PSE-SOFTWARE-FIREWALL practice question 20 of 25

Which two mechanisms could trigger a high availability (HA) failover event? (Choose two.)

Full set: 151 questions
Answer options
A: Ping monitoring Correct answer
B: Link monitoring Correct answer
C: Session polling
D: Heartbeat polling
Correct Answer:
A. Ping monitoring; B. Link monitoring
Explanation

Ping monitoring: This mechanism involves monitoring the reachability of a specified IP address. If the firewall cannot ping the address, it may trigger a failover.
Reference: PAN-OS High Availability (HA) documentation explains that ping monitoring is used to verify the path to a network resource, and failure can trigger an HA event. 5/103 PAN-OS Administrator’s Guide - HA Link monitoring: Link monitoring checks the status of network links. If a monitored link fails, an HA failover can be triggered.
Reference: Link monitoring is described in the PAN-OS documentation as a key component of the HA functionality, used to detect link failures. PAN-OS High Availability Link Monitoring

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