| CPC G06F 9/455 (2013.01) [G06F 11/261 (2013.01); H04L 43/065 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a computing device from a device-activation platform, a list of networking devices to be onboarded to a device-management platform;
for a respective networking device on the list of networking devices, collecting hardware and firmware information associated with the respective networking device;
emulating an onboarding process of the respective networking device using the collected hardware and firmware information, which comprises exchanging one or more onboarding-request messages with the device-activation platform;
in response to failing to receive, from the device-management platform, a confirmation message indicating the emulated onboarding process being successful, performing a diagnostic operation to determine one or more potential issues associated with the emulated onboarding process of the respective networking device; and
displaying, on a user interface, outcome of the performed diagnostic operation.
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