Using The External Management Address To Connect To All Units In The Cluster - Fortinet FortiController-5913C System Manual

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Using the external management address to connect to all units in the cluster

FortiController-5913C Session-Aware Load Balancing Cluster (SLBC) System Guide
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Figure 4: Example FortiController-5913C status display
14 Repeat these steps to add all of the workers to the cluster.
The worker in the lowest slot number becomes the primary unit.
15 Configure the cluster External Management IP/Netmask so that you can manage the
workers. From the FortiController-5913C GUI go to Load Balance > Config.
16 Change the External Management IP/Netmask to an IP address and netmask for the
network that the mgmt interface is connected to. The External Management
IP/Netmask must be on the same subnet as the FortiController-5913C management
IP address.
Browsing to the External Management IP connects you to the primary worker. From
here you can manage the workers. You can also manage them by logging into the
FortiController-5913C GUI, going to Load Balance > Status and selecting the Config
Master icon beside the primary worker, which is always the top entry in the Worker
Blade list.
If the External Management IP address is 10.10.10.1 you can browse to
https://10.10.10.1 to connect to the primary worker web-based manager. You can
connect to the primary worker CLI using ssh admin@10.10.10.1, or
telnet 10.10.10.1.
You can also use the External Management address to connect to all of the individual
boards in a chassis just by varying the custom port number that you add to the address.
The custom port number begins with the standard port number for the protocol you are
using and is followed by the chassis slot number. For example:
• To connect with a web browser to the FortiController-5913C in slot 1 browse to
https://10.10.10.1:44301
• To connect with a web browser to the worker in slot 4 browse to
https://10.10.10.1:44304
• If HTTP administrative access is enabled, to connect with a web browser to the
worker in slot 3 browse to http://10.10.10.1:8003
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