.
Select Settings.
Scroll down and select Security Configuration.
If there is a locked padlock at the top of the screen, press Star, Star, Pound on the keypad to unlock the settings so that they can be edited.
Select Web Access Enabled and press Edit.
Press Y/N.
Select Save.

Using the Web GUI

Note: Ensure the phone and computer are on the same VLAN/subnet to complete the following steps.

Find and note the phone's IP address.
- SPA303 and SPA504G: Press Menu > 9: Network.
- SPA525G2: Press Menu > 10: Status > 2: Network Status.
On a computer on the same network as the phone, enter the phone's IP address.
Log in to the web GUI and point the endpoint to 8x8's configuration server:
1. Admin Login > Advanced > Provisioning > Configuration Profile
  - Profile Rule: https://lscfg.8x8.com/linksys/custom.cfg
  - Profile Rule B: https://lscfg.8x8.com/linksys/$MA.cfg
Click Submit All Changes. (Phone should reset.)
Once the phone boots back up, manually reboot the phone again.
Following the manual reboot, wait 30 seconds. The phone will reboot again on its own. It should display Phone not active yet.
Activate your phone using the activation code provided in your welcome email.

Using the Hard Phone

Press Menu > Device Administration > Profile Rule.
Enter the Profile Rule: https://lscfg.8x8.com/linksys/custom.cfg
Press Sync.
When sync is complete, power-cycle the phone. Wait until it finishes Refreshing voice component. The device should update to correct date and time.
Press Menu > Device Administration > Profile Rule (should be blank again).
Enter Profile Rule B: https://lscfg.8x8.com/linksys/$MA.cfg
Press Sync and wait for the Refreshing voice component to complete. The device should get an extension number and come online.