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Fortinet NSE8_812 Exam - Topic 6 Question 48 Discussion

Actual exam question for Fortinet's NSE8_812 exam
Question #: 48
Topic #: 6
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Which feature must you enable on the BGP neighbors to accomplish this goal?

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Suggested Answer: A

Graceful-restart is a feature that allows BGP neighbors to maintain their routing information during a BGP restart or failover event, without disrupting traffic forwarding or causing route flaps. Graceful-restart works by allowing a BGP speaker (the restarting router) to notify its neighbors (the helper routers) that it is about to restart or failover, and request them to preserve their routing information and forwarding state for a certain period of time (the restart time). The helper routers then mark the routes learned from the restarting router as stale, but keep them in their routing table and continue forwarding traffic based on them until they receive an end-of-RIB marker from the restarting router or until the restart time expires. This way, graceful-restart can minimize traffic disruption and routing instability during a BGP restart or failover event. Reference: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.0.0/cookbook/19662/bgp-graceful-restart


by Kina at Jul 04, 2025, 08:14 AM

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Kent
2 months ago
Wait, does anyone actually use Deterministic-med? Sounds weird.
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Cherri
2 months ago
Synchronization is outdated, right?
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Latia
2 months ago
Definitely need to enable Graceful-restart for BGP neighbors.
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Halina
3 months ago
Yeah, Graceful-restart is the best option here.
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Linwood
3 months ago
I thought Soft-reconfiguration was the way to go?
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Lashawnda
3 months ago
I feel like Deterministic-med was covered in our study sessions, but I can't remember if it relates to enabling features on neighbors. This is tricky!
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Temeka
3 months ago
Soft-reconfiguration sounds familiar, but I’m not confident about how it fits into the context of BGP neighbors. I might be mixing it up with something else.
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Bo
4 months ago
I practiced a similar question where Synchronization was mentioned, but I can't recall its exact role in BGP. Could it be relevant to this question?
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Elke
4 months ago
I think I remember something about Graceful-restart being important for maintaining BGP sessions during restarts, but I'm not entirely sure if that's the right answer here.
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Nohemi
4 months ago
Soft-reconfiguration might be useful in some BGP scenarios, but I don't think it's the right feature for this particular goal. I'll need to think this through step-by-step.
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Erasmo
4 months ago
Deterministic-med could be an interesting choice, but I'm not confident that's the right answer. I'll make sure to read the question carefully before selecting an option.
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Merilyn
4 months ago
Synchronization? I'm not sure how that would be relevant here. I'll have to review my BGP notes to refresh my memory on the different features.
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Quiana
5 months ago
Okay, let me see... Graceful-restart seems like the most likely option to accomplish the goal, but I'll double-check the other choices just to be sure.
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Ashley
5 months ago
Hmm, this looks like a tricky BGP question. I'll need to think through the different BGP features and how they might apply here.
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Cristy
7 months ago
I'm not sure, but I think C) Synchronization could also be a valid option.
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Mari
7 months ago
I disagree, I believe the correct answer is D) Soft-reconfiguration.
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Santos
7 months ago
I think the answer is A) Graceful-restart.
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Sanda
8 months ago
Deterministic-med, really? What is this, a beauty pageant? I'm just going to go with Graceful-restart and hope I'm right.
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Aracelis
8 months ago
Definitely not Synchronization. That's for making sure routes are exchanged before being used, which doesn't seem relevant here.
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Ivette
8 months ago
Hmm, I'm leaning towards Soft-reconfiguration. That allows you to apply new policies without fully resetting the session, right? Seems like the best option here.
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Reynalda
6 months ago
Soft-reconfiguration sounds like the right feature to enable. It's helpful for making changes without causing a full reset.
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Ardella
7 months ago
I agree, Soft-reconfiguration is a good choice for that. It helps with applying new policies smoothly.
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Minna
7 months ago
I think Soft-reconfiguration is the way to go. It lets you make changes without disrupting the session.
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Cecil
8 months ago
I think it's gotta be Graceful-restart. That's the one that ensures the BGP session can be maintained during a restart, right?
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Nan
7 months ago
C) Synchronization
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Shaniqua
7 months ago
Yes, you're right. Graceful-restart allows the BGP session to be maintained during a restart.
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Cristy
7 months ago
A) Graceful-restart
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