Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-200 Installation Manual page 50

Connecting the cluster to your networks
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Inserting an HA cluster into your network temporarily interrupts communications on
the network because new physical connections are being made to route traffic through
the cluster. Also, starting the cluster interrupts network traffic until the individual
FortiGate units in the cluster are functioning and the cluster completes negotiation.
Cluster negotiation normally takes just a few seconds. During system startup and
negotiation all network traffic is dropped.
To connect the cluster
1 Connect the cluster units:
• Connect the internal interfaces of each FortiGate unit to a switch or hub connected
to your internal network.
• Connect the external interfaces of each FortiGate unit to a switch or hub connected
to your external network.
• Connect the DMZ interfaces of the FortiGate units to another switch or hub.
Figure 11: HA network configuration
Internal Network
Hub or
Switch
Internal
PWR
PWR
Internal
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WAN1
INTERNAL
STATUS 1 2 3 4 DMZ WAN1 WAN2
LINK 100 LINK 100 LINK 100 LINK 100 LINK 100 LINK 100 LINK 100
DMZ
DMZ
INTERNAL
STATUS 1 2 3 4 DMZ WAN1 WAN2
LINK 100 LINK 100 LINK 100 LINK 100 LINK 100 LINK 100 LINK 100
WAN1
Internet
Hub or
Switch
Router
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