Automation and Programmability Q/A's Flashcards

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The Data Plane in SD-WAN operates on what plane where data is …?

A

Forwarding plane - transmitted though a device?

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The Control Plane in SD-WAN is responsible for?

What happens in the control plane?

A

routing and forwarding data traffic

routing decisions

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What is the management plane in SD-WAN responsible for?

A

monitoring of network devices

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What is the name of the controller in the control plane?

A

Software Defined Network (SDN) Controller

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The southbound API is used communicate between what?

A

SDN Controller and the switches and routers of the network

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The northbound API is an interface used to communicate directly with?

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From the SDN Controller to higher level components

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What type of applications resides on the SDN application layer?

A

Business Applications

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What does APIC stand for?

The APIC give access to what type of centralized switches managed in a data center environment?

A

Application Policy Infrastructure Controller

nexus switches

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What does APIC-EM stand for?

APIC-EM gives centralized access to manage what three types of environments for enterprises?

A

Application Policy Infrastructure Controller - Enterprise Module

Campus (corporate area network), Branch (remote office sites) and WAN environments

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What does Cisco DNA stand for?

Cisco DNA is a centralize dashboard that offers?

A

Cisco Digital Network Architecture

a command center for centralized network management

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What is Intent-Based Networking (IBN)?

What does Intent-Based Networking (IBN) offer?

A

it’s a design based on desired outcomes

automation, management and network administration

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What does Path Tracing allow you to perform in DNA Center?

A

queries to determine path of data traffic

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13
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SD-Access is based on what rather than physical location and IP address?

A

user identity

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14
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What is a brownfield network in SD-Access?

A

already exiting physical network

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What is a greenfield network in SD-Access?

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new network built from DNA Center from scratch

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SD-WAN is responsible for automatically providing automation and the setup of WAN connectivity between?

17
Q

What is the name of the controller where the control layer resides?

A

SDN Controller/Network Services

18
Q

What is the benefit of network programmability?

A

network automation

19
Q

What is GIT used for?

A

distributed version control and tracking changes in source code

20
Q

Data serialization converts structured data to?

What is the benefit of data serialization?

A

a standardized format

allows data to be transferred between different systems, applications and programming languages

21
Q

What does JSON stand for?

JSON is human-readable text for machines to parse and generate? True/False

A

Javascript Object Notation

True

22
Q

What are the 6 JSON Data Types and their purposes?

OB 
AR
ST
NU
BO
NU
A

Objects: unordered collection of key/value pairs

Array: ordered list of values

String: text objects inside quotes

Number: actual number

Boolean: indicates a true/false

Null: empty no value

23
Q

What does XML stand for?

How are XML object tags contained?

A

eXtensible markup language

by Key/Value

24
Q

What does API stand for?

What is an API used for?

A

Application Programming Interfaces

direct communication from/to computer programs

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What are the two main types of API's that run over the internet for web services?
SOAP and REST
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What does CRUD stand for?
Create Read (Retrive) Update (Modify) Delete (Destroy)
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What does REST stand for? REST gives guidance for the structure and organization of a? REST it a not a what?
Representational State Transfer API architecture not a protocol
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What does YANG stand for? YANG is a data modeling language that represents what?
Yet Another Next Generation operational and configuration of a network device
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NETCONF was designed as a replacement for what?
SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
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NETCONF and YANG inspect and modify the configuration of what type of devices?
network devices
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RESTCONF is a programmatic interface that has access to what four things?
configuration data, state data, Remote Procedure Call (RPC) operations and events
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What is an underlay network?
physical infrastructure
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What is an overlay network?
virtual network built on top of an underlying network
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What is a fabric network?
way in which network nodes connect and weave together in the network