Patent ID: 8111631

Claim:
A system for automatically configuring a device, said system comprising: a first automatic configuration server, configured to communicate with said device and configured to automatically configure at least a first part of the configurable parameters of a data model of said device using a remote management protocol (RMP); a proxy server communicatively coupled between said device and said automatic configuration server; and a second automatic configuration server configured to communicate with said device and for automatically configuring at least a second part of the configurable parameters of the data model of said device, said proxy server communicatively coupled between said device and said second automatic configuration server, each of said first automatic configuration server and said second automatic configuration server configures a different set of configurable parameters of the data model, wherein said proxy server is configured to, set up subsequent RMP sessions between said device and each of said plurality of automatic configuration servers, each session automatically configuring a predetermined part of said data model of said device, monitor each of said plurality of RMP sessions at a location between the device and one or more automatic configuration servers to acquire session information, and direct each of said plurality of RMP sessions to a corresponding automatic configuration server of said one or more automatic configuration servers based on said session information.