An organization has a compliance policy that requires all data center switches to have SSH enabled and Telnet disabled. The network team wants to automatically verify this on all switches and generate a report. Which approach should the team use?

Manually check each switch using 'show running-config' and note the results.

Enable the 'compliance' feature on the switches to automatically enforce the policy.

Use an Ansible playbook to gather the running configuration from each switch and check for the presence of 'ip ssh' and absence of 'telnet'.

Use the 'show ssh' command on each switch to verify SSH is enabled.

What is the primary purpose of network configuration management in a data center environment?

To increase the physical security of network devices by restricting console access

To ensure that device configurations are consistent, documented, and recoverable, reducing the risk of configuration errors and downtime

To automatically upgrade the operating system of all network devices on a scheduled basis

To provide a real-time dashboard of network traffic and performance metrics

Two Nexus switches are configured as a vPC pair. The engineer needs to ensure that the configuration is synchronized between the two switches, but the engineer also needs to maintain the ability to make independent changes on each switch for maintenance purposes. Which approach should be used?

Use a Python script to copy the entire running config from one switch to the other.

Use the 'archive' feature to restore the same configuration on both switches.

Use the vPC 'config-sync' feature to automatically synchronize vPC-related configuration changes.

Manually ensure that both switches have identical configurations by comparing 'show running-config'.

A team needs to deploy a standardized baseline configuration to a new set of 20 Nexus switches. The baseline includes NTP, SNMP, and management access settings. The team wants to ensure that the deployment is consistent and that any deviations are detected. Which approach should be used?

Use Ansible to push the baseline configuration to all switches and then run a validation playbook to compare the running config to the desired state.

Use the 'copy running-config tftp' command on each switch to upload the baseline configuration.

Use the 'configure replace' command with a file on a TFTP server to load the baseline on each switch.

Manually configure each switch using the CLI and then use 'show running-config' to verify.

What is a primary advantage of using automation tools like Ansible to deploy configurations to multiple data center switches?

It increases the physical security of the data center

It automatically optimizes routing protocols

It ensures consistent configuration across devices and reduces human error

It eliminates the need for network monitoring

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An organization has a compliance policy that requires all data center switches to have SSH enabled and Telnet disabled. The network team wants to automatically verify this on all switches and generate a report. Which approach should the team use?
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What is the primary purpose of network configuration management in a data center environment?
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Two Nexus switches are configured as a vPC pair. The engineer needs to ensure that the configuration is synchronized between the two switches, but the engineer also needs to maintain the ability to make independent changes on each switch for maintenance purposes. Which approach should be used?
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A team needs to deploy a standardized baseline configuration to a new set of 20 Nexus switches. The baseline includes NTP, SNMP, and management access settings. The team wants to ensure that the deployment is consistent and that any deviations are detected. Which approach should be used?
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