diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/cfg/ComponentConfigCommand.java b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/cfg/ComponentConfigCommand.java
index 64f6b50..0a85ae0 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/cfg/ComponentConfigCommand.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/cfg/ComponentConfigCommand.java
@@ -72,20 +72,24 @@
     @Override
     protected void execute() {
         service = get(ComponentConfigService.class);
-        if (isNullOrEmpty(command)) {
-            listComponents();
-        } else if (command.equals(GET) && isNullOrEmpty(component)) {
-            listAllComponentsProperties();
-        } else if (command.equals(GET) && isNullOrEmpty(name)) {
-            listComponentProperties(component);
-        } else if (command.equals(GET)) {
-            listComponentProperty(component, name);
-        } else if (command.equals(SET) && isNullOrEmpty(value)) {
-            service.unsetProperty(component, name);
-        } else if (command.equals(SET)) {
-            service.setProperty(component, name, value);
-        } else {
-            error("Illegal usage");
+        try {
+            if (isNullOrEmpty(command)) {
+                listComponents();
+            } else if (command.equals(GET) && isNullOrEmpty(component)) {
+                listAllComponentsProperties();
+            } else if (command.equals(GET) && isNullOrEmpty(name)) {
+                listComponentProperties(component);
+            } else if (command.equals(GET)) {
+                listComponentProperty(component, name);
+            } else if (command.equals(SET) && isNullOrEmpty(value)) {
+                service.unsetProperty(component, name);
+            } else if (command.equals(SET)) {
+                service.setProperty(component, name, value);
+            } else {
+                error("Illegal usage");
+            }
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            error(e.getMessage());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cfg/impl/ComponentConfigManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cfg/impl/ComponentConfigManager.java
index 144c0e7..9fd99f8 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cfg/impl/ComponentConfigManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cfg/impl/ComponentConfigManager.java
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
                       COMPONENT_MISSING, componentName);
         checkArgument(properties.get(componentName).containsKey(name),
                       PROPERTY_MISSING, name, componentName);
+        checkValidity(componentName, name, value);
         store.setProperty(componentName, name, value);
     }
 
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@
 
         checkNotNull(componentName, COMPONENT_NULL);
         checkNotNull(name, PROPERTY_NULL);
-
+        checkValidity(componentName, name, value);
         store.setProperty(componentName, name, value);
     }
 
@@ -281,6 +282,48 @@
         }
     }
 
+    // Checks whether the value of the specified configuration property is a valid one or not.
+    private void checkValidity(String componentName, String name, String newValue) {
+        Map<String, ConfigProperty> map = properties.get(componentName);
+        if (map == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        ConfigProperty prop = map.get(name);
+        ConfigProperty.Type type = prop.type();
+        try {
+            switch (type) {
+                case INTEGER:
+                    Integer.parseInt(newValue);
+                    break;
+                case LONG:
+                    Long.parseLong(newValue);
+                    break;
+                case FLOAT:
+                    Float.parseFloat(newValue);
+                    break;
+                case DOUBLE:
+                    Double.parseDouble(newValue);
+                    break;
+                case BOOLEAN:
+                    if (!((newValue != null) && (newValue.equalsIgnoreCase("true") ||
+                                newValue.equalsIgnoreCase("false")))) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid " + type + " value");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case STRING:
+                case BYTE:
+                    //do nothing
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    log.warn("Not a valid config property type");
+                    break;
+
+            }
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                throw new NumberFormatException("Invalid " + type + " value");
+        }
+    }
+
     // Loads existing property values that may have been set.
     private void loadExistingValues(String componentName) {
         try {
@@ -292,8 +335,14 @@
                 while (it.hasMoreElements()) {
                     String name = it.nextElement();
                     ConfigProperty p = map.get(name);
-                    if (p != null) {
-                        map.put(name, ConfigProperty.setProperty(p, (String) props.get(name)));
+                    try {
+                        if (p != null) {
+                            checkValidity(componentName, name, (String) props.get(name));
+                            map.put(name, ConfigProperty.setProperty(p, (String) props.get(name)));
+                        }
+                    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                        log.warn("Default values will be applied " +
+                                "since presetted value is not a valid " + p.type());
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/ComponentConfigWebResource.java b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/ComponentConfigWebResource.java
index 5751e35..ad45e50 100644
--- a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/ComponentConfigWebResource.java
+++ b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/ComponentConfigWebResource.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.rest.resources;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import org.onosproject.cfg.ComponentConfigService;
 import org.onosproject.cfg.ConfigProperty;
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsNotFound;
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@
  */
 @Path("configuration")
 public class ComponentConfigWebResource extends AbstractWebResource {
+    private static final int  MULTI_STATUS_RESPONE = 207;
 
     /**
      * Gets all component configurations.
@@ -102,16 +106,36 @@
                                InputStream request) throws IOException {
         ComponentConfigService service = get(ComponentConfigService.class);
         ObjectNode props = (ObjectNode) mapper().readTree(request);
+        List<String> errorMsgs = new ArrayList<String>();
         if (preset) {
-            props.fieldNames().forEachRemaining(k ->
-                    service.preSetProperty(component, k, props.path(k).asText()));
+                props.fieldNames().forEachRemaining(k -> {
+                    try {
+                        service.preSetProperty(component, k, props.path(k).asText());
+                    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                        errorMsgs.add(e.getMessage());
+                    }
+                });
         } else {
-            props.fieldNames().forEachRemaining(k ->
-                    service.setProperty(component, k, props.path(k).asText()));
+                props.fieldNames().forEachRemaining(k -> {
+                    try {
+                        service.setProperty(component, k, props.path(k).asText());
+                    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                        errorMsgs.add(e.getMessage());
+                    }
+                });
+        }
+        if (!errorMsgs.isEmpty()) {
+            return Response.status(MULTI_STATUS_RESPONE).entity(produceErrorJson(errorMsgs)).build();
         }
         return Response.ok().build();
     }
 
+    private ObjectNode produceErrorJson(List<String> errorMsgs) {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        ObjectNode result = mapper.createObjectNode().put("code", 207).putPOJO("message", errorMsgs);
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Selectively clears configuration properties.
      * Clears only the properties present in the JSON request.