US 12,405,813 B2
Device onboarding assurance
Longping Xia, Fremont, CA (US); Hao Lu, Fremont, CA (US); and Vivek Batra, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/481,019.
Prior Publication US 2025/0117235 A1, Apr. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/26 (2006.01); H04L 43/065 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 9/455 (2013.01) [G06F 11/261 (2013.01); H04L 43/065 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.