Fortinet 103 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
Port Monitor Mark the check boxes of one or more network interfaces that each directly
correlate with a physical link. These ports will be monitored for link failure.
Port monitoring (also called interface monitoring) monitors physical
network ports to verify that they are functioning properly and linked to their
networks. If the physical port fails or the cable becomes disconnected, a
failover occurs. You can monitor physical interfaces, but not VLAN
subinterfaces or 4-port switches.
Note: To prevent an unintentional failover, do not configure port monitoring
until you configure HA on both appliances in the HA pair, and have
plugged in the cables to link the physical network ports that will be
monitored.
Heartbeat
Interface
Select which port(s) on this appliance that the main and standby
appliances will use to send heartbeat signals and synchronization data
between each other (i.e. the HA heartbeat link).
Connect this port to the same port number on the other member of the HA
cluster. (e.g., If you select port3 for the primary heartbeat link, connect
port3 on this appliance to port3 on the other appliance.)
At least one heartbeat interface must be selected on each appliance in the
HA cluster. Ports that currently have an IP address assigned for other
purposes (that is, virtual servers or bridges) cannot be re-used as a
heartbeat link.
Tip: If enough ports are available, you can select both a primary heartbeat
interface and a secondary heartbeat interface on each appliance in the HA
pair to provide heartbeat link redundancy. (You cannot use the same port
as both the primary and secondary heartbeat interface on the same
appliance, as this is incompatible with the purpose of link redundancy.)
Note: If a switch is used to connect the heartbeat interfaces, the heartbeat
interfaces must be reachable by Layer 2 multicast.
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