While FIG. 3 shows steps occurring in series, the steps may be carried out in parallel. For example, if network management system 10 discovers information on a plurality of neighboring network devices on seed network device 14A, network management system 10 may initiate tunneled second connections to the plurality of neighboring network devices through seed network device 14A. Network management system 10 may automatically model the plurality of neighboring network devices and may automatically commit a unique activation configuration on each of the neighboring network devices. In other words, each neighboring network device would have an activation configuration that is different from each of the other neighboring network devices.

The techniques described in this disclosure may be implemented, at least in part, in hardware, software, firmware or any combination thereof. For example, various aspects of the described techniques may be implemented within one or more processors, including one or more microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs), application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), or any other equivalent integrated or discrete logic circuitry, as well as any combination of such components. The term “processor” or “processing circuitry” may generally refer to any of the foregoing logic circuitry, alone or in combination with other logic circuitry, or any other equivalent circuitry. A control unit comprising hardware may also perform one or more of the techniques of this disclosure.