NSE 8 – Network Security Expert (812) — Question 39

An administrator discovers that CPU utilization of a FortiGate-200F is high and determines that no traffic is being accelerated by hardware.

Why is no traffic being accelerated by hardware?

Answer options

• A. per-session-accounting is enabled under np6xlite config.
• B. strict-dirty-session-check is enabled in global config.
• C. check-protocol-header is set to strict in the global config.
• D. delay-tcp-npu-session is enabled under the firewall policy.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because enabling per-session-accounting prevents hardware acceleration for traffic processing, leading to higher CPU utilization. The other options do not specifically disable hardware acceleration for traffic, thus they do not explain the high CPU usage in this scenario.