350-501 Automation and Quality of Services Practice Question
Which NETCONF RPC is used to retrieve the complete running configuration from a network device?
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Why each option matters
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get-config
get-config with <source>running</source> retrieves the running configuration. The <get> RPC retrieves both configuration and state data.
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edit-config
Why it's wrong here
edit-config modifies configuration.
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get
Why it's wrong here
get retrieves configuration and state data, not just config.
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get-config
Why this is correct
get-config with source running retrieves the running configuration.
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lock
Why it's wrong here
lock locks the configuration datastore.
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