Which Cisco SD-WAN component has programmatic interfaces to enable DevOps operations and to also extract performance statistics collected from the entire fabric?
- Cisco WAN Edge router
- Cisco vBond
- Cisco vSmart controller
- Cisco vManage
Explanation: The Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (vManage) is the central management plane component of the fabric, serving as a "single pane of glass" for Day 0, Day 1, and Day 2 operations. According to the sources, it provides programmatic interfaces (REST APIs) that allow users to enable DevOps operations, such as automated configuration changes and template management. Additionally, these interfaces are used to extract performance statistics collected from the entire fabric, which can then be exported to external systems or the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Analytics tool for deeper examination. While WAN Edge routers do export statistics, they send them to the Manager, which centralizes them for programmatic access.
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