Fortinet 101 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
7. Configure these settings:
Setting name Description
Group-name Type a name to identify the HA pair if you have more than one.
This setting is optional, and does not affect HA function.
The maximum length is 35 characters.
Device
Priority
Type the priority of the appliance when electing the primary appliance in
the HA pair. (On standby devices, this setting can be reconfigured using
the CLI command execute ha manage <serial-number_str>
<priority_int>. For details, see the FortiWeb CLI Reference.)
This setting is optional. The smaller the number, the higher the priority. The
valid range is 0 to 9. The default is 5.
Note: By default, unless you enable Override, uptime is more important
than this setting. For details, see “How HA chooses the active appliance”
on page 44.
Override Enable to make Device Priority a more important factor than uptime when
selecting the main appliance. See “How HA chooses the active appliance”
on page 44.