====== 6.0 Automation and Programmability (10%) ======


6.1 Explain how automation impacts network management \\
6.2 Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking \\
6.3 Describe controller-based and software defined architectures (overlay, underlay, and
fabric) \\
6.3.a Separation of control plane and data plane \\
6.3.b North-bound and south-bound APIs \\
6.4 Compare traditional campus device management with Cisco DNA Center enabled device
management \\
6.5 Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, and data encoding) \\
6.6 Recognize the capabilities of configuration management mechanisms Puppet, Chef, and
Ansible \\
6.7 Interpret JSON encoded data \\

===== References =====
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/ccna-exam-topics