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You need to deploy routing on a standalone FortiSwitch and want to maximize routing performance. Which type of routing is best for this deployment? (Choose one answer)

  • A. Hardware-based routing because it relies on ASIC for faster performance
  • B. Software-based routing because it bypasses the CPU to increase routing speed
  • C. Hardware-based routing because the routing is performed directly by the kernel
  • D. Software-based routing because it is preferred for high-speed backbone networks
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.

When a Fortiswitch is standalone. Hardware-based routing is almost always preferred because not being managed by a FortiGate means the switch will have to do the heavy lifting that the FortiGate would normally do... eg (inter-vlan routing). Given that the FortiSwitch is operating in standalone mode (not managed by a FortiGate), it must perform all routing independently. Using hardware-based routing ensures the fastest possible forwarding by leveraging the switch's built-in switching ASIC, which is optimized for high-speed data plane operations.

Hardware-based routing generally performs better because routing is done by ASIC, whereas software-based routing is done by the system CPU, which hinders performance.

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