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An administrator has been asked to configure active/passive HA for a pair of Palo Alto Networks NGFWs. The administrator assigns priority 100 to the active firewall.
Which priority is correct for the passive firewall?

  • A. 0
  • B. 99
  • C. 1
  • D. 255
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

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Yasi
Highly Voted 6 months, 1 week ago
The lower the number, the higher the priority. So if active is higher priority, therefore assigned 100 , then the only one that will be second priority will be with number larger than 100 so Only 255 is applicable. Therefore D is the correct answer.
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Nico1973
Most Recent 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Selected Answer: B
In an active/passive High Availability (HA) configuration for Palo Alto Networks NGFWs, the firewalls are assigned priorities to determine which firewall will act as the active device and which will act as the passive (standby) device. The firewall with the higher priority becomes the active device. The active firewall is assigned a priority of 100 (as stated in the question). The passive firewall should be assigned a lower priority than the active firewall. The most logical and common choice is 99. This ensures that: The firewall with priority 100 will always take the active role. The firewall with priority 99 will remain in standby (passive) mode unless the active firewall fails.
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StevenWilliams0728
6 months, 1 week ago
The firewalls in an Active-Passive HA pair can be assigned a device priority value to indicate a preference for which firewall should assume the active role. If you need to use a specific firewall in the HA pair for actively securing traffic, you must enable the preemptive behavior on both the firewalls and assign a device priority value for each firewall. The firewall with the lower numerical value, and therefore higher priority, is designated as active. The other firewall is the passive firewall.
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327c7c8
1 year ago
Selected Answer: D
D: lower numeric value is higher priority
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Marshpillowz
1 year, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: D
The only answer it can be is D. https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/high-availability/ha-concepts/device-priority-and-preemption
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lol12
2 years, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: D
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/high-availability/ha-concepts/device-priority-and-preemption
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TAKUM1y
2 years, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: D
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/high-availability/ha-concepts/device-priority-and-preemption
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niklaus
2 years, 10 months ago
Selected Answer: D
Correct Answer: D PAN-OS: 10.2 Time of answer: May 30, 2022
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KhalidB
3 years, 1 month ago
D IS CORRECT
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dgetaneh
3 years, 10 months ago
D is correct
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theroghert
4 years, 1 month ago
only D
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lol1000
4 years, 5 months ago
Answer: D Passive needs lower priority so higher number. https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/techdocs/en_US/pdf/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/pan-os-admin.pdf page 315
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nk12
4 years, 7 months ago
Correct Answer: D
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Nib2002
4 years, 8 months ago
The firewall you plan to make active must have a lower numerical value than its peer. So, if Peer A is to function as the active firewall, keep the default value of 100 and increment the value on PeerB.
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cloudguy365
4 years, 11 months ago
firewall with the lower numerical value, and therefore higher priority, is designated as active.
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