US 11,863,378 B2
Automated provisioning of endpoint devices with management connectivity
Abhijit Vijay Warkhedi, Milpitas, CA (US); Sean Hagan, Wilton, CT (US); Michael Goff, San Jose, CA (US); Sreesha Kudoor, Karnataka (IN); and Sabari Girish S, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,661.
Application 17/977,661 is a continuation of application No. 17/531,193, filed on Nov. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,522,755.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/223,475, filed on Jul. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0056321 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 41/0806 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a cloud management platform, a request to register an endpoint with a user account and as being connected to a fabric interconnect in a network fabric, the request including a signed security digest that has been signed by a private key associated with a fabric interconnect;
storing an identifier of the endpoint in an onboarding account associated with the cloud management platform;
validating, using a public key associated with the fabric interconnect, that the signed security digest was signed using the private key of the fabric interconnect; and
moving the identifier of the endpoint to the user account such that the endpoint is registered with the user account.