Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Dhrumil Desai

Hari Krishna Kurmala

Piyush Agarwal

Shreekanth Chandranna

Shabaresha Hemaraju

Amit Píngale

Prasanna Sridharan

Systems are methods are described which allow for 'zero-touch' provisioning (ZTP) to be used to seamlessly bring up devices such as Gateways/Access Points/Switches or any other networking devices connected over different uplink types such as aggregated links (Static LAG, LACP), trunk ports, and the like. Provisioning is adapted specifically for trunk and/or LACP ports in order to maintain the automation and optimization benefits typically provided by ZTP. A method can include transmitting a discover message, and receiving a response message based on the discover message. Then, determining whether a pre-defined extension is included in the response message that indicates a port type and a virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration. Automatic configuration of one or more ports and a VLAN can be performed as indicated by the pre-defined extension. Thus, ZTP can be restarted in accordance with the configuration of the network device.

Systems and methods for zero touch provisioning (ZTP) over trunk/LACP ports

In some examples, the validation controller may comprise a processing resource and a memory resource storing machine readable instructions to cause the processing resource to perform a number of actions. In some examples, the validation controller may determine functional capabilities for a topology that includes a plurality of devices to be configured by the validation controller. The validation controller may compare a configuration element for the plurality of devices to the functional capabilities for the plurality of devices. The validation controller may validate the configuration element based on the comparison. The validation controller may also push the configuration element to the plurality of devices when the configuration element is validated.

Configuration validation of a device

An example controller may include processing circuitry and memory including instructions that when executed by the processing circuitry cause the processing circuitry to circuitry cause the processing circuitry to receive a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) configuration from a management server; determine, based on the DHCP configuration, a network device communicatively coupled to the controller, identify an action to be performed by the network device to accommodate the DHCP configuration; and transmit a message to the determined network device indicating the DHCP configuration and the determined action, wherein the network device performs the determined action in response to the receipt of the message.

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