200-901 Question 62
Select 2A company is using Cisco DNA Center to manage its network infrastructure and wants to integrate it with Cisco SD-WAN for end-to-end visibility and automation. As part of the integration, the team also wants to leverage Cisco NSO to automate service provisioning across both platforms. Which two steps are required to achieve this integration?
- A
Configure Cisco DNA Center to use the Cisco SD-WAN API for telemetry and monitoring.
- B
Use Cisco NSO to create service models that support both Cisco DNA Center and Cisco SD-WAN APIs.
- C
Enable Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) integration in Cisco DNA Center for SD-WAN management.
- D
Deploy Cisco NSO as a central orchestrator to manage service provisioning across both Cisco DNA Center and Cisco SD-WAN.
- E
Create a device template in Cisco DNA Center to provision SD-WAN configurations directly.
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Correct answers: B, D
Explanation
To integrate Cisco DNA Center and Cisco SD-WAN while using Cisco NSO for automation, you need to create service models in NSO that support both platforms' APIs (Option 2). In addition, Cisco NSO can act as a central orchestrator to manage service provisioning across these platforms (Option 4). Other options either misrepresent the tools' capabilities or reference unrelated technologies like APIC.
- A. Incorrect.
This option is incorrect because Cisco DNA Center does not use the Cisco SD-WAN API directly for telemetry; SD-WAN telemetry data is managed through its own vManage platform.
- B. Correct.
This option is correct because Cisco NSO can create service models that integrate with the APIs of both Cisco DNA Center and Cisco SD-WAN, enabling unified service provisioning.
- C. Incorrect.
This option is incorrect because APIC is part of Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) and is unrelated to SD-WAN management in this context.
- D. Correct.
This option is correct because Cisco NSO is designed to act as a central orchestrator, facilitating service provisioning across multiple platforms, including Cisco DNA Center and Cisco SD-WAN.
- E. Incorrect.
This option is incorrect because Cisco DNA Center does not provision SD-WAN configurations directly; SD-WAN configurations are managed through vManage.