200-901 Infrastructure and Automation Practice Question
Which TWO of the following are commonly used protocols for network automation?
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RESTCONF
NETCONF and RESTCONF are standardized protocols used for network automation based on YANG models. SNMP is primarily for monitoring, HTTP is a transport protocol, and SSH is used for CLI access but not as an automation protocol.
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RESTCONF
Why this is correct
RESTCONF is a RESTful protocol for network automation using YANG models.
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NETCONF
Why this is correct
NETCONF is a protocol for network configuration automation using YANG models.
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HTTP
Why it's wrong here
HTTP is a transport protocol, not a network automation protocol itself.
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SNMP
Why it's wrong here
SNMP is used for monitoring and management, not typically for configuration automation.
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SSH
Why it's wrong here
SSH provides secure CLI access, but is not a network automation protocol like NETCONF or RESTCONF.
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