3. Describe the Capabilities of Cisco Compute Management Platforms and APIs (UCS Manager and Intersight) 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 8)

Questions 36–38

1. 36foundation · easy

   Which authentication method is commonly used with Intersight REST API requests?

   • ASNMP community strings
   • BAPI keys
   • CKerberos tickets
   • DRADIUS tokens
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2. 37application · medium

   A DevOps team wants to programmatically retrieve server inventory and health status from Cisco Intersight and then push a configuration change. They prefer a modern, HTTP-based approach with JSON payloads. Which API should they use?

   • AThe Intersight REST API using JSON over HTTPS.
   • BThe NX-API using JSON-RPC over HTTP.
   • CThe UCS Manager XML API using XML over HTTPS.
   • DThe Intersight CLI using SSH commands.
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3. 38application · medium

   A small enterprise has a single UCS domain with 20 servers. The IT team wants to manage server profiles, firmware updates, and monitoring from a central web interface without deploying additional on-premises management software. They also want to use a REST API to integrate with their existing automation scripts. Which approach best meets these requirements?

   • AUse Intersight only for monitoring and continue using UCS Manager for all configuration changes.
   • BUse UCS Manager with its embedded XML API to manage the domain locally.
   • CUse UCS Manager with NX-API to expose a RESTful interface for automation.
   • DUse Intersight, which provides cloud-based management and a RESTful API for UCS domains.
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