US 12,218,796 B1
Secure network device provisioning with removable storage device
Eamon Doyle, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/485,959.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0806 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4416 (2013.01); H04L 63/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing secure device provisioning, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a network device, redirect information from a removable storage device, the redirect information indicating a device configuration server, wherein obtaining the redirect information from the removable storage device comprises:
obtaining, by the network device, a secure version of the redirect information from the removable storage device;
obtaining, by the network device, validation information for the secure version of the redirect information; and
validating, by the network device, the secure version of the redirect information based on the validation information;
after validating the secure version of the redirect information, connecting, by the network device, to the device configuration server based on the redirect information;
obtaining, by the network device, configuration information from the device configuration server; and
processing, by the network device, the configuration information to provision the network device.