Which two statements are true about the FGCP protocol?

The reason why the statement regarding FGCP electing the primary FortiGate device is accurate lies in the fundamental purpose of the Fortinet Gateway Control Protocol (FGCP). FGCP is designed specifically for managing the high availability (HA) setup of FortiGate devices. In an HA cluster, one of the key functions of FGCP is to determine which FortiGate unit will serve as the primary device and which will remain in standby. This ensures that the traffic is routed through the primary unit while allowing the standby unit to take over in case of failover, thereby enhancing network reliability and uptime.

While FGCP does primarily communicate over designated heartbeat links to monitor the health and status of the devices in the cluster, it does not solely run over these links. Additionally, FGCP itself is not responsible for multi-cloud deployments, nor does it utilize RADIUS for authentication. RADIUS is a separate protocol used for network access control and user authentication, which is not part of the FGCP's functionality. Understanding these distinctions is crucial for effectively managing HA configurations with FortiGate devices.