SNCF — Securing Networks with Firepower — Question 116

An engineer wants to add an additional Cisco FTD Version 6.2.3 device to their current 6.2.3 deployment to create a high availability pair. The currently deployed Cisco FTD device is using local management and identical hardware including the available port density to enable the failover and stateful links required in a proper high availability deployment. Which action ensures that the environment is ready to pair the new Cisco FTD with the old one?

Answer options

• A. Change from Cisco FDM management to Cisco FMC management on both devices and register them to FMC.
• B. Ensure that the two devices are assigned IP addresses from the 169.254.0.0/16 range for failover interfaces.
• C. Factory reset the current Cisco FTD so that it can synchronize configurations with the new Cisco FTD device.
• D. Ensure that the configured DNS servers match on the two devices for name resolution.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because switching to Cisco FMC management on both devices is necessary for them to work together in a high availability setup. Options B and D do not address the management requirements for pairing, while C is unnecessary as factory resetting the existing device is not required for synchronization in this scenario.