Change History
Issue 2 December 2007 9
Language Support - SIP telephones support the same languages as H.323 telephones, with
the exception of Hebrew. SIP does not support Hebrew or the English Large Text Font for any
language. Further, all SIP language files have .xml file extensions whereas H.323 language
files have .txt file extensions.
SNMP & MIBs - Although both SIP and H.323 telephones support SNMP v2c and have custom
Management Information Bases (MIBs), the MIBs are formatted somewhat differently.
RSVP & VMON (VMM) - 9600 Series SIP IP Telephones do not use RSVP (Resource
ReSerVation Protocol) software to provide real-time monitoring and historical data of audio
quality for VoIP calls. 9600 Series SIP IP Telephones do support Avaya Voice over IP (VoIP)
Monitoring Manager (VMON, now called VMM). 9600 Series IP Telephones use both RSVP and
VMON.
QoS - Unlike H.323 telephones, 9600 Series SIP IP Telephones do not use Avaya
Communication Manager to set Quality of Service (QoS). The SIP IP telephones use the
parameters L2QAUD, L2QSIG, DSCPAUD, and DSCPSIG (described in Table 11:
9600 Series
SIP IP Telephones Customizeable System Parameters).
NAT - 9600 Series SIP IP Telephones do not support Network Address Translation (NAT); 9600
Series IP (H.323) Telephones do support NAT.
Features & Functions Supported by H.323 and Not Supported by
SIP:
Change History
SIP Software Release 2.0 SIP Software Release 1.0
● Calltype Digit Conversion
● RSVP
● Remote Ping & Trace Route
● SBM24 Button Modules
● Push (Top Line, web page, and/or audio)
● Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
● GigE (Gigabit Ethernet)
● Calltype Digit Conversion
● IEEE 802.1X
● RSVP
● VMON
● Remote Ping & Trace Route
● Web browser
● SBM24 Button Modules
● Push (Top Line, web page, and/or audio)
● Autodial feature buttons
Issue 1 This document was issued for the first time in May 2007 to support the first release of
9600 Series SIP IP Telephones.
Issue 2 This is the current version of the document, revised and issued in December, 2007 to
support SIP IP Software Release 2.0. This release provides the 9600 SIP IP Telephones
with similar functionality to their H323 9600 IP Telephone counterparts, despite their
signaling protocol differences. Release 2.0 introduces several new functions, new
configuration parameters, and adds telephone models 9630G and 9640G. What’s New in
SIP Software Release 2.0 describes this release in more detail.
