High availability configuration settings

 

High availability installation

 

 

 

 

 

Table 10: High availability settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active-Active

Load balancing and failover HA. Each FortiGate unit in the

 

 

 

HA cluster actively processes connections and monitors the

 

 

 

status of the other FortiGate units in the cluster. The

 

 

 

primary FortiGate unit in the cluster controls load balancing.

 

Mode

 

 

 

Active-Passive

Failover HA. The primary FortiGate unit in the cluster

 

 

 

processes all connections. All other FortiGate units in the

 

 

 

cluster are passively monitor the cluster status and remain

 

 

 

synchronized with the primary FortiGate unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All members of

the HA cluster must be set to the same HA mode.

 

 

 

 

 

The group ID range is from 0 to 63. All members of the HA cluster must have

 

 

the same group ID.

 

 

When the FortiGate units in the cluster are switched to HA mode, all of the

 

 

interfaces of all of the units in the cluster get the same virtual MAC address.

 

 

This virtual MAC address is set according to the group ID.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group ID

MAC Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

00-09-0f-06-ff-00

 

 

 

 

 

Group ID

1

00-09-0f-06-ff-01

 

 

 

 

2

00-09-0f-06-ff-02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

00-09-0f-06-ff-03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

63

00-09-0f-06-ff-3f

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have more

than one HA cluster on the same network, each cluster

 

 

should have a different group ID. If two clusters on the same network have

 

 

same group ID, the duplicate MAC addresses cause addressing conflicts on

 

 

the network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The unit with the highest priority becomes the primary unit in the cluster. The

 

 

unit priority range is 0 to 255. The default unit priority is 128.

 

Unit priority

Set the unit priority to a higher value if you want the FortiGate unit to be the

 

primary cluster unit. Set the unit priority to a lower value if you want the

 

 

FortiGate unit to be a subordinate unit in the cluster. If all units have the

 

 

same priority, the FortiGate unit with the highest serial number becomes the

 

 

primary cluster unit.

 

 

 

 

Override

You can configure a FortiGate unit to always become the primary unit in the

 

Master

cluster by giving it a high priority and by selecting Override master.

 

 

 

 

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