350-601 Automation Practice Question
An engineer wants to automate VLAN configuration on a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch using a Python script running in the guest shell. Which library should the engineer use to send NX-OS commands via the NX-API?
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cisco_nxapi
The cisco_nxapi library is specifically designed for Python scripts to interact with Nexus switches via NX-API. The OnEX library is not a standard library; guest shell leverages Python on-box, but the library for NX-API calls is cisco_nxapi.
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OnEX
Why it's wrong here
OnEX refers to on-box executable, not a library.
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acitoolkit
Why it's wrong here
acitoolkit is for ACI, not Nexus switches.
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Cobra SDK
Why it's wrong here
Cobra SDK is for ACI, not Nexus switches.
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cisco_nxapi
Why this is correct
Correct. cisco_nxapi is the Python library for NX-API.
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