Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) — Question 59

A company must introduce a scalable network automation tool to deploy, configure, and manage thousands of network devices and servers. The company servers already have been security-hardened and must not have any additional software installed on them. The security policy mandates the use of a secure communication protocol that supports authentication and encryption for managing the servers.

Which two automation tools must be used to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

Answer options

Correct answer: A, C

Explanation

Ansible and SaltStack are both capable of deploying, configuring, and managing network devices and servers without needing additional software on the servers, as they can operate over SSH. The other options, including CFEngine, Chef, and Puppet, may not fully align with the requirements due to their need for agent installations or lack of built-in secure protocols suitable for this scenario.