What is the purpose of path monitoring in a PAN-OS HA configuration?

To track the reachability of specific IP addresses through data-plane interfaces and trigger failover if a path becomes unavailable.

To track the status of data-plane interfaces and trigger failover if a link goes down.

To monitor the CPU and memory usage of the firewall to detect performance issues.

To monitor the HA heartbeat link to ensure the peer is reachable.

In an active/active HA configuration, what is the purpose of session ownership?

To ensure that all sessions are processed by the firewall with the highest priority.

To determine which firewall is responsible for a given session's state and forwarding.

To enable the passive firewall to take over sessions if the active firewall fails.

To allow both firewalls to process the same session simultaneously for redundancy.

What action can be taken when a monitored link or path fails in an HA configuration?

The firewall can trigger a failover to the peer firewall.

The firewall will send an alert but continue forwarding traffic normally.

The firewall will disable the interface and continue forwarding traffic on other interfaces.

The firewall will automatically reboot to recover.

What is a key purpose of deploying an active/passive HA pair?

To allow both firewalls to inspect traffic for double security.

To increase throughput by using both firewalls to forward traffic.

To provide high availability by having a standby firewall ready to take over on failure.

To load balance traffic between the two firewalls based on source IP.

In an active/passive HA configuration, what is the purpose of the preemption option?

To synchronize the configuration between the active and passive firewalls.

To force the active firewall to fail over to the passive firewall for maintenance.

To allow the passive firewall to take over if the active firewall's CPU usage is high.

To automatically make the firewall with the higher priority become active again after it recovers from a failure.

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