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cisco Ip phone (7940),boot up and requested cnf files

Hi everybody
Please consider the set up below:
Ipphone2(201.201.201.11)--------SW--------CME/TFTP( 201.201.201.1)
The CME router has following CNF files in flash: ( only pertinent files are shown
for brevity):
Router#show flash
System flash directory:
File Length Name/status
19 129824 P00308000500.bin
20 458 P00308000500.loads
21 705536 P00308000500.sb2
22 130228 P00308000500.sbn
163 1527 XMLDefault.cnf.xml
164 314 ATADefault.cnf.xml
165 762 XMLDefault7905.cnf.xml
166 359 XMLDefault7902.cnf.xml
167 595 XMLDefault7920.cnf.xml
168 410 XMLDefault7936.cnf.xml
169 896 XMLDefault7970.cnf.xml
170 1000 XMLDefault7970-1.cnf.xml
171 1073 XMLDefault7970-2.cnf.xml
172 896 XMLDefault7971.cnf.xml
173 1000 XMLDefault7971-1.cnf.xml
174 1073 XMLDefault7971-2.cnf.xml
175 896 XMLDefault7961.cnf.xml
176 1000 XMLDefault7961-1.cnf.xml
177 1073 XMLDefault7961-2.cnf.xml
178 896 XMLDefault7961GE.cnf.xml
179 1000 XMLDefault7961GE-1.cnf.xml
180 1073 XMLDefault7961GE-2.cnf.xml
181 896 XMLDefault7941.cnf.xml
182 896 XMLDefault7941GE.cnf.xml
183 896 XMLDefault7951.cnf.xml
184 896 XMLDefault7911.cnf.xml
185 896 XMLDefault7906.cnf.xml
186 762 XMLDefault7912.cnf.xml
187 445 XMLDefault7910.cnf.xml
188 410 XMLDefault7935.cnf.xml
189 790 XMLDefault7960.cnf.xml
190 894 XMLDefault-1.cnf.xml
191 967 XMLDefault-2.cnf.xml
192 860 XMLDefaultCIPC.cnf.xml
193 903 united_states_7960-tones.xml
194 8777 united_states_7960-font.xml
195 1313 united_states_7960-kate.xml
196 19750 united_states_7960-dictionary.xml
197 2651 united_states_SCCP-dictionary.xml
I just plug the ip phone into switchport and capture the packets as shown below:
1982 342.912717 201.201.201.11 201.201.201.1 TFTP 73 Read Request, File:
CTLSEP0006537B84EF.tlv, Transfer type: octet
"1986","342.918419","201.201.201.1","201.201.201.11","TFTP","60","Error Code, Code:
File not found, Message: No such file"
"1988","342.981670","201.201.201.11","201.201.201.1","TFTP","74","Read Request,
File: SEP0006537B84EF.cnf.xml, Transfer type: octet"
"1989","342.986441","201.201.201.1","201.201.201.11","TFTP","60","Error Code, Code:
File not found, Message: No such file"
"1990","343.067851","201.201.201.11","201.201.201.1","TFTP","69","Read Request,
File: XMLDefault.cnf.xml, Transfer type: octet"
"1991","343.077226","201.201.201.1","201.201.201.11","TFTP","558","Data Packet,
Block: 1"
"1992","343.079172","201.201.201.11","201.201.201.1","TFTP","60","Acknowledgement,
Block: 1"
"1993","343.081488","201.201.201.1","201.201.201.11","TFTP","558","Data Packet,
Block: 2"
"1994","343.083427","201.201.201.11","201.201.201.1","TFTP","60","Acknowledgement,
Block: 2"
"1995","343.085743","201.201.201.1","201.201.201.11","TFTP","549","Data Packet,
Block: 3 (last)"
"1996","343.087622","201.201.201.11","201.201.201.1","TFTP","60","Acknowledgement,
Block: 3"
Above our ip phone is following hunt algorithm. The ipphone2 first request
CTLSEP0006537B84EF.tlv .TFTP/CME has no such file so it sends the message " file
not found" to ipphone2.
Ipphone2 goes down its list of the files need to be requested as specified by hunt
algorithm, eventually ipphone2 requests XMLDefault.cnf.xml which tftp/cme delivers
to the ip phone2 as shown in above packet capture.
Next When I unplug the iphone2 and plug it back to switchport, I noticed something
strange. Even though Our TFTP/CME does not have SEP0006537B84EF.cnf.xml in flash
but somehow TFTP/CME is able to provide that file to ipphone2. Below is the packet
capture:
342 97.148783 201.201.201.11 201.201.201.1 TFTP 73 Read Request, File:
CTLSEP0006537B84EF.tlv, Transfer type: octet
346 97.154503 201.201.201.1 201.201.201.11 TFTP 60 Error Code, Code: File not
found, Message: No such file
348 97.184228 201.201.201.11 201.201.201.1 TFTP 74 Read Request, File:
SEP0006537B84EF.cnf.xml. Transfer type: octet
349 97.194833 201.201.201.1 201.201.201.11 TFTP 558 Data Packet, Block: 1
350 97.195850 201.201.201.11 201.201.201.1 TFTP 60 Acknowledgement, Block: 1
351 97.197980 201.201.201.1 201.201.201.11 TFTP 324 Data Packet, Block: 2 (last)
352 97.198743 201.201.201.11 201.201.201.1 TFTP 60 Acknowledgement, Block: 2.
The question is how could tftp/CME provide " SEP0006537B84EF.cnf.xml" when it
does not contain any such file in its flash?
Thanks and have a great day.
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I have attached the running-config below:
Router#show running-config

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