CCIE Security
Domain 1Objective 8
1.8 Clustering and High Availability Features on Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD CCIE-SECURITY Practice Questions (Page 5)
Part of the 1.0 Perimeter Security and Intrusion Prevention domain, which accounts for 20% of the CCIE-SECURITY exam. Cisco does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~10–16 in this domain), expect 1–1 from this objective — we provide 38 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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20%of the exam
Questions 21–25
- 21
What happens to stateless traffic in an ASA cluster?
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Which command displays the status of all cluster members?
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A service provider is deploying a pair of ASA 5585-X appliances in routed mode to handle increasing traffic. They want to use clustering to scale throughput but must ensure that existing stateful connections are not disrupted during a member failure. The network team is concerned about the complexity of managing multiple IP addresses for the cluster. Which ASA clustering mode should they choose, and what is the primary benefit for their stateful traffic?
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A network engineer is troubleshooting an ASA active/standby failover pair. The standby unit shows 'Standby Failover' but does not become active when the primary unit is rebooted. The failover link is up, and interface monitoring is configured. What is the most likely cause?
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A financial institution is deploying an ASA cluster in routed mode across two data centers connected by a dark fiber link. They want to use clustering to provide both scalability and redundancy. The network team has configured the cluster with four members, two in each data center, and set up the control link across the dark fiber. However, the cluster is unstable, with members frequently dropping out and rejoining. What is the most likely cause of the instability, and what is the best solution?
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