Setting Up Redundant Management Connections - Fortinet FortiGate-7000E Series System Manual

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Setting up redundant management connections

You can set up redundant management connections to your FortiGate-7000 by adding a static 802.3 aggregate
interface to a switch and setting up multiple connections between the switch and the FIM MGMT ports. Then connect
the switch to your network.
You do not have to change the configuration of the FortiGate-7000 to set up redundant management connections. The
following example shows connections between the MGMT1 interfaces of each FIM to a switch. The switch is configured
with a 802.3 static aggregate interface that includes two ports, one for each MGMT1 interface. The switch also
connects the MGMT1 interfaces to a management network.
Example FortiGate-7000 redundant management connections
Management
network
Switch
802.3 static
aggregate interface
The following example shows redundant connections between both FIMs and the switch. In this case you need to add
more switch ports to the static aggregate interface on the switch. You do not have to change the configuration of the
FortiGate-7000 to set up this redundant management connection configuration.
FortiGate-7060E 6.4.2 System Guide
LACP is not supported for the mgmt aggregate interface.
FIM in slot 1
FIM in slot 2
MGMT1
MGMT1
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