Abstract: The current status of the network management interface for the data network is analyzed. Four key points about how to evaluate the network management configuration interface for data network are presented. A kind of configuration protocol, Netconf and its function are introduced. An application scheme is given, it describes a eXtensible markup language（XML） based framework about how to implement the configuration process using in a unified method based on Netconf and command line. And the basic application scheme in the network management system of this framework is presented.

Key words: configuration management, network management interface, Netconf