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350-401 Practice Question: An Ansible playbook uses the cisco.dnac.site…
An Ansible playbook uses the cisco.dnac.site module to create a new building site. The playbook is:
- name: Create building site cisco.dnac.site: host: "{{ dnac_host }}"
username: "{{ dnac_username }}"password: "{{ dnac_password }}" validate_certs: no state: present site: name: Building-B type: building parentName: Area-1 address: "123 Main St" latitude: 37.7749 longitude: -122.4194 register: result
What is the purpose of the 'parentName' parameter?
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It specifies the name of the building's parent in the hierarchy, such as an area or global site.
The 'parentName' parameter specifies the name of the parent site (area or global) under which the building is created. This is necessary for building the site hierarchy.
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It specifies the name of the building's parent in the hierarchy, such as an area or global site.
Why this is correct
Correct. The parentName defines where in the site hierarchy the building is placed.
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It defines the DNS domain name for the building.
Why it's wrong here
This is not related to DNS.
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It sets the name of the network profile associated with the building.
Why it's wrong here
Network profiles are separate from site hierarchy.
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It is used to specify the building's primary IP address.
Why it's wrong here
The building itself does not have an IP address.
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