Use the image below If the firewall has the displayed link monitoring configuration what will cause a failover?

The correct answer is A. ethernet1/3 and ethernet1/6 going down. For a firewall with link monitoring configured, a failover will occur if both specified interfaces in the monitored group, ethernet1/3 and ethernet1/6, simultaneously go down.

Submitted by katya_ua· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

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Aethernet1/3 and ethernet1/6 going down
Betheme!1/3 going down
Cethernet1/6 going down
Dethernet1/3 or ethernet1/6 going down

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C
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Why each option

For a firewall with link monitoring configured, a failover will occur if both specified interfaces in the monitored group, ethernet1/3 and ethernet1/6, simultaneously go down.

Aethernet1/3 and ethernet1/6 going downCorrect

If the firewall's High Availability (HA) link monitoring is configured to trigger a failover only when all monitored interfaces in a group are down, then the simultaneous failure of both ethernet1/3 and ethernet1/6 would cause a failover.

Betheme!1/3 going down

A single link going down would not cause failover if the HA configuration requires multiple or all links within a monitored group to fail.

Cethernet1/6 going down

Dethernet1/3 or ethernet1/6 going down

Concept tested: High Availability (HA) link monitoring failover conditions

Source: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/high-availability/set-up-ha/configure-link-and-path-monitoring

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#High Availability (HA)#Link Monitoring#Failover#Interface Monitoring

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