200-901 Understanding and Using APIs Practice Question
A network engineer wants to use NETCONF to change the hostname of a Cisco device. Which operation should be used?
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Why each option matters
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<edit-config>
The <edit-config> operation is used to modify configuration data in NETCONF.
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<lock>
Why it's wrong here
lock is for locking the datastore.
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<copy-config>
Why it's wrong here
copy-config copies configs.
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<edit-config>
Why this is correct
edit-config modifies config.
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<get-config>
Why it's wrong here
get-config retrieves config.
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