Which vManage API collection lists fabric nodes?
Short answer
A device inventory
Question
Key Takeaways
The exam tests knowledge of vManage API resource collections; the trap is confusing device inventory with device management or monitoring, which serve different operational purposes.
The device inventory collection in the vManage REST API is used to retrieve a list of fabric nodes. Community consensus confirms that device inventory contains the resources for querying connected device information, including SD-WAN fabric nodes.
Common mistake: Many candidates choose 'device management' because it sounds related to managing devices, but device management focuses on configuration and provisioning workflows rather than inventory queries.
Expert Analysis
Why the Answer Is Correct
The vManage REST API organizes its endpoints into logical collections, and the device inventory collection is specifically designed to provide information about devices connected to the SD-WAN fabric. When you query this collection via endpoints such as /device, you receive a list of fabric nodes with their status, system IP, and other identifying details. Community members consistently confirm this, with one commenter referencing the python-viptela library documentation that maps get_device_list() to the device inventory category.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Administration deals with user management, roles, certificates, and system-level settings—not device listing. Device management focuses on configuration templates, provisioning workflows, and pushing changes to devices rather than querying their current inventory state. Monitoring is used for real-time and historical performance data, alarms, and statistics (e.g., /statistics endpoints), not for enumerating fabric nodes. Choosing any of these reflects a misunderstanding of how Cisco SD-WAN vManage categorizes its REST API resources.
Community Comment Notes
All six community comments unanimously agree on answer A (device inventory). Commenter [4] provides a particularly useful reference by linking to the python-viptela SDK documentation, which explicitly ties get_device_list() to the device inventory category. Commenter [1] offers the clearest explanation, noting that device inventory contains resources related to obtaining information about devices connected to the network, including fabric nodes.
Official Reference
- https://python-viptela.readthedocs.io/en/latest/autoapi/api/device/index.html
- https://developer.cisco.com/docs/sdwan/
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Exam Strategy
When asked about vManage API collections, remember that 'inventory' is for listing and identifying devices, 'management' is for configuration changes, and 'monitoring' is for statistics and alarms. Map the verb in the question (obtain a list) to the correct collection purpose.
Community Votes
100% of anonymous learners picked answer A. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.
Discussion 6 contributions
Compiled from public community threads and reader submissions, lightly edited for clarity. Handles and vote tallies are shown as recorded, and comments reflect the views of individual contributors.
From public community threads 6
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Osama_anwar 👍 6 Answered AConfirmed. A. device inventory The device inventory collection typically contains resources related to obtaining information about the devices connected to the network, including fabric nodes. Therefore, to obtain a list of fabric nodes through the vManage API, you would likely need to interact with the device inventory collection.
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Mizuchan 👍 4 Answered ATo obtain a list of fabric nodes through the vManage API, you would typically look into the "device inventory" collection.
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slacker_at_work 👍 3 Answered AAgree, device inventory nothing to add what is being said.
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IgorLVG 👍 2using the API: https://python-viptela.readthedocs.io/en/latest/autoapi/api/device/index.html indicantes get_device_list(self, category) so the answer would be device inventory: A
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supershysherlock 👍 2 Answered AA. Device inventory
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raw007 👍 2Device inventory
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