RFC 6241

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RFC 6241 is the IETF standard that specifies the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) for managing and configuring network devices.


Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf IETF Request for Comments
Internet standard
applicationDomain network configuration automation
network device management
area Operations and Management
category Standards Track
commonlyUsedWith SSH transport for NETCONF
defines NETCONF
NETCONF
surface form: Network Configuration Protocol
definesConcept NETCONF capability
NETCONF message framing
NETCONF session
candidate configuration datastore
configuration datastore
running configuration datastore
startup configuration datastore
definesOperation <close-session>
<copy-config>
<delete-config>
<edit-config>
<get-config>
<get>
<kill-session>
<lock>
<unlock>
focusesOn configuration of network devices
management of network devices
obsoletes RFC 4741
protocolType Network management protocol
publishedBy Internet Engineering Task Force
surface form: IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force
publishedInSeries RFCs
surface form: Request for Comments
rfcNumber 6241
shortTitle NETCONF
surface form: NETCONF Configuration Protocol
specifies capability negotiation for NETCONF
error handling for NETCONF operations
locking of configuration data stores
operations for editing configuration data
operations for retrieving configuration data
remote procedure call (RPC) based mechanism for configuration
security considerations for NETCONF
transaction-like behavior for configuration changes
status Proposed Standard
title NETCONF
surface form: Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
transportAgnostic true
updates NETCONF protocol specification
uses RPC paradigm over a transport protocol
XML encoding for protocol messages
workingGroup IETF NETCONF Working Group
surface form: NETCONF Working Group

Referenced by (3)

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NETCONF definedInRFC RFC 6241
RFC 7950 relatedStandard RFC 6241
RFC 8040 relatedTo RFC 6241