There are two types of states for an element: a Dial Plan State and a Configuration State.
The Dial Plan State indicates the element status in the VRC dial plan design.
Active - The element is currently used in the baseline dial plan.
Inactive - The element is not currently used in the baseline dial plan.
Active Pending - The element is not currently used in the baseline dial plan but is used in a design that has not been committed.
Inactive Pending - The element is currently used in the baseline dial plan but has been removed in a design that has not been committed.
The Configuration State indicates the status of the running configuration in relation to the startup configuration of the network device.
Volatile - The current running configuration is different from the startup configuration on the device. Each time you make a change to the element in the Design View and commit the design, the configuration state remains volatile until you write the new configuration to startup.
Persisted - The current running configuration has been written to the startup configuration on the device.
Unknown - The relationship between the element's running configuration and startup configuration is unknown.
The state of an element is displayed in the Topology View.