In the firewall hot standby scenario, when VGMP works in load balancing mode, which of...

In hot standby (active-active/load balancing) scenarios, Quick Session Backup is critical. This function ensures that session entries are immediately synchronized between firewalls to handle asymmetric traffic (where return traffic goes through a different firewall than the forward traffic).

Without it, the return packet may be dropped due to missing session information on the alternate firewall.

Exact Extract - HCIE-Datacom Security Module:

“When VGMP is in load balancing mode, quick session backup must be enabled to prevent traffic loss due to inconsistent forward and return paths.”