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NSE7_EFW-7.2 · Question #56

Refer to the exhibit, which contains an active-active toad balancing scenario. During the traffic flow the primary FortiGate forwards the SYN packet to the secondary FortiGate. What is the…

The correct answer is A. Secondary physical MAC port1. In an active-active load balancing scenario, when the primary FortiGate forwards the SYN packet to the secondary FortiGate, the destination MAC address would be the secondary's physical MAC on port1, as the packet is being sent over the network and the physical MAC is used for…

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Question

Refer to the exhibit, which contains an active-active toad balancing scenario. During the traffic flow the primary FortiGate forwards the SYN packet to the secondary FortiGate. What is the destination MAC address or addresses when packets are forwarded from the primary FortiGate to the secondary FortiGate?

Exhibit

NSE7_EFW-7.2 question #56 exhibit

Options

  • ASecondary physical MAC port1
  • BSecondary virtual MAC port1
  • CSecondary virtual MAC port1 then physical MAC port1
  • DSecondary physical MAC port2 then virtual MAC port2

How the community answered

(51 responses)
  • A
    76% (39)
  • B
    14% (7)
  • C
    8% (4)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

In an active-active load balancing scenario, when the primary FortiGate forwards the SYN packet to the secondary FortiGate, the destination MAC address would be the secondary's physical MAC on port1, as the packet is being sent over the network and the physical MAC is used for layer 2

Topics

#active-active HA#load balancing#MAC address forwarding#SYN packet

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