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Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating remote, automated deployment of network devices

  • US 7,626,944 B1
  • Filed: 03/31/2004
  • Issued: 12/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • monitoring, at a network device disposed on a communication path between a first network and a second network and operating in an unconfigured mode, messages transmitted from the first network to the second network;

    upon detecting at the network device a message transmitted from the first network to the second network, determining whether the message is a configuration message based on whether the message is a null service type Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) message;

    if the message is not a configuration message, then forwarding, at the network device, the message to the second network;

    if the message is a configuration message that comprises an Internet Protocol (IP) address for the network device and an IP address of a network management system disposed in the first network, then configuring, at the network device, the network device with the IP address for the network device; and

    switching the network device to a configured mode.

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