Patent ID: 8028046

Claim:
A method of configuring a network device, the method comprising: determining, using the network device, network device information using a boot strapping protocol during an initial set-up process of the network device; automatically modifying a configuration profile of the network device using the network device to enable the network device to connect to a network in a first device mode using the network device information, wherein the first device mode comprises a non-operational mode; receiving, at the network device, configuration information for the network device transmitted from a configuration server without the network device requesting the configuration information, wherein the configuration information is transmitted from the configuration server based on a list of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that includes an IP address for the network device, the configuration information including routing information and configuration parameters particular to the network device; and automatically modifying the configuration profile of the network device using the network device to enable the network device to change from the first device mode to a second device mode based on the configuration information, wherein the second device mode comprises an operational mode; wherein the configuration server verifies installation of the configuration profile at the network device; wherein the configuration server compares a result from verification of installation of the network device to a threshold; wherein the configuration server generates an alert when the result is below the threshold; and wherein the configuration server saves installation information for the network device in a memory.