Shared with the Failover Link
Sharing a failover link is the best way to conserve interfaces. However, you must consider a dedicated interface for the state link and failover link, if you have a large configuration and a high traffic network.
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Device Operations High Availability About Secure Firewall Threat Defense High Availability Failover and Stateful Failover Links Stateful Failover Link Shared with the Failover Link
Last updated: Jul 29, 2025
Sharing a failover link is the best way to conserve interfaces. However, you must consider a dedicated interface for the state link and failover link, if you have a large configuration and a high traffic network.