Configuration Data

• Data is divided into 2 categories

• • Configuration data is loosely defined as “the information needed by a device to achieve its desired running state” and it is saved across a device reboot
  • Status and statistical data is loosely defined as “everything else”
  • This is done to make “diff” operations easier

• A Configuration Datastore is a conceptual collection of all the configuration data needed for a particular network device

• • <candidate>, <running>, and <startup> are the standard configuration datastores