PCNSE · Question #118
Which two virtualized environments support Active/Active High Availability (HA) in PAN-OS 7.0? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is A. VMware ESX D. KVM. In PAN-OS 7.0, Active/Active High Availability for Palo Alto Networks firewalls is supported in specific virtualized environments, namely VMware ESX and KVM hypervisors.
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Which two virtualized environments support Active/Active High Availability (HA) in PAN-OS 7.0? (Choose two.)
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- AVMware ESX
- BAWS
- CVMware NSX
- DKVM
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Why each option
In PAN-OS 7.0, Active/Active High Availability for Palo Alto Networks firewalls is supported in specific virtualized environments, namely VMware ESX and KVM hypervisors.
VMware ESX (now ESXi) is a bare-metal hypervisor widely supported by Palo Alto Networks for virtual firewall deployments, including Active/Active HA configurations in PAN-OS 7.0.
AWS, being a public cloud platform, typically uses its own specific HA mechanisms and does not directly support the traditional Active/Active HA model as implemented on hypervisors like ESX or KVM for PAN-OS 7.0 firewalls.
VMware NSX is a network virtualization platform, not a hypervisor itself, and does not directly host the virtual firewalls or provide the underlying HA mechanism in the same way as a hypervisor like ESX or KVM.
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is another major hypervisor technology that supports virtual Palo Alto Networks firewalls, and it was a supported platform for Active/Active HA in PAN-OS 7.0.
Concept tested: PAN-OS virtual firewall Active/Active HA support
Source: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/high-availability/high-availability-overview.html
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