Abstract: A method for provisioning a network device can include, on a network device in a factory-default state and having a factory-installed Secure Zero Touch Provisioning (SZTP) agent, enabling a wireless communication capability of the network device. Upon detecting the wireless communication capability being enabled, the SZTP agent attempts to establish a connection with an SZTP application on a computing device in close proximity to the network device. Once connected, the SZTP agent requests SZTP bootstrap information from the SZTP Application, receives SZTP artifacts, and determines whether the SZTP artifacts contain redirect information to an SZTP bootstrap server. If so, the SZTP agent validates the redirect information and attempts to connect to the SZTP bootstrap server.

Abstract: A network device may transmit network address assignment request messages on a plurality of network interfaces communicatively coupled to one or more network address assignment servers. The network device may store any network address assignment responses received from the one or more network address assignment servers within one or more response solicitation time periods and may attempt device provisioning based on the device provisioning priorities of the stored network address assignment responses.

Abstract: A method of operating a network device is provided that includes receiving, from another network device, a neighbor advertisement packet having a given address, disabling the given address by configuring the given address in a failed state in response to receiving the neighbor advertisement packet, and with a client running on the network device, sending a request to a duplicate address detection (DAD) restart manger executed on the network device to restart a duplicate address detection (DAD) process for the given address. The given address may be an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address.

Abstract: A network device may transmit a request message on a plurality of network interfaces destined for one or more network address assignment servers communicatively coupled to the network interfaces. The network device may maintain interface discrimination information that identifies one or more network interfaces on which previously received response messages failed to facilitate the completion of a device operation. The network device may send subsequent request message(s) based on the interface discrimination information.

Abstract: Next generation zero touch provisioning (NexGen ZTP) provides programmatic onboarding features that can benefit those who desire ZTP without requiring them to spend time and money to preprogram network devices with a designated URL for ZTP. Particularly, when a connection request is received from a network device, network device identification information contained in the connection request is used to search for a matching identifier stored in a centralized database. The centralized database stores historical transactions that record sales of network devices. If a matching identifier is found, an owner of the network device can be identified from a corresponding sales record using the matching identifier. Once the owner is identified, a tenant or suborganization of the owner is determined. The network device can then be directed to a configuration file or script corresponding to the tenant or suborganization for ZTP of the network device.

Abstract: A method for provisioning a network device can include, on a network device in a factory-default state and having a factory-installed Secure Zero Touch Provisioning (SZTP) agent, enabling a wireless communication capability of the network device. Upon detecting the wireless communication capability being enabled, the SZTP agent attempts to establish a connection with an SZTP application on a computing device in close proximity to the network device. Once connected, the SZTP agent requests SZTP bootstrap information from the SZTP Application, receives SZTP artifacts, and determines whether the SZTP artifacts contain redirect information to an SZTP bootstrap server. If so, the SZTP agent validates the redirect information and attempts to connect to the SZTP bootstrap server.

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