5.1 Describe the Programmable APIs Used to Include Cisco Devices in Network Automation 350-501 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1application · medium

   An automation engineer is building a script to provision a new site in an SD-WAN fabric using the vManage API. The script needs to create a new device template and attach it to a specific WAN edge device. The engineer has already obtained a bearer token from the /token endpoint. Which HTTP method and URI should the script use to create the device template?

   • APOST to /dataservice/template/device
   • BGET to /dataservice/template/device
   • CPUT to /dataservice/device/template
   • DPOST to /dataservice/device
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2. 2application · medium

   A large enterprise is deploying a new campus network and wants to automate the provisioning of access switches. The network team wants to define the intended state of the network (e.g., VLANs, SSIDs, switchport configurations) in a high-level policy and have the controller push the necessary device-level configurations. They also need to verify that the deployed configuration matches the intent. Which Cisco platform's APIs should they use?

   • ACisco DNA Center APIs, because they provide intent-based APIs for design, provisioning, and assurance.
   • BCisco NX-API, because it can configure any Cisco device with a CLI.
   • CCisco SD-WAN vManage APIs, because they can manage both WAN and campus devices.
   • DCisco Meraki APIs, because they provide cloud-based management for all switch models.
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4. 3application · medium

   A data center team is automating the deployment of application policies in an ACI fabric. They want to use the APIC REST API to create a new application profile, add EPGs, and define contracts between them. The team's automation framework is based on Python and uses the 'requests' library. Which approach should they use to interact with the APIC API?

   • ASend HTTP POST requests to the APIC API with JSON payloads representing the desired objects, using the 'aaaLogin' endpoint for authentication.
   • BUse the vManage API to manage the ACI fabric.
   • CUse the NX-API to send CLI commands to the APIC controller.
   • DUse NETCONF to send YANG-based configuration to the APIC controller.
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5. 4foundation · medium

   What is a key difference between RESTCONF and NETCONF?

   • ARESTCONF supports only JSON, while NETCONF supports only XML
   • BNETCONF is newer than RESTCONF
   • CRESTCONF uses HTTP methods, while NETCONF uses XML RPCs
   • DNETCONF is only for Cisco devices, while RESTCONF is multi-vendor
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6. 5application · medium

   A service provider is automating configuration changes on a fleet of IOS XE routers. The automation team needs to retrieve the current running configuration of an interface in a structured format and then apply a change. They are evaluating whether to use NETCONF or RESTCONF. The team's primary constraint is that their existing automation scripts are all written using HTTP-based libraries and they want to minimize the amount of new code. Which API should they choose?

   • ARESTCONF, because it supports the 'get-config' operation natively.
   • BNETCONF, because it provides a richer set of operations for configuration management.
   • CRESTCONF, because it uses standard HTTP methods and can be consumed with existing HTTP libraries.
   • DNETCONF, because it is the only protocol that supports YANG data models on IOS XE.
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