In an HA pair, which action places the Secondary ADC in the correct role as described in configuration steps?

In an HA pair, which action places the Secondary ADC in the correct role as described in configuration steps?

• A. Set the Secondary Citrix ADC to STAY SECONDARY in the Configure HA Node settings.
• B. Set the Primary Citrix ADC to STAY PRIMARY in the Configure HA Node settings.
• C. Enable HA monitoring on all the interfaces of the SECONDARY device.
• D. Enable HA monitoring on all the interfaces of the PRIMARY device.

Answer: (A)

In a Citrix ADC HA pair, each node is assigned a role (Primary or Secondary) and there are settings to lock a node into its current role. Setting the Secondary ADC to STAY SECONDARY explicitly tells the Secondary to remain in its secondary role, ensuring the pair is configured so the Primary stays active while the Secondary remains standby, as described in the setup steps. This directly places the Secondary in the correct role for the intended failover behavior. Enabling HA monitoring on interfaces affects failover triggering but does not determine or lock the node’s role, and setting the Primary to STAY PRIMARY would prevent the Secondary from assuming its proper role.

In a Citrix ADC HA pair, each node is assigned a role (Primary or Secondary) and there are settings to lock a node into its current role. Setting the Secondary ADC to STAY SECONDARY explicitly tells the Secondary to remain in its secondary role, ensuring the pair is configured so the Primary stays active while the Secondary remains standby, as described in the setup steps. This directly places the Secondary in the correct role for the intended failover behavior.

Enabling HA monitoring on interfaces affects failover triggering but does not determine or lock the node’s role, and setting the Primary to STAY PRIMARY would prevent the Secondary from assuming its proper role.