Systems and methods for provisioning automatic configurations on unconfigured computing devices

A network device comprising:

• a communication interface;
• and
• circuitry communicatively coupled to the communication interface, wherein the circuitry is configured to:
• communicate with a controller in a network fabric via a first protocol;
• detect a connection between a computing device and the network device via the communication interface;
• determine, via a second protocol, that the computing device is unconfigured for operation in the network fabric;
• and
• enable the controller to configure the computing device for operation in the network fabric via a provisioning mechanism in response to determining that the computing device is unconfigured for operation in the network fabric.

A system comprising:

• a controller;
• and
• a network device communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the network device is configured to:
• communicate with the controller via a first protocol;
• detect a connection between a computing device and the network device;
• determine, via a second protocol, that the computing device is unconfigured for operation in a network fabric;
• and
• enable the controller to configure the computing device for operation in the network fabric via a provisioning mechanism in response to determining that the computing device is unconfigured for operation in the network fabric.