This object specifies the type of the dataplane/hardware, it can be a shared dataplane or a separate dataplane. When this object is set to be shared, standby card in a redundancy system should not program the hardware and hardware audit should be conducted to sync the hardware and software after switchover/node-transition. When this object is set to be separate, it specifies that the nodes have separate hardware, therefore standby card in a redundant system should program the hardware and hardware audit is not required, since the hardware and software are in sync always. By default this is set to Shared.