You're not enabling "ha-mgmt-status" to use out-of-band MGMT interfaces. 02-07-2020 Notify me of follow-up comments by email. 04-11-2005 Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In addition all configuration changes, routes, and IPsec SAs are synchronized to the cluster unit with the link failure. The configuration change is synchronized to all cluster units. You configure monitored interfaces (also called interface monitoring or port monitoring) by selecting the interfaces to monitor as part of the cluster HA configuration. The group name must be the same for all cluster units before the cluster units can form a cluster. Michael Pruett, CISSP has a wide range of cyber-security and network engineering expertise. Standby state For clusters of three or four FortiGate units, use switches to connect heartbeat interfaces. units. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Group Name Use the group name to identify the cluster. Mode- Active/ Passive 5. If session pickup is not a requirement of your HA installation, you can disable this option to save processing resources and reduce the network bandwidth used by HA session synchronization. Once you lose a box, you will have 40% unaccounted for. FortiGate CFG backup via API key missing all but default Live feed from Fortinet's switch warehouse. Virtual clustering operates in active-passive mode to provide failover protection between two instances of a VDOM operating on two different cluster units. Connect to the cluster web-based manager. 1. When operating in HA mode, all of the interfaces of the primary unit acquire the same HA virtual MAC address. I have to pull out "wan1 cable" of F2 => now I can access the F1 from public. Default is 128. If any single component or any single connection fails, traffic switches to the redundant component or connection. Session Pickup If Enable Session Pick-up is not selected, the Fortigates do not maintain an HA session table and most TCP sessions do not resume after a failover. When you start a management connection to a cluster, you connect to the primary unit. The FGCP employs a technique similar to unicast load balancing. They alternative solution is to disabel the ha override and set an equal priority, so that the last master stays the last master. Copyright 2022 Fortinet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Can the server still reach gateway on active unit? Created on You can configure interface monitoring (also called port monitoring) to monitor FortiGate interfaces to verify that the monitored interfaces are functioning properly and connected to their networks. Configure at least two heartbeat interfaces and set these interfaces to have different priorities. Also called FGCP heartbeat or HA heartbeat. Monitor Interface These are the interfaces that they Fortigate will montitor for failure. If a monitored interface fails or is disconnected from its network the interface leaves the cluster and a link failover occurs. Created on ArticleDESCRIPTION:This article explains HA port monitoring of HA heartbeat interfaces and HA port monitoring during cluster maintenance operations. please help me. Aslo you're not enabling "session-pickup". 5.6 3799 0 Share Reply All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic 5 REPLIES Because the primary unit receives all traffic processed by the cluster, a cluster can only process traffic from a network if the primary unit can connect to it. Moving to FortiGate, just got new hardware, what is Firewall policy to restrict usage of OpenVPN. Heartbeat device On the Forti, you have to: enable SNMP on the interfaces (IPv4 and IPv6 indenpendently) enable the SNMP agent create a community name (as you did) add a host with the IP address from the checkmk server within that community with the Query enabled On the FortiGate GUI itself it looks like this: On the CLI it should be something like this: After a cluster is operating, you can change the group name. HA virtual MAC address If a subordinate unit does not receive hello packets from the primary unit, it attempts to become the primary unit. Virtual clustering If you enable session pickup for a cluster, if the primary unit fails or a subordinate unit in an active-active cluster fails, all communication sessions with the cluster are maintained or picked up by the cluster after the cluster negotiates to select a new primary unit. When work state appears in HA log messages this usually means that a cluster unit has become the primary unit or that a virtual domain has become a primary virtual domain. Copyright 2022 Fortinet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The part of the FGCP that maintains connections after failover. F2 = slave -> monitoring "wan1". NOTE: I do not suggest Active/Active since you do not want to be in a scenario where you have 70% load on one box and 70% load on the other. The maximum length of the group name is 32 characters. Heartbeat traffic uses multicast on port number 6065 and the IP address 239.0.0.1. The primary unit can process packets itself, or propagate them to subordinate units according to a load balancing schedule. 