FORTINET-NSE123 Nse 3 Fortigate Operational Fundamentals Practice Question
An administrator needs to verify the status of hardware acceleration (NP processors) and check whether traffic is offloaded to the NP chips. Which CLI command displays NP processor status and offloaded session counters?
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
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get hardware npu np6 or diagnose npu [processor] stats
The diagnose npu np6 port-list or get hardware npu commands display NP processor status and statistics.
Answer analysis
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get hardware npu np6 or diagnose npu [processor] stats
Why this is correct
Correct. Diagnostic and get hardware NPU commands show hardware offloading status and traffic counters.
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get system npu-status
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. This command does not exist in that format.
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show firewall hardware-acceleration
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Show displays static configuration parameters.
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execute npu-test
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. This command is invalid.
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