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Chapter 1 Cisco CRS-1 Series XML API Overview
Cisco CRS-1 Series XML API Tags
Operation Type Tags
Following the <Request> tag, the client application must specify the operation types to be carried out by
the Cisco CRS-1 Series router. There are three general types of operations supported along with the
<GetNext> operation for large responses. Each of these operation types is described in the following
sections.
Native Data Operation Tags
Native data operations provide basic access to the Cisco CRS-1 Series native management data model.
Table 1-3 describes the native data operation tags.
Tip The XML schema definitions for the native data operation type tags are contained in the schema file
common_types.xsd.
The native data operations are described further in Chapter 5, “Cisco CRS-1 Series XML and Native
Data Access Techniques.”
Configuration Services Operation Tags
Configuration services operations provide more advanced configuration management functions through
the Cisco CRS-1 Series Configuration Manager. Table 1-4 describes the configuration services operation
tags.
Table 1-3 Native Data Operation Tags
Native Data Tags Description
<Get> Get the value of one or more configuration, operational, or action
data items.
<Set> Create/modify one or more configuration or action data items.
<Delete> Delete one or more configuration data items.
<GetVersionInfo> Get the major and minor version numbers for one or more
components.
Table 1-4 Configuration Services Operation Tags
Tags Description
<Lock> Lock the running configuration.
<Unlock> Unlock the running configuration.
<Load> Load the target configuration from a binary file previously saved by
way of the <Save> tag.
<Save> Save the target configuration to a binary file.
<Commit> Promote the target configuration to the running configuration.
<Clear> Abort/clear the current target configuration session.
<Rollback> Roll back the running configuration to a previous configuration state.