Which command sets the Secondary Citrix ADC to STAY SECONDARY in the HA Node settings?

• A. Set the Secondary Citrix ADC to STAY SECONDARY in the Configure HA Node settings.
• B. Set the Primary Citrix ADC to STAY PRIMARY in the Configure HA Node settings.
• C. Enable HA monitoring on all interfaces of the PRIMARY device.
• D. Enable HA monitoring on all interfaces of the SECONDARY device.

Answer: (A)

In a Citrix ADC HA pair, you control how each node behaves in its role through the HA Node settings. The option to set the Secondary ADC to STAY SECONDARY is the exact action that fixes the secondary’s behavior as a standby unit. When you configure the Secondary device this way, it will remain in the secondary role and won’t automatically promote to primary during failover events, unless you explicitly trigger a promotion. This gives you a controlled failover process and prevents unintended role changes.

Enabling HA monitoring on interfaces affects health checks, not the node’s role, so it doesn’t implement stay behavior for the secondary. Similarly, enabling monitoring on the primary’s interfaces doesn’t cause the secondary to stay secondary. Also, configuring the primary to stay primary changes the primary’s behavior, not the required action on the secondary. So the command that sets the Secondary Citrix ADC to STAY SECONDARY in the HA Node settings is the correct approach.