Which statement accurately describes the Junos candidate configuration?

When you enter configuration mode, Junos copies the active configuration into a separate candidate configuration held in memory. All proposed edits are made to this candidate; they do not affect forwarding until a commit operation makes the candidate the new active configuration.

A. Backup configurations reside in the rollback archive, not in the candidate buffer.

B. The active configuration is the currently committed one, not the candidate.

C. The candidate becomes active immediately after commit, not after a reboot.

1. Juniper Networks, “Junos OS Fundamentals”, Chapter “Configuration Management”, pp. 38-40 (description of candidate configuration).

2. Juniper Networks, “Junos OS CLI User Guide”, Section “Committing a Configuration”, para. 1 (explains candidate vs. active).