| 摘要 |
Devices and methods for managing a communications network include using USB keys to provision arid management components in the network by having the network component (102) establish a connection to a network administrator device (104, 110), such as a laptop, PDA, or desktop workstation. A first USB key (108) is used to provision a network component so that it has the necessary security information to interact with a second USB key (108), used to enable actual management of the component. Once the component has the security information, the second USB key- is inserted and certain callback data are made available to the component. It uses this data to make a "call" or connection to an administrator's device. The callback data may be an IP address of the device, an e-mail address, VoIP data, instant messaging data, dial-up data, and so on. Once the connection, initiated and established by the network component, is made the administrator can begin managing the component. |
