Drag and Drop Question Drag and drop the capabilities from the left onto the Cisco Network Management Platforms that support the capabilities on the right. Answer:

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This drag-and-drop question tests knowledge of Cisco's network management and software-defined networking platforms by matching their unique capabilities to the correct platform.

Approach. The correct interaction is to drag each capability description to its corresponding Cisco platform based on their well-known functionalities:

1. 'provisions and manages networks, networking devices, and clients through a fully managed cloud service' should be dragged to 'Meraki'. Meraki is renowned for its entirely cloud-managed networking solutions, simplifying provisioning and client management.
2. 'receives AI/ML network performance insights, and uses guided issue remediation' should be dragged to 'Cisco DNA Center'. Cisco DNA Center (Digital Network Architecture Center) is Cisco's primary controller for campus and branch networks, offering network assurance with AI/ML-driven insights and guided remediation to troubleshoot issues.
3. 'achieves automation through common policy for data center operations' should be dragged to 'ACI'. Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is an SDN solution for data centers that focuses on policy-based automation, allowing network and application policies to be defined centrally for consistent data center operations.
4. 'establishes an overlay fabric to connect data centers, branches, and campuses through vManage' should be dragged to 'Cisco SD-WAN'. Cisco SD-WAN (formerly Viptela) uses an overlay architecture to connect disparate locations (data centers, branches, campuses) and is centrally managed by the vManage orchestrator.
5. 'supports multivendor networks through Network Element Drivers' should be dragged to 'NSO'. Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) is a multi-vendor orchestration platform that leverages Network Element Drivers (NEDs) to interact with and manage devices from various vendors, enabling unified automation across heterogeneous networks.

Common mistakes.

• common_mistake. Common mistakes often stem from a lack of precise understanding of each platform's core focus. For example, incorrectly associating 'automation through common policy' with Cisco DNA Center instead of ACI, even though both offer automation, because ACI's policy-driven approach is specifically for data centers. Similarly, confusing SD-WAN's overlay fabric with other SDN solutions, or misattributing Meraki's cloud management to platforms that require on-premise controllers or more complex management structures. A common error could also be misidentifying NSO's multi-vendor capabilities, perhaps assuming other platforms have similar broad support for non-Cisco devices, which is not their primary design goal or strength compared to NSO.

Concept tested. Cisco network management platforms and solutions, including Meraki, Cisco DNA Center, ACI, Cisco SD-WAN, and NSO, and their core functionalities such as cloud management, AI/ML-driven assurance, data center SDN, SD-WAN overlay architecture, and multi-vendor network orchestration.

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