2. Describe the Capabilities of Cisco Network Management Platforms and APIs (Meraki, Cisco DNA Center, ACI, Cisco SD-WAN, and NSO) 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1expert · hard

   A service provider uses NSO for multi-vendor orchestration, Cisco DNA Center for campus management, and Cisco SD-WAN vManage for WAN. They want to automate a new customer service that includes a campus switch, a vEdge router, and a third-party firewall. The team wants to use the most appropriate API for each component. Which combination is correct?

   • AUse the NSO API for the campus switch, the DNA Center Intent API for the vEdge, and the vManage API for the firewall.
   • BUse the vManage API for all three components.
   • CUse the DNA Center Intent API for the campus switch, the vManage API for the vEdge, and the NSO API for the third-party firewall.
   • DUse the Meraki Dashboard API for all three components.
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2. 2application · medium

   A university IT team wants to automate the enforcement of a new security policy that requires all IoT devices on the campus network to be placed in a specific VLAN and have their traffic inspected. The team uses Cisco DNA Center and has already defined the policy in the GUI. They now want to apply this policy to all access switches via API. Which API should they use?

   • AThe Application Policy API to deploy the previously defined policy to the network devices.
   • BThe SDA (Software-Defined Access) API to create and deploy fabric policies.
   • CThe Command Runner API to push CLI commands to each switch individually.
   • DThe Intent API to retrieve the current network state and then manually configure each switch.
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4. 3expert · hard

   A company has a mix of Meraki and Cisco SD-WAN devices. The network team wants to automate the collection of device inventory and status from both platforms and store the data in a central CMDB. They want to minimize the number of scripts and API calls. Which approach is the most efficient?

   • AWrite a single script that uses the Meraki Dashboard API and the vManage API to fetch data from each platform and push it to the CMDB.
   • BUse the vManage API to fetch data from both SD-WAN and Meraki devices.
   • CUse NSO to fetch data from both platforms, since NSO supports all Cisco platforms.
   • DUse the Meraki Dashboard API to fetch data from both Meraki and SD-WAN devices.
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5. 4application · medium

   A multinational company uses Cisco SD-WAN with vManage. The network team wants to automate the process of adding a new branch office, including the vEdge device onboarding and the creation of a new VPN and policy. They want to use a script that can be run by a junior engineer. Which approach is most appropriate?

   • AUse the vManage CLI to manually configure the branch office and then save the config.
   • BUse the vManage GUI to add the device and then export the configuration for reuse.
   • CUse the vManage REST API to add the device, create the VPN, and attach the policy.
   • DUse the Meraki Dashboard API to onboard the vEdge and configure the VPN.
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6. 5expert · hard

   A large enterprise has a campus network managed by Cisco DNA Center and a data center managed by Cisco ACI. They want to automate the deployment of an application that spans both the campus and the data center. The campus portion requires a new SSID and access policy; the data center portion requires a new application profile. The team wants to use the native API of each platform. Which combination is correct?

   • AUse the DNA Center Intent API for the campus SSID and policy, and the ACI REST API for the application profile.
   • BUse the NSO API to orchestrate both DNA Center and ACI, bypassing their native APIs.
   • CUse the ACI REST API for the campus SSID and the DNA Center Intent API for the application profile.
   • DUse the Meraki Dashboard API for both the campus and data center portions.
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