Fortinet MR8 manual To change the FortiGate unit host name

High availability installation Configuring FortiGate units for HA operation

Table 10: High availability settings (Continued)

Schedule

The schedule controls load balancing among the FortiGate units in the active-active HA cluster. The schedule must be the same for all FortiGate units in the HA cluster.

None	No load balancing. Select None when the cluster interfaces
	are connected to load balancing switches.
Hub	Load balancing for hubs. Select Hub if the cluster interfaces
	are connected to a hub. Traffic is distributed to units in a
	cluster based on the Source IP and Destination IP of the
	packet.
Least	Least connection load balancing. If the FortiGate units are
Connection	connected using switches, select Least connection to
	distribute traffic to the cluster unit with the fewest
	concurrent connections.
Round Robin	Round robin load balancing. If the FortiGate units are
	connected using switches, select round robin to distribute
	traffic to the next available cluster unit.
Weighted	Weighted round robin load balancing. Similar to round
Round Robin	robin, but weighted values are assigned to each of the units
	in a cluster based on their capacity and on how many
	connections they are currently processing. For example,
	the primary unit should have a lower weighted value
	because it handles scheduling and forwards traffic.
	Weighted round robin distributes traffic more evenly
	because units that are not processing traffic will be more
	likely to receive new connections than units that are very
	busy.
Random	Random load balancing. If the FortiGate units are
	connected using switches, select random to randomly
	distribute traffic to cluster units.
IP	Load balancing according to IP address. If the FortiGate
	units are connected using switches, select IP to distribute
	traffic to units in a cluster based on the Source IP and
	Destination IP of the packet.
IP Port	Load balancing according to IP address and port. If the
	FortiGate units are connected using switches, select IP Port
	to distribute traffic to units in a cluster based on the Source
	IP, Source Port, Destination IP, and Destination port of the
	packet.

Configuring FortiGate units for HA using the web-based manager

Use the following procedure to configure each FortiGate unit for HA operation.

To change the FortiGate unit host name

Changing the host name is optional, but you can use host names to identify individual cluster units.

1Power on the FortiGate unit to be configured.

2Connect to the web-based manager.

See “Connecting to the web-based manager” on page 16.

3Go to System > Status.

4In the Host Name field of the Unit Information section, select Change.

5Type a new host name and select OK.

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