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An administrator configures HA on a customer's Palo Alto Networks firewalls with path monitoring by using the default configuration values. What are the default values for ping interval and ping…

The correct answer is A. Ping interval of 200 ms and ping count of three failed pings. In the default configuration for path monitoring on Palo Alto Networks firewalls, the ping interval is set to 200 ms and the ping count is set to 3 failed pings before triggering a failover. This means that the firewall will ping the monitored path every 200 ms, and if three…

Submitted by fatema_kw· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

Question

An administrator configures HA on a customer's Palo Alto Networks firewalls with path monitoring by using the default configuration values. What are the default values for ping interval and ping count before a failover is triggered?

Options

  • APing interval of 200 ms and ping count of three failed pings
  • BPing interval of 5000 ms and ping count of 10 failed pings
  • CPing interval of 200 ms and ping count of 10 failed pings
  • DPing interval of 5000 ms and ping count of three failed pings

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Explanation

In the default configuration for path monitoring on Palo Alto Networks firewalls, the ping interval is set to 200 ms and the ping count is set to 3 failed pings before triggering a failover. This means that the firewall will ping the monitored path every 200 ms, and if three consecutive pings fail, a failover is triggered.

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#High Availability (HA)#Path Monitoring#Default Settings#Failover Configuration

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