Technical Tip: Link Health Monitor Actions

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Description	This article compares the link health monitor actions and mention a description all of them.
Scope	FortiGate.
Solution	Action Dead Alive Effect during dead state Update static route Flag associated static routes as inactive. Flag associates static routes as active. Static routes are removed from the routing table. Update policy route Disable associated policy. Re-enable associated policy routes. Policy routes are skipped. Update cascade interface Bring down alert interfaces. Bring backup alert interfaces. Route LAN-originated traffic to a different device. Associated static routes match the configured Gateway and interface in the link health monitor settings. Associated policy routes match the configured Gateway and interface in the link health monitor settings. Require the configuration of alert interfaces (usually, the LAN-facing interfaces). To understand link-monitor behavior, read the following KB article: Link-Monitor-Explanation