Using the OpenConfig standard data models can help ease deployment of your network infrastructure. The data models are:

• vendor-neutral: They do not conform to any individual vendor's implementation of network infrastructure.
• operationally complete: The models only conform to the most widely used networking feature and are not meant to be exhaustive.
• consistent: Each model follows the same approach and style, working with each model should feel familiar.
• monitoring: Each model should allow you to easily monitor your network infrastructure.

Palo Alto Network's implementation of the standard data models conform to the specifications from the OpenConfig project. The OpenConfig project is open source and allows contributions from network operators, equipment vendors, and the wider community. This means that many third party websites can be helpful in understanding your own implementation, including thing like the .

You can view the public OpenConfig Github Repository to understand each of the models in detail if you use a mixture of vendors to employ your network infrastructure. For each of the models, Palo Alto Network's implementation supports a number of leaf nodes, but they are not exhaustive. Some versions of OpenConfig may support different nodes available in the model. Review the supported data models, and their deviations of viewing the YANG repository on Github. These standard data models are supported with the OpenConfig plugin, they are not exhaustive in nature, but do enable you to interact with network component for PAN-OS using standard syntax: