Which setting would prevent the primary from inadvertently relinquishing its role in an HA scenario?

Which setting would prevent the primary from inadvertently relinquishing its role in an HA scenario?

• A. Stay primary on the primary device.
• B. Stay secondary on the secondary device.
• C. Enable monitoring on secondary interfaces.
• D. Enable monitoring on primary interfaces.

Answer: (A)

In an HA pair, one device acts as the primary and the other as the secondary. To prevent the primary from inadvertently relinquishing its role, you configure the system to stay primary on the primary device. This keeps the designated primary in the active role regardless of transient conditions, avoiding unnecessary failovers and maintaining consistent traffic handling and policy application. Enabling monitoring on interfaces changes how and when failover occurs by detecting health issues, but it doesn’t fix the primary’s assignment. Similarly, choosing to keep the secondary as secondary doesn’t prevent the primary from stepping down.

In an HA pair, one device acts as the primary and the other as the secondary. To prevent the primary from inadvertently relinquishing its role, you configure the system to stay primary on the primary device. This keeps the designated primary in the active role regardless of transient conditions, avoiding unnecessary failovers and maintaining consistent traffic handling and policy application.

Enabling monitoring on interfaces changes how and when failover occurs by detecting health issues, but it doesn’t fix the primary’s assignment. Similarly, choosing to keep the secondary as secondary doesn’t prevent the primary from stepping down.