Starting The Ha Cluster; Ha In Transparent Mode; Installing And Configuring The Fortigate Units; Configuring The Ha Interface And Ha Ip Address - Fortinet FortiGate 400 Installation & Configuration Manual

HA in Transparent mode

Starting the HA cluster

HA in Transparent mode

Installing and configuring the FortiGate units

Configuring the HA interface and HA IP address

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After all of the FortiGate units in the cluster are configured for HA and once the cluster
is connected, use the following procedure to start the HA cluster.
1 Power on all of the HA units in the cluster.
As the units power on they negotiate to choose the primary cluster unit and the
subordinate units. This negotiation occurs with no user intervention.
When negotiation is complete the cluster is ready to begin processing network traffic.
You can use the information in
manage the cluster.
Use the following steps to configure a group of FortiGate units to operate as an HA
cluster in Transparent mode.
• Installing and configuring the FortiGate units
• Configuring the HA interface and HA IP address
• Configuring the HA cluster
• Connecting the HA cluster to your network
• Starting the HA cluster
Follow the instructions in
configure the FortiGate units. All of the FortiGate units in the HA cluster should have
the same configuration. Do not connect the FortiGate units to the network. Instead,
proceed to "Configuring the HA interface and HA IP
Configure the 4/HA interfaces of all of the FortiGate-400s in the HA cluster to operate
in HA mode. When you switch the 4/HA interface to HA mode, the System > Config >
HA options become active. When running in HA mode, the 4/HA interfaces cannot be
connected to a network because they are dedicated to HA communication.
The 4/HA interface of each FortiGate-400 unit must be configured with a different IP
address. The addresses of the 4/HA interfaces must be on the same subnet and they
must be configured for management access.
Repeat the following procedure for each FortiGate unit in the HA cluster:
1 Connect to the FortiGate unit and log into the web-based manager.
2 Go to System > Network > Management.
3 For the port4/ha interface, select HA to configure port4/ha for HA operation.
4 Select the management Access methods for the port4/ha interface.
"Managing the HA cluster" on page 86
"Transparent mode installation" on page 61
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