Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) — Question 73

A company owns a large-scale compute infrastructure that consists of over 1000 servers and virtual machines. The operational complexity continues to grow with additional policies and servers added to the environment. An infrastructure engineer is looking for an automation tool to reduce the operational complexity of configuring complex infrastructure. Because of the strict security requirements, the tool must be agentless, use the secure shell for transport, and be extendable using existing Python modules. Which tool meets these requirements?

Answer options

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Ansible is the correct choice because it operates agentlessly, uses SSH for secure communication, and allows extensions through Python modules, making it ideal for complex environments. Puppet and Saltstack require agents to be installed on target nodes, which does not meet the agentless requirement. NSO, while a powerful tool, is not primarily focused on infrastructure automation in the same way as Ansible.