10:52 AM. Then configure health monitors for each of these interfaces. If a monitored interface fails or is disconnected from its network the interface leaves the cluster and a link failover occurs. To enable interface monitoring - web-based manager Use the following steps to monitor the port1 and port2 interfaces of a cluster. As a high prioritynetwork, the cluster should maintain traffic flow to and from the network, even if a link failure occurs. Interface monitoring The Fortinet Security Fabric brings together the concepts of convergence and consolidation to provide comprehensive cybersecurity protection for all users, devices, and applications and across all network edges.. Active CPU, Memory and Bandwidth Monitoring F1 master > pull out WAN of F1 > F2 = master (able to PING and connect with VPN). State synchronization Created on This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The ISP will check if they can open this behaviour for my housing-system. The FortiGate firmware uses the terms slave and subsidiary unit to refer to a subordinate unit. Failover Description Failover is not triggered even though an interface is physically monitored under High Availability | Monitoring: this happens when the interface is not configured but there are VLANs under this interface. In an active-passive cluster, the primary unit processes all network traffic. Work state The following example shows how to enable monitoring for the external, internal, and DMZ interfaces. The purpose of port monitoring is to trigger an HA fail-over when a monitored interface link goes down. For Interface Members, add two interfaces ( internal1 and internal2 ). After a device or link failover all sessions are briefly interrupted and must be re-established at the application level after the cluster renegotiates. The FortiGate firmware uses the term master to refer to the primary unit. The group name change is synchronized to all cluster units. However, active-passive subordinate units do keep track of cluster connections and do keep their configurations and routing tables synchronized with the primary unit. If an interface functioning as the heartbeat device fails, the heartbeat is transferred to another interface also configured as an HA heartbeat device. Because the cluster unit with the failed monitored interface has the lowest monitor priority, a different cluster unit becomes the primary unit. which often is preferable anyway, as it minimizes the traffic disruptions due to failover. Last month I wrote a blog post about HA on the ASA. 09:14 AM FortiGate HA does not support session failover by default. The HA IP addresses are hard-coded and . You do not need to configure interface monitoring to get a cluster up and running and interface monitoringwill cause failovers if for some reason during initial setup a monitored interface has become disconnected. Also called the subordinate cluster unit, each cluster contains one or more cluster units that are not functioning as the primary unit. The HA virtual MAC address is set according to the group ID. The primary unit sends hello packets to all cluster units to synchronize session information, synchronize the cluster configuration, and to synchronize the cluster routing table. 02-25-2020 Select the Port Monitor check boxes for the port1 and port2 interfaces and select OK. After a link failover, the primary unit processes all traffic and all subordinate units, even the cluster unit with the link failure, share session and link status. Go to System > HA and edit the primary unit ( Role is MASTER ). HA interface monitoring registers the redundant interface to have failed only if all the physical interfaces in the redundant interface have failed. A cluster unit operating in the work state processes traffic, monitors the status of the other cluster units, and tracks the session table of the cluster. Subordinate units are always waiting to become the primary unit. Created on Device Priority This setting will tell the cluster which device will be the Master and which will be the slave. HA Function, can not remove monitor interfaces Dear all, My company had problem sometime, i worry the monitor interfaces not working fine so i want to remove them but can not. Edited on There are servers placed behind the Cisco switch. Fortigate HA Configuration Configuring Primary FortiGate for HA 1. FortiGate HA Monitor and TroubleShooting At this point go and have a coffee, the config needs replicating from the primary to the secondary, and this can take a few minutes. This new primary unit should have an active link to the high priority network. The FortiGate clustering protocol (FGCP) that specifies how the FortiGate units in a cluster communicate to keep the cluster operating. The corresponding heartbeat interface of each FortiGate unit in the cluster must be connected to the same switch. Created on Basically the HA-Settings are working - I have got the master and the slave unit. quick question: will there be any disruption/downtime if we just add an interface in "Monitor Interfaces" under HA settings? You can configure interface monitoring (also called port monitoring) to monitor FortiGate interfaces to verify that the monitored interfaces are functioning properly and connected to their networks. Edited By FortiGate-5000 series backplane interfaces that have not been configured as network interfaces. Anonymous. 12:12 AM. After i remove and click OK, the port12 always comeback. 10:23 AM. 02-07-2020 Full mesh HA includes redundant connections between all network components. I would enable it for faster swap-over. set pingserver-monitor-interface port2 port20 vlan_234 set pingserver-failover-threshold 10. set pingserver-flip-timeout 120 end. Unless another link failure has occurred, the new primary unit will have an active link to the network and will be able to maintain communication with it. Usually for each virtual cluster you would monitor the interfaces that have been added to the virtual domains in each virtual cluster. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall utilizes purpose-built security processors and threat intelligence security services from FortiGuard labs to deliver top-rated protection and high performance, including encrypted traffic. The ISP is blocking the "gratuitous arp" for security reasons (housing switch where multiple customers located, they block the gratuitous arp so that a foreign device can't allocate the mac address). FGCP Set Device Priority -200. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Go to System > HA and edit the primary unit (Role is MASTER). All communications with the cluster must use this MAC address. But it looks like as F2 WAN is still "online" > which will result in two public interfaces with the same IP. To configure HA settings: Go to System > High Availability. In an active-active cluster, the primary unit receives all network traffic and re-directs this traffic to subordinate If session pickup is not enabled all sessions being processed by the subordinate unit failed interface are lost. Ill configure 3 x logical interfaces on port8 with different VLAN ID (301, 302, 303). This site was started in an effort to spread information while providing the option of quality consulting services at a much lower price than Fortinet Professional Services. Each heartbeat interface should be isolated in its own VLAN. For type, select Hardware Switch. You can see what's going on on either side with "diag sys ha history read" with timestamps. 12:00 AM When the cluster is operating you can change the password, if required. Citrix ICA connection). A group of FortiGate units that act as a single virtual FortiGate unit to maintain connectivity even if one of the FortiGate units in the cluster fails. Device failover means that if a device fails, a replacement device automatically takes the place of the failed device and continues operating in the same manner as the failed device. Connect to the cluster web-based manager. If only some of the physical interfaces in the redundant interface fail or become disconnected, HA considers the redundant interface to be operating normally. 03-16-2020 Your email address will not be published. If "wan1" loosing the connection (pulling cable out / or restart of master) it switches to slave which becomes new primary. Now I have enabled the override setting. Setting the SSL-VPN host settings to only accept connections from a few required countries cut down on the noise a ton, but still seeing lots of attempts. All cluster units keep this link state database up to date by sharing link state information with the other cluster units. However, you can use remote IP monitoring to make sure that the cluster unit can connect to downstream network devices. Save the configuration. Heartbeat failover I recommend getting the cluster configured first and THEN add the monitored interface to the config. The interfaces that you can monitor appear on the port monitor list. So, if the link between a network and the primary unit fails, to maintain communication with this network, the cluster must select a different primary unit; one that is still connected to the network. The password must be the same for all FortiGate units before they can form a cluster. Heartbeat The new primary unit should have fewer link failures. If a monitored interface on a subordinate unit fails, this information is shared with all cluster units. Created on synchronization information to make sure that the cluster is operating properly. r/Fortinet has 35000 members and counting! Session pickup But otherwise, I don't see particular reasons for the behavior unless the uplink switch, which is terminating both wan1s is affecting to it. 02-11-2020 Then I have selected the "wan1" interface for monitoring. The standby state is actually a hot-standby state because the subordinate unit or subordinate virtual domain is not processing traffic but is monitoring the primary unit session table to take the place of the primary unit or primary virtual domain if a failure occurs. To support link failover, each cluster unit stores link state information for all monitored cluster units in a link state database. Required fields are marked *. The same happens If I reboot the F1. Two clusters on the same network cannot have the same password. For example, enable remote IP monitoring for interfaces named port2, port20, and vlan_234: config system ha. Once Active-Passive mode selected multiple parameters are required 4. Managing firmware with the FortiGate BIOS Using the CLI config alertemail antivirus application authentication aws certificate dlp dnsfilter endpoint-control extender-controller firewall ftp-proxy icap ips log monitoring report router spamfilter ssh-filter switch-controller system system 3g-modem custom system accprofile system admin I can only connect to F1 via MGMT (F2 MGMT not respondig), the ha status (GUI and CLI) shows F1 as master. Click Create New > Interface. 2. But I can't reach the FortiGate from public (no ping on public IP, no VPN connection possible). The hello packets also confirm for the subordinate units that the primary unit is still functioning. To troubleshoot, use; diagnose system ha status With interface monitoring enabled, during cluster operation, the cluster monitors each cluster unit to determine if the monitored interfaces are operating and connected. Best practice for compromised Fortigate 60F factory reset, Press J to jump to the feed. The heartbeat constantly communicates HA status and Link failover means that if a monitored interface fails, the cluster reorganizes to re-establish a link to the network that the monitored interface was connected to and to continue operating with minimal or no disruption of network traffic. Fortigate Firewall to Ubiquiti AP settings. 02-25-2020 The primary unit interfaces are assigned virtual MAC addresses which are associated on the network with the cluster IP addresses. The ability that a cluster has to maintain a connection when there is a device or link failure by having another unit in the cluster take over the connection, without any loss of connectivity. This includes FortiCloud activation and FortiClient licensing, and entering a license key if you purchased more than 10 Virtual Domains (VDOMS). Fortinet suggests the following practices related to heartbeat interfaces: Do not use a FortiGate switch port for the HA heartbeat traffic. 08:15 AM. In an active-active cluster all cluster units operate in a work state. Before we begin configuring HA, