Patent ID: 7293078

Claim:
A system for provisioning a provisionable network device with a boot file comprising: a communication link; and a dynamic configuration server (DCS) connected to the communication link, the DCS configured to: generate a boot file template, wherein the boot file template is associated with a boot file template identifier and wherein the boot file template comprises an attribute associated with the provisionable network device; receive a boot file request from the provisionable network device via the communication link, wherein the boot file request comprises the boot file template identifier and an attribute value associated with the attribute; select the boot file template based on the boot file template identifier; extract the attribute value from the boot file request; create a boot file by assigning the attribute value in the boot file request to the attribute of the template; and send the boot file via the communication link to the provisionable network device, wherein the provisionable network device is provisioned with the boot file.