Standalone Mode; Cluster Members - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-1000A Administration Manual

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Standalone Mode

Standalone mode is the default operation mode. If Standalone mode is selected the
FortiGate unit is not operating in HA mode.
Select Standalone Mode if you want to stop a cluster unit from operating in HA mode.
High Availability
Select High Availability to operate the FortiGate unit in HA mode. After selecting High
Availability, complete the remainder of the HA configuration.

Cluster Members

When the cluster is operating, you can select Cluster Members to view the status of all
FortiGate units in the cluster. Status information includes the cluster ID, status, up
time, weight, and monitor information. For more information, see
each cluster member" on page
Mode
All members of the HA cluster must be set to the same HA mode.
Active-Active Load balancing and failover HA. Each cluster unit actively processes
connections and monitors the status of the other cluster units. The primary unit
controls load balancing among all of the cluster units.
Active-Passive Failover HA. The primary unit processes all connections. All other cluster units
passively monitor the cluster status and remain synchronized with the primary
unit.
For more information about HA mode, see
Group ID
The group ID range is from 0 to 63. All cluster units must have the same group ID.
When the FortiGate units are switched to HA mode, all of the interfaces of all of the
cluster units acquire the same virtual MAC address. This virtual MAC address is set
according to the group ID.
Table 3: HA group ID and MAC address
Group ID MAC Address
0
00-09-0f-06-ff-00
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 the same group ID, the
duplicate MAC addresses can cause addressing conflicts on the network.
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Table 3 lists the virtual MAC address set for each group ID.
System Config
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