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Which management features does the control plane provide? (Choose three.)

• security processing

• logging

• reporting

• firewall configuration

• signature matching

What are two firewall management methods? (Choose two.)

• CLI

• RDP

• VPN

• XML API

What is the default IP address of the MGT interfaces of a Palo Alto Networks VM firewall?

• 192.168.1.1

• 192.168.1.254

• none

• 10.0.0.1

What are the two default services that are available on the MGT interface? (Choose two.)

• HTTPS

• SSH

• HTTP

• Telnet

Which plane does the running‐config reside on?

• Management

• Control

• Data

• Security

Answer explanation

All configuration changes in a Palo Alto Networks firewall are done to a candidate configuration, which resides in memory on the control plane. A commit activates the changes since the last commit and installs the running configuration on the data plane, where it will become the running configuration.

Candidate config and running config files are saved as which file type?

• EXE

• TXT

• HTML

• XML

The command load named configuration snapshot overwrites the current candidate configuration with which three items? (Choose three.)

• custom‐named candidate configuration snapshot (instead of the default snapshot)

• custom‐named running configuration that you imported

• snapshot.xml

• current running configuration (running‐config.xml)

• Palo Alto Networks updates

Answer explanation

This option overwrites the current candidate configuration with one of the following:

Custom‐named candidate configuration snapshot (instead of the default snapshot)

Custom‐named running configuration that you imported

Current running configuration (running‐config.xml)

True or false. A Palo Alto Networks firewall automatically provides a backup of the config during a software upgrade.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Although the firewall automatically creates a configuration backup, the best practice is to create and externally store a backup before you upgrade

What is the default administrative distance of a static route within the PAN‐OS ® software?

• 1

• 5

• 10

• 100

Which value is used to distinguish the preference of routing protocols?

• Metric

• Weight

• Distance

• Cost