Deploy FortiMail High-Availability Clusters NSE6-FORTIMAIL-ADMINISTRATOR Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1application · medium

   A small business with a single FortiMail appliance wants to add a second appliance for redundancy. They have a limited budget and only need to ensure that email service is available if the primary fails. They do not need to increase processing capacity. Which HA mode should they choose?

   • AStandalone with manual failover
   • BLoad-balanced cluster without HA
   • CActive-passive
   • DActive-active
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2. 2application · medium

   A FortiMail HA cluster is configured in active-passive mode. The active unit's network interface connected to the internet goes down, but the unit itself remains powered on and the heartbeat link is still up. What will the cluster do?

   • AThe active unit will reboot itself to recover the interface.
   • BThe passive unit will detect the interface failure and take over as active.
   • CThe cluster will switch to active-active mode to compensate for the interface loss.
   • DThe cluster will continue to operate with the active unit, but email will be delayed.
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4. 3expert · hard

   A FortiMail HA cluster is in active-passive mode. The administrator notices that the passive unit is not receiving configuration updates after changes are made on the active unit. The heartbeat is up, and both units show as healthy in the HA status. What is the most likely cause?

   • AThe virtual IP is not configured on the passive unit.
   • BThe passive unit is running a different firmware version.
   • CConfiguration synchronization is disabled in the HA settings.
   • DThe passive unit's management IP is not reachable from the active unit.
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5. 4application · medium

   A managed service provider runs FortiMail for 40 small business customers on a single appliance. They want to add a second appliance to eliminate the appliance as a single point of failure. Each customer has a low email volume, and the provider wants to maximize the use of both appliances while ensuring that if one fails, the other can still process all mail. Which HA mode should the provider configure?

   • AActive-passive with the standby unit in the same subnet
   • BActive-passive with the standby unit in a different subnet
   • CActive-active with each unit having its own public IP and no virtual IP
   • DActive-active with both units processing mail and sharing the virtual IP
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6. 5application · medium

   A company runs FortiMail in active-active HA mode. They notice that during normal operation, both units are processing mail, but the session table is not fully synchronized between them. Which statement accurately describes the impact of this on failover?

   • AThe surviving unit will reject all new sessions until the failed unit is restored.
   • BThe cluster will automatically switch to active-passive mode to ensure session continuity.
   • CAll in-progress SMTP sessions will be seamlessly transferred to the surviving unit without interruption.
   • DIn-progress SMTP sessions will be lost on failover, but new sessions will be handled by the surviving unit.
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