Which two tools should be used to manage container orchestration? (Choose two.)

Container orchestration automates the deployment, management, scaling, and networking of containers. Kubernetes is the industry-standard open-source platform designed specifically for this purpose. It manages the lifecycle of containerized applications across a cluster of nodes. Docker is a platform for developing and running applications inside containers. While it is primarily known for its container runtime, it also includes a native orchestration tool called Docker Swarm. Therefore, both Kubernetes and the Docker platform are tools used to manage container orchestration. The Cisco SPCNI exam blueprint explicitly lists both technologies as required knowledge.

B. VMware vCenter is a management platform for VMware vSphere virtual machines (VMs) and ESXi hosts, not a container orchestration tool.

C. Cisco vManage is the centralized network management system (NMS) for the Cisco SD-WAN solution, used for configuration and monitoring of the WAN fabric.

E. Cisco vSmart is the control plane component of the Cisco SD-WAN solution, responsible for distributing routing and policy information, not container management.

1. Cisco Learning Network, SPCNI 300-540 Exam Topics. The official exam blueprint directly lists the relevant technologies.

Reference: Section 3.0 Virtualization, specifically topics "3.3 Describe container-based virtualization (LXC, Docker)" and "3.4 Describe container orchestration (Kubernetes)". This confirms both Docker and Kubernetes are key, distinct concepts for the exam.

2. Cisco, "Cloud Native Broadband Router Solution Guide, Cisco IOS XR Release 7.3.x". This official Cisco guide for a service provider solution discusses the underlying architecture.

Reference: Chapter: "CN-BR Architecture", Section: "Cloud Native Principles". The document states, "The CN-BR is built on cloud native principles and uses Docker containers and Kubernetes for orchestration." This shows Cisco's use of both technologies in tandem for service provider solutions.

3. Bernstein, D. (2014). "Containers and Cloud: From LXC to Docker to Kubernetes." IEEE Cloud Computing, 1(3), 81-84. This peer-reviewed article outlines the roles of these technologies.

Reference: Page 82-83. The paper describes Docker as the tool that "made containers portable and easy to use" and Kubernetes as a system for "managing a cluster of Linux containers as a single system". This establishes their distinct but related roles in container management and orchestration.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MCC.2014.51