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Refer to the exhibit. A periodic heartbeat message sent from a managed FortiSwitch and corresponding acknowledgments from FortiGate is shown. What does this behavior indicate? (Choose one answer)

  • A. The FortiLink connection between FortiGate and FortiSwitch is healthy and active.
  • B. FortiGate is unable to establish a FortiLink session with FortiSwitch.
  • C. FortiSwitch is expecting an authorization from FortiGate.
  • D. FortiSwitch has not been authorized yet.
Correct Answer: A

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Answer: A (1 vote) 100%

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javaughn Bryan 10 months ago
Selected: A
A is correct.

You can see periodic heartbeats and matching ACKs (states like FL_STATE_READY and pkt-sent), which means the switch and FortiGate are exchanging keep-alive messages — aka a working FortiLink session.

After you authorize a switch and it comes online, the switch starts sending FortiLink heartbeats to FortiGate every 3 seconds. FortiGate then acknowledges the heartbeats by sending a reply to the switch. The debug output for the fortilinkd process will also show these heartbeats.
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