# Onboarding the device Onboarding the device is enrolling the device details on Device Management. **The devices can be boarded using the following modes:** 1\. **Auto-boarding** - the device registers to **Verifone Central - Device Management** and gets auto-configured when the device for the first time establishes a connection with the server. 2\. **Adding Devices Manually** - this feature provides an option to enter the device details manually through **Verifone Central - Device Management**. 3\. **File Import** - this feature provides an option to onboard a large set of devices using batch upload. * Uploading a CSV file * Uploading an XML file 4\. **Rest() API** - this feature provides an option to use APIs to onboard a large set of devices. 5\. **Asset Tracking** - this feature provides an option to onboard a single or a large set of devices at the time of shipping the devices to the deployment center. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.verifone.com/verifone-central-device-management/verifone-central/devices/onboarding-the-device.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.