What best describes the HA Promotion Hold Time?

Question

Options

• Athe time that is recommended to avoid an HA failover due to the occasional flapping of
• Bthe time that is recommended to avoid a failover when both firewalls experience the same
• Cthe time that the passive firewall will wait before taking over as the active firewall after
• Dthe time that a passive firewall with a low device priority will wait before taking over as the active

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  93% (25)

Explanation

The HA Promotion Hold Time is the configurable delay that the passive firewall waits before promoting itself to the active role after it determines that the active firewall has failed (i.e., after the peer failure is detected and the hold-down timer expires). This prevents premature failovers caused by brief, transient interruptions. Option A describes the concept of a hold-down timer to prevent flapping, which is a related but distinct concept. Option B relates to election behavior when both firewalls experience issues simultaneously. Option D partially describes the concept but adds the qualifier 'low device priority,' which is not part of the Promotion Hold Time definition - device priority affects which unit becomes active, but the Promotion Hold Time applies regardless of priority.

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