1. A method of link-scope configuring an Internet Protocol (IP)-based network having at least one management station, a set of network nodes, and a plurality of communication links between the network nodes and between the management station and the network nodes, said method comprising the steps of: preparing a topology graph of the network; identifying a set of target links to be configured; classifying the target links into N disjoint subsets, T 1 -T N ; and configuring the links from each subset in parallel, starting with subset T 1 and sequentially handling each subset one-by-one.