Hardware device onboarding

A handover node adapted to:

• receive a first hardware device identifier transmitted by a hardware device, the first hardware device identifier identifying the hardware device;
• receive a second hardware device identifier transmitted by a manager node, the second hardware device identifier identifying the hardware device;
• determine whether the second hardware device identifier matches the first hardware device identifier;
• and
• as a result of determining that the second hardware device identifier matches the first hardware device identifier, transmit contact information for the manager node to the hardware device.

A method comprising:

• a manager node receiving a hardware device identifier that identifies a hardware device;
• the manager node transmitting the hardware device identifier to a handover node;
• the manager node transmitting contact information for the manager node to the handover node, wherein the contact information includes a port number of the manager node different than a port number of the manager node used to communicate with the handover node;
• and
• the manager node receiving a request to establish a communication session between the hardware device and the manager node, the request having been transmitted by the hardware device.

A manager node adapted to:

• receive a hardware device identifier that identifies a hardware device;
• transmit the hardware device identifier to a handover node;
• transmit contact information for the manager node to the handover node, wherein the contact information includes a port number of the manager node different than a port number of the manager node used to communicate with the handover node;
• and
• receive a request to establish a communication session between the hardware device and the manager node, the request having been transmitted by the hardware device.