A manufacturing company is deploying Catalyst Center to manage its factory network. The network includes legacy switches that do not support NETCONF. The team wants to use Catalyst Center to provision these devices with a standard configuration. Which approach should they use?

Use the CLI-based template deployment feature, which uses SSH to push configuration to devices that lack NETCONF support.

Use the REST API to configure the switches directly, bypassing Catalyst Center.

Use the AI Network Analytics feature to generate the configuration automatically.

Upgrade all legacy switches to models that support NETCONF before onboarding.

A large enterprise uses Catalyst Center to manage its network. They have a compliance policy that requires all switches to have a specific SNMP community string. However, the policy is set to 'enforce' and auto-remediation is enabled. During a maintenance window, the team needs to make a temporary change to the SNMP community string on a few switches for a third-party audit. The change will be reverted after the audit. What is the best way to handle this without triggering auto-remediation?

Temporarily disable the compliance policy for the affected switches, make the change, and re-enable the policy after the audit.

Use a template to deploy the temporary change and then use another template to revert it.

Make the change directly on the switches and rely on the auto-remediation to revert it after the audit.

Change the compliance policy to 'monitor' mode for all switches, make the change, and then set it back to 'enforce'.

A network engineer needs to deploy a standardized VLAN configuration to 200 access switches. The engineer wants to use Cisco Catalyst Center to push the configuration consistently and then verify that all switches are compliant. Which two-step approach should the engineer use?

Create a template and apply it, then use the Assurance dashboard to check for client connectivity issues.

Create a composite template and apply it to the switches, then use the Compliance dashboard to check for drift.

Use the Plug and Play (PnP) service to onboard the switches, then rely on the default config to match the VLAN requirement.

Use the CLI in the Catalyst Center UI to manually configure each switch, then run a network health report.

A company is deploying 50 new access switches across multiple remote sites. The switches are being shipped directly to the sites, and the local IT staff has limited technical expertise. The engineer wants to use Cisco Catalyst Center to automate the initial configuration and onboarding with minimal manual intervention. Which feature should the engineer use?

The Compliance dashboard to ensure the switches meet security policies after manual configuration.

The Template editor to manually create a configuration file for each switch.

Plug and Play (PnP) to automatically provision the switches when they connect to the network.

The Assurance dashboard to monitor the switches after they are manually configured.

A network team is using Cisco Catalyst Center to manage a campus network. They want to combine traditional configuration management with AI-driven insights to automatically remediate common issues, such as a misconfigured switch port. Which approach aligns with this goal?

Use the Inventory page to manually check device status and then use CLI to fix issues.

Use only the Assurance dashboard to monitor health scores and manually troubleshoot issues.

Use templates for configuration and enable AI Network Analytics to detect anomalies, then use the recommended actions to apply fixes.

Use only the Compliance dashboard to identify non-compliant devices and manually fix them.

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6application · medium
A manufacturing company is deploying Catalyst Center to manage its factory network. The network includes legacy switches that do not support NETCONF. The team wants to use Catalyst Center to provision these devices with a standard configuration. Which approach should they use?
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7expert · hard
A large enterprise uses Catalyst Center to manage its network. They have a compliance policy that requires all switches to have a specific SNMP community string. However, the policy is set to 'enforce' and auto-remediation is enabled. During a maintenance window, the team needs to make a temporary change to the SNMP community string on a few switches for a third-party audit. The change will be reverted after the audit. What is the best way to handle this without triggering auto-remediation?
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8application · medium
A network engineer needs to deploy a standardized VLAN configuration to 200 access switches. The engineer wants to use Cisco Catalyst Center to push the configuration consistently and then verify that all switches are compliant. Which two-step approach should the engineer use?
Select an answer first
9application · medium
A company is deploying 50 new access switches across multiple remote sites. The switches are being shipped directly to the sites, and the local IT staff has limited technical expertise. The engineer wants to use Cisco Catalyst Center to automate the initial configuration and onboarding with minimal manual intervention. Which feature should the engineer use?
Select an answer first
10application · medium
A network team is using Cisco Catalyst Center to manage a campus network. They want to combine traditional configuration management with AI-driven insights to automatically remediate common issues, such as a misconfigured switch port. Which approach aligns with this goal?
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Questions 6–10

A manufacturing company is deploying Catalyst Center to manage its factory network. The network includes legacy switches that do not support NETCONF. The team wants to use Catalyst Center to provision these devices with a standard configuration. Which approach should they use?

A network engineer needs to deploy a standardized VLAN configuration to 200 access switches. The engineer wants to use Cisco Catalyst Center to push the configuration consistently and then verify that all switches are compliant. Which two-step approach should the engineer use?

A network team is using Cisco Catalyst Center to manage a campus network. They want to combine traditional configuration management with AI-driven insights to automatically remediate common issues, such as a misconfigured switch port. Which approach aligns with this goal?

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