Refer to the exhibit. A network engineer must manage the network devices. The engineer prepares a Python scripts to authenticate to the Cisco to DNA Center API and request a device list. The device…

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Exhibit

Options

• AUpdate the API URL. which matched the API endpoint for device list.
• BSend the request to another network in case there are reachability Issues.
• CSend the Authentication header In the request with a valid configuration.
• DUpdate the credentials that are already supplied and retry the request

• B
  4% (1)
• C
  92% (22)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

Cisco DNA Center's REST API uses a two-step authentication flow: first, POST credentials to /dna/system/api/v1/auth/token to obtain an X-Auth-Token, then include that token as a header (X-Auth-Token: <token>) in all subsequent requests. A 401 on the device list endpoint means the script obtained the token but failed to include it in the device list request. Option C correctly identifies that the Authentication header must be sent with the request. Option A is wrong because the URL would return a 404, not 401. Option B (reachability) would cause a connection error, not 401. Option D would only help if credentials were invalid, which would fail at the token step, not the device list step.

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