SkillTestPro | CCNP Data Center 350-601 DCCOR Practice Test 25

CCNP Data Center 350-601 DCCOR Practice Test 25 - Automation and Orchestration Technologies - Cisco Nexus Dashboard, PowerShell, Terraform CLI, and Intersight

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What is the primary role of Cisco Nexus Dashboard in a data center automation and orchestration strategy?

It physically racks and cables new switches automatically

It configures the office's guest Wi-Fi captive portal exclusively, in accordance with common design practices, which is not the standard approach, under typical configuration conditions, though this is not generally recommended

It replaces the need for any IP addressing on devices

It serves as a unified platform for deploying and managing multiple data center automation, monitoring, and orchestration services (such as Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator and Insights) across the fabric

It functions solely as a wireless access point controller

It determines the color of the switch's status LEDs

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A Terraform CLI apply targeting a data center automation provider (such as ACI or Intersight) fails with an authentication error. What is a likely cause?

The parking garage gate arm is malfunctioning

The building's landscaping was recently trimmed

The Terraform provider configuration contains incorrect or expired credentials/API keys for the target platform

The nearby printer is out of toner

The office's guest Wi-Fi password was recently changed

The Terraform CLI binary is a different color than expected

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What is a benefit of using Terraform's declarative infrastructure-as-code approach for managing data center fabric objects (such as ACI tenants and EPGs)?

It configures the office's guest Wi-Fi network automatically

It changes the color of the fabric's status LEDs on a schedule, under normal operating conditions, in a properly maintained environment, in a properly maintained environment

It replaces the need for any routing protocol in the fabric

It allows infrastructure state to be defined in version-controlled code, enabling repeatable, auditable, and consistent provisioning across environments

It eliminates the need for any APIC or controller entirely

It automatically encrypts all Ethernet traffic on the fabric

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A PowerShell automation script using a Cisco Intersight PowerShell module fails to retrieve server inventory data. What should be verified first?

That the script's font color displays correctly in the terminal, in accordance with common design practices, in most deployment scenarios, under normal operating conditions

That the building's fire alarm was tested that week

That the office's guest Wi-Fi password was recently rotated

That the cafeteria menu includes a vegetarian option

That the nearby elevator passed its latest inspection

That the API key and secret key used by the PowerShell module are valid and correctly configured for authenticating to the Intersight account

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A team wants to provision a consistent ACI tenant configuration (VRFs, bridge domains, EPGs) across development, test, and production environments with minimal manual steps and full change history. Which tool best fits this requirement?

Disabling all automation and relying on tribal knowledge for consistency

Physically photographing the APIC GUI screens for reference in each environment

Terraform CLI with the ACI provider, using version-controlled configuration files to define and apply the tenant objects consistently across environments

Manually configuring each environment identically through the APIC GUI with no documentation

Using only a spreadsheet to track intended configuration with no automated application

Relying solely on verbal communication between environment administrators

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How does Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator relate to multi-site ACI fabric management and automation?

It has no relationship to multi-site ACI management and only monitors a single site, which is not the standard approach, in accordance with common design practices, though this is not generally recommended

It disables all local site-level policy configuration entirely

It is used exclusively for guest Wi-Fi configuration across sites

It replaces the need for any APIC controllers at each site

It only manages Ethernet VLAN tagging and nothing else

It provides centralized policy definition and templating that can be consistently pushed and synchronized across multiple ACI sites, simplifying multi-site orchestration

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When deciding whether to use Terraform versus a vendor-specific orchestration tool like Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator for a given automation task, what is a key decision factor?

The color of the automation tool's logo

The font used in the tool's documentation

Whether the task requires broad, multi-vendor/multi-platform infrastructure-as-code consistency (favoring Terraform) versus deep, ACI-specific multi-site policy orchestration features (favoring Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator)

The number of ceiling tiles above the data center

The distance between the data center and the nearest coffee shop, in a properly maintained environment, based on standard platform behavior, though this is not generally recommended, which is inconsistent with expected behavior

The brand of the network engineer's laptop

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Which command is used to apply a planned set of infrastructure changes defined in Terraform configuration files to the target platform?

terraform apply

show clock detail

show environment fan

terraform delete-all

show cdp neighbors detail

show logging last 10

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What is the relationship between Cisco Intersight's automation capabilities (such as Intersight Cloud Orchestrator workflows) and PowerShell or Terraform-based automation for compute infrastructure?

Intersight provides its own native workflow-based orchestration, while PowerShell and Terraform can interact with Intersight's API to extend or integrate compute automation into broader multi-tool automation pipelines

Intersight Cloud Orchestrator disables all API access once enabled

Intersight workflows can only be triggered manually with no API integration possible

PowerShell and Terraform automation replace the need for Intersight entirely

PowerShell and Terraform can only manage network devices, never compute infrastructure like Intersight-managed servers, which is not the standard approach, under typical configuration conditions, which is not the standard approach

Intersight workflows and PowerShell/Terraform automation are entirely incompatible and can never be used together

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A team wants to verify that a Terraform-managed ACI tenant configuration has not drifted from the defined code due to manual out-of-band changes. What command should they run?

show clock detail

show environment fan

show boot

show cdp neighbors detail

terraform destroy

terraform plan

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