Which action should be taken in a Citrix ADC high availability pair to keep the primary node in place?

• A. Configure the HA status of the Primary Node as STAYPRIMARY.
• B. The nsroot password should be the same on both nodes.
• C. HA Monitoring should be disabled on all the unused interfaces.
• D. Both devices should have different SNIP addresses.

Answer: (A)

In a Citrix ADC high availability pair, keeping the primary in place is done by setting the primary node’s HA state to STAYPRIMARY. This mode tells the pair not to promote the secondary if a failover condition occurs, so the current primary remains active during maintenance or temporary issues. The other options don’t achieve this: having the same nsroot password on both nodes deals with admin access, not the active role; disabling HA monitoring on unused interfaces won’t reliably prevent a failover and can weaken HA behavior; and having different SNIP addresses is a normal requirement but unrelated to preventing a primary switch. STAYPRIMARY directly enforces the desired role stability.