How to use NETCONF

You can use NETCONF to manage and configure the device by using the methods in Table 10.

Table 10: NETCONF methods for configuring the device

Configuration tool

Login method

Remarks

CLI

  • Console port

  • SSH

  • Telnet

To implement NETCONF operations, copy valid NETCONF messages to the CLI in XML view.

This method is suitable for R&D and test purposes.

Custom interface

N/A

To use this method, you must enable NETCONF over SOAP to encode the NETCONF messages sent from a custom interface in SOAP.