Network configuration system

1. A networked system, comprising:

a network;

a secondary networking device that is coupled to the network;

a primary networking device that includes a plurality of network ports that are configured to couple the primary networking device to the network, and a key device connector that is configured to couple to a key device without the use of the network, wherein the primary networking device is configured to:

detect that a key device is coupled to the key device connector, wherein the key device includes a plurality of configuration information;

retrieve, using a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the primary networking device, first configuration information of the plurality of configuration information from the key device for the primary networking device;

configure the primary networking device using the first configuration information;

discover the secondary networking device through the network;

identify a MAC address of the secondary networking device;

retrieve, using the MAC address of the secondary networking device, second configuration information of the plurality of configuration information from the key device for the secondary networking device; and

provide the second configuration information over the network to the secondary networking device to initiate configuration of the secondary networking device using the second configuration information.

2. The networked system of claim 1 , wherein the first configuration information includes a first image and the second configuration information includes a second image, and wherein the primary networking device is configured to:

provide the first image on the primary device; and

provide the second image over the network to the secondary networking device for provisioning on the secondary networking device.

3. The networked system of claim 1 , wherein primary networking device has been previously configured using the first configuration information and the secondary networking device has been previously configured using the second configuration information, and wherein the primary networking device is configured to:

perform a reconfiguration of the primary networking device using the first configuration information; and

provide the second configuration information over the network to the secondary networking device to initiate a reconfiguration of the secondary networking device using the second configuration information.

4. The networked system of claim 1 , wherein the primary networking device is configured to:

assign a first IP address that is included in the first configuration information as a management IP address of the primary networking device; and

provide a second IP address that is included in the second configuration information over the network to the secondary networking device to initiate assignment of the second IP address as the management IP address of the secondary networking device.

5. The networked system of claim 1 , wherein the primary networking device is configured to:

update the key device to include:

an association between a MAC address of the primary networking device and a first IP address included in the first configuration information; and

an association between the MAC address of the secondary networking device and a second IP address included in the second configuration information.

6. The networked system of claim 1 , wherein the key device includes all necessary files for configuring and setting up the primary networking device and the secondary networking device.

7. The networked system of claim 1 , wherein the first configuration information and the second configuration information are the same configuration information.

8. A switch, comprising:

a network port;

a universal serial bus (USB) device port;

at least one configurable subsystem;

a processing system that is coupled to the network port, the USB device port, and the at least one configurable subsystem, and

a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a switch configuration engine that is configured to:

detect that a USB device is coupled to the USB device port, wherein the USB device includes a plurality of configuration information;

retrieve, using a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the at least one configurable subsystem, first configuration information of the plurality of configuration information from the USB device for the at least one configurable subsystem;

configure the at least one configurable subsystem using the first configuration information;

discover a configurable device that is coupled to the network port;

identify a MAC address of the configurable device;

retrieve, using the MAC address of the configurable device, second configuration information of the plurality of configuration information from the USB device for the configurable device; and

provide the second configuration information through the network port to the configurable device.

9. The switch of claim 8 , wherein the first configuration information includes a first image and the second configuration information includes a second image, and wherein the switch configuration engine is further configured to:

provide the first image on the at least one configurable subsystem; and

provide the second image through the network port to the configurable device for provisioning on the configurable device.

10. The switch of claim 8 , wherein the at least one configurable subsystem has been previously configured using the first configuration information and the configurable device has been previously configured using the second configuration information, and wherein the switch configuration engine is configured to:

perform a reconfiguration of the at least one configurable subsystem using the first configuration information; and

provide the second configuration information through the network port to the configurable device to initiate a reconfiguration of the configurable device using the second configuration information.

11. The switch of claim 8 , wherein the switch configuration engine is configured to:

assign a first IP address included in the first configuration information as a management IP address of the at least one configurable subsystem; and

provide a second IP address included in the second configuration information through the network port to the configurable device to initiate assignment of the second IP address as the management IP address of the configurable device.

12. The switch of claim 8 , wherein the switch configuration engine is configured to:

update the USB device to include:

an association of the MAC address of the at least one configurable subsystem and a first IP address included in the first configuration information; and

an association of the MAC address of the configurable device and a second IP address included in the second configuration information.

13. The switch of claim 8 , wherein the USB device includes all necessary files for configuring and setting up the at least one configurable subsystem and the configurable device.

14. The switch of claim 8 , wherein the first configuration information and the second configuration information are the same configuration information.

15. A method for configuring a plurality of networked devices, comprising:

detecting, by a first device that is coupled to a network through a plurality of network ports, that a portable storage device has been coupled to the first device using a portable storage device connector and without the use of the network, wherein the portable storage device includes a plurality of configuration information;

retrieving, by the first device and using a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the first device, first configuration information of the plurality of configuration information from the portable storage device for the first device;

configuring, by the first device, the first device using the first configuration information;

discovering, by the first device, a second device through the network;

identify a MAC address of the second device;

retrieving, by the first device using the MAC address of the second device, second configuration information of the plurality of configuration information from the portable storage device for the second device; and

providing, by the first device, the second configuration information over the network to the second device to initiate a configuration of the second device using the second configuration information.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first configuration information includes a first image and the second configuration information includes a second image, and wherein the method further comprises:

providing, by the first device, the first image on the first device; and

providing, by the first device, the second image over the network to the second device for provisioning on the second device.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein first device has been previously configured using the first configuration information and the second device has been previously configured using the second configuration information, and wherein the method further comprises:

performing, by the first device, a reconfiguration of the first device using the first configuration information; and

providing, by the first device, the second configuration information over the network to the second device to initiate a reconfiguration of the second device using the second configuration information.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

assigning, by the first device, a first IP address included in the first configuration information as a management IP address of the first device; and

providing, by the first device, a second IP address included in the second configuration information over the network to the second device to initiate the assigning of the second IP address as the management IP address of the second device.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

updating, by the first device, the portable storage device to include:

an association of the MAC address of the first device and a first IP address included in the first configuration information; and

an association of the MAC address of the second device and a second IP address included in the second configuration information.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the portable storage device includes all necessary files for configuring and setting up the first device and the second device.