350-701 Network Security Practice Question
An organization deploys Cisco FTD in a high-availability pair using active/standby. If the active unit fails, what happens to existing connections?
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Existing connections are preserved if stateful failover is configured.
In active/standby, state information is synchronized. When the standby becomes active, existing connections are preserved if the failover is stateful.
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Existing connections are preserved if stateful failover is configured.
Why this is correct
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All connections are dropped and must be re-established.
Why it's wrong here
If stateful failover is configured, connections are preserved.
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The standby unit cannot take over because it has no configuration.
Why it's wrong here
Configuration is synchronized.
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Only TCP connections are preserved; UDP connections are dropped.
Why it's wrong here
Both TCP and UDP can be preserved if stateful.
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