Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (SCOR) — Question 341

A network engineer is deciding whether to use stateful or stateless failover when configuring two Cisco ASAs for high availability. What is the connection status in both cases?

Answer options

• A. need to be reestablished with stateful failover and preserved with stateless failover
• B. preserved with both stateful and stateless failover
• C. need to be reestablished with both stateful and stateless failover
• D. preserved with stateful failover and need to be reestablished with stateless failover

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because stateful failover allows connections to be preserved, while stateless failover requires connections to be reestablished. Options A and B are incorrect as they misrepresent the behavior of stateful and stateless failover, and option C incorrectly suggests that both methods require reestablishment of connections.