Chapter 28

Automation

This chapter covers the following official CCNA 200-301 exam topics:

  • ▸ Explain how automation impacts network management

  • ▸ Controller-based networking and software-defined architectures (overlay, underlay, and fabric)

  • ▸ Compare traditional campus device management with Cisco DNA Center–enabled device management

One of the most exciting and compelling areas in modern networking today is automation. Automation involves creating tasks that can execute themselves and free us from repetitive administration. Automated tasks can often then be orchestrated to create almost completely autonomous systems.

This chapter covers the following essential terms and components:

  • ▸ Automation

  • ▸ Controller-based networking

  • ▸ SDN

  • ▸ Overlay ...

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