# Managing Configuration Profiles

You can load and save configuration profiles for the data contained on the following forms:

- SIP Device Capabilities

- SIP Peer Profile

The primary benefit of this feature is that it enables you to obtain a configuration profile from Mitel Online for a particular SIP device or trunk type and then load it to the system. For example, after obtaining the configuration profile for a Mitel 5603 Wireless Telephone, you can upload it to your system and then amend the details to suit your particular implementation. This speeds and simplifies system programming.

You can also use this feature to download a configuration profile for a device or peer and then upload it to the database on a different system. For example, after creating a SIP profile on the SIP Device Capabilities form, you can save it in .CSV
Comma Separated Values. A type of database file that separates data fields with a comma. format, modify the file using Microsoft Excel (if necessary), and load it to another system.

## Conditions

- To modify data you need Microsoft Excel 97 (SR-2), Excel 2000 (SP 3), Excel 2003 (SP 2) or higher installed on your PC.

- The following system-specific data is not included in the load/save process:

- SIP Device Capabilities form: "SIP Device Capabilities Number" on Basic.

- SIP Peer Profile form: all fields on Basic; "Alternate Destination Domain or IP Address" on Call Routing; "Default CPN" on Calling Line ID; all fields on Outgoing DID Ranges.

- On the SIP Device Capabilities form, profiles 65 and up are pre-configured for certain Mitel SIP devices. You can use these profiles "as is" or modify them to fit your requirements.

## Saving a Configuration Profile

To save a configuration profile from the SIP Peer Profile form:

1. Go to the SIP Peer Profile form and select the record.

2. Click Change.

3. Select the Profile Information tab and enter the following:

- Creator: Enter the name of the person responsible for creating the SIP Peer Profile. For a new profile, this field defaults to "Local."

- Service Provider: Enter the name of the service provider that is supplying the SIP trunk.

- Vendor NOTES Enter additional information concerning the service provider. For example, enter the release date and version number of the vendor's software.

4. Click Save File.

5. Navigate to a folder on your computer drive or on a network drive.

6. Enter the File name.

7. Click Save As to save the file.

8. Click OK to confirm the action and exit the dialog box.

To save a configuration profile from the SIP Device Capabilities form:

1. Go to the SIP Device Capabilities form and select the record.

2. Click Change.

3. Select the Record Information tab and enter the following:

- Creator: Enter the name of the person responsible for creating the SIP Peer Profile. For a new profile, this field defaults to "Local."

- SIP Device: Enter the name of the SIP device using this profile.

- Vendor NOTES Enter additional information concerning the service provider. For example, enter the release date and version number of the vendor's software.

4. Click Save File.

5. Navigate to a folder on your computer drive or on a network drive.

6. Enter the File name.

7. Click Save As to save the file.

8. Click OK to confirm the action and exit the dialog box.

## Loading a Configuration Profile

To load a configuration profile to the SIP Peer Profile form:

1. Go to the SIP Peer Profile form and one of the following:

- Select the record, and then click Change.
  - or -

- Click Add.

2. Select the Profile Information tab and click Load File.

3. Navigate to the configuration file, select it, and then click Open.

4. Click Save.
   The record is updated with new data. If the loaded file contains unknown options, missing options, or options with values that are outside the allowable range, existing values are maintained for the record.

To load a configuration profile to the SIP Device Capabilities form:

1. Go to the SIP Device Capabilities form and one of the following:

- Select the record, and then click Change.
  - or -

- Click Add.

2. Click Change.

3. Select the Record Information tab and click Load File.

4. Navigate to the configuration file, select it, and then click Open.

5. Click Save.
   The record is updated with new data. If the loaded file contains unknown options, missing options, or options with values that are outside the allowable range, existing values are maintained for the record.

Related Topics

- SIP Device Capabilities

- SIP Peer Profile