Failover Mechanisms Quiz

What you'll be asked

1. What is the primary purpose of a failover mechanism in a network architecture?
2. In an Active-Passive failover configuration, what is the status of the passive node during normal operation?
3. Which protocol is commonly used to provide a virtual IP address that can be shared between redundant routers to ensure default gateway redundancy?
4. Why is 'Split-Brain' syndrome a critical risk in high-availability cluster designs?
5. When implementing a stateful failover for a firewall cluster, what specific data must be synchronized between the primary and secondary nodes?

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