200-901 Understanding and Using APIs Practice Question
Which NETCONF operation is used to retrieve the entire configuration datastore from a network device?
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Why each option matters
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<get-config>
<get-config> retrieves configuration datastore. <get> retrieves state and config data. <edit-config> modifies configuration. <commit> confirms a candidate configuration.
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<edit-config>
Why it's wrong here
<edit-config> is used to modify the configuration.
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<get>
Why it's wrong here
<get> retrieves both configuration and state data.
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<get-config>
Why this is correct
<get-config> specifically retrieves the configuration datastore.
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<commit>
Why it's wrong here
<commit> is used to commit a candidate configuration to the running.
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