9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: receiving a second device independent data structure comprising new operational parameters from a second network router; mapping the new operational parameters of the second device independent data structure to the currently running configuration in the internal memory structure; and populating the new operational parameters of the second device independent data structure directly into the currently running configuration in the internal memory structure based on the mapping of the new operational parameters to the currently running configuration.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: receiving a second device independent data structure comprising new operational parameters from a second network router; mapping the new operational parameters of the second device independent data structure to the currently running configuration in the internal memory structure; and populating the new operational parameters of the second device independent data structure directly into the currently running configuration in the internal memory structure based on the mapping of the new operational parameters to the currently running configuration. 10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first network router and the second network router are of different vendor types.