Which two methods can you use to implement in-band management access to a Cisco APIC? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• AREST API
• BFTP
• CZTP
• DGUI
• EPOAP

• A
  86% (38)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  2% (1)
• E
  7% (3)

Explanation

REST API and GUI are the two methods because both provide interactive management access to the APIC controller over the in-band network fabric using HTTP/HTTPS - REST API enables programmatic/scripted access, while the GUI provides browser-based human access, both traversing the same data-plane network rather than a dedicated out-of-band management link.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B. FTP - FTP is a file transfer protocol; APIC has no FTP-based management interface.
• C. ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning) - ZTP is an automated bootstrap/provisioning mechanism for initial device bring-up, not an ongoing management access method.
• E. POAP (Power-On Auto Provisioning) - POAP is a Cisco NX-OS feature for auto-provisioning switches at first boot, also a provisioning tool rather than a management access method.

Memory tip: ZTP and POAP are both "first-boot automation" tools - they provision devices so you can manage them, but they aren't management interfaces themselves. For APIC in-band access, think "humans use the GUI, machines use the REST API."

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