Zero touch provisioning
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsGordon Paul Gray, Anthony Burke, David Munro, Yan Liu
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method comprises automatically uploading device information from a first network device in a first operating state to a second network device in response to an event, such as an initial power up. The second network device is part of the cloud, and thus, providing cloud-based services. Subsequent to the uploading of the device information, the first network device receives information controlling the operation of the first network device based on the device information.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- in response to a first event, automatically uploading device information from a first network device in a first operating state to a second network device providing a cloud-based service;
- receiving, by the first network device, information controlling the operation of the first network device based on the device information;
- wherein the device information is provisioning information subsequently used to obtain configuration setting information that controls operability of the first network device;
- placing the first network device into a second operating state upon receiving the configuration setting information;
- wherein the first network device being assigned to rules utilized by network devices operating in a first operating mode;
- resetting the first network device into the first operating state upon the first network device being re-assigned to rules utilized by network devices operating in a second operating mode;
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- in response to a second event subsequent to the first event, automatically uploading, by the first network device, the device information to obtain second provisioning information different than the provisioning information, the second provisioning information being subsequently used to obtain second configuration setting information different from the configuration setting information used to place the first network device in the second operating mode being different than the first operating mode.
A non-transitory storage medium including software that, when executed by one or more hardware processors implemented within a first network device, performs operations comprising:
- in response to a first event, automatically uploading device information to a second network device providing a cloud-based service;
- receiving, by the first network device, information controlling the operation of the first network device based on the device information;
- wherein the information is provisioning information subsequently used to obtain configuration setting information that controls operability of the first network device;
- wherein the first network device being assigned to rules utilized by network devices operating in a first operating mode;
- resetting the first network device into the first operating state upon the first network device being re-assigned to rules utilized by network devices operating in a second operating mode;
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- in response to a second event subsequent to the first event, automatically uploading, by the first network device, the device information to obtain second provisioning information different than the provisioning information, the second provisioning information being subsequently used to obtain second configuration setting information different from the configuration setting information to place the first network device in the second operating mode being different than the first operating mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.