Configuring The Slbc Management Interface; Confirming Startup Status - Fortinet FortiGate-7000F Series System Manual

Getting started with FortiGate-7081F
Configuring the SLBC management interface
To be able to use FortiGate-7081F special SLBC management interface features, such as being able to log into any FIM
or FPM using the management interface IP address and a special port number, you need to use the following command
to select a FortiGate-7081F management interface to be the SLBC management interface.
You can use any of the FIM or FPM management interfaces to be the SLBC management interface. The following
example uses the MGMT 1 interface of the FIM in slot 1. In the GUI and CLI the name of this interface is 1-mgmt1.
Enter the following command to set the 1-mgmt1 interface to be the SLBC management interface:
config global
config load-balance setting
set slbc-mgmt-intf 1-mgmt1
end
To manage individual FIMs or FPMs using special management ports, the SLBC management interface must be
connected to a network.

Confirming startup status

Before verifying normal operation and making configuration changes and so on you should wait until the FortiGate-
7081F is completely started up and synchronized. This can take a few minutes.
To confirm that the FortiGate-7081F is synchronized, go to Monitor > Configuration Sync Monitor. If the system is
synchronized, all the FIMs and FPMs should be visible, and their Configuration Status should be In Sync. The
Configuration Sync Monitor also indicates if any of the FIMs or FPMs are not synchronized.
You can also view the Sensor Information dashboard widget to confirm that system temperatures are normal and that
all power supplies and fans are operating normally.
From the CLI you can use the diagnose sys confsync status | grep in_sy command to view the
synchronization status of the FIMs and FPMs. If all of the FIMs and FPMs are synchronized, each output line should
include in_sync=1. If a line ends with in_sync=0, that FIM or FPM is not synchronized. The following example just
shows a few output lines:
FortiGate-7081F 7.0.5 System Guide
The slbc-mgmt-intf option is set to 1-mgmt1 by default (but this setting may not be visible
in the default configuration). If you decide to use a different management interface, you must
also change the slbc-mgmt-intf to that interface.
The FortiGate-7081F uses the Fortinet Security Fabric for communication and synchronization
between the FIMs and the FPMs and for normal GUI operation. By default, the Security Fabric
is enabled and must remain enabled for normal operation.
The Security Fabric dashboard widget lists the FIMs and FPMs in the FortiGate-7081F. From
the list you can hover over each component to see the CPU and memory usage and session
count of each, change the host name, or log into the component's GUI using the special
management port number.
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