A System Configuration Management Platform (S-CMP) device manages MPE and MRA devices in a tiered Network CMP system. The Network CMP system contains one or more S-CMP. The S-CMP can view, but not modify anything that is created, edited, or deleted at the Network Configuration Management Platform (NW-CMP) level. The S-CMP blocks users from changing associations set at the NW-CMP layer in order to maintain data integrity between the NW-CMP and the S-CMP devices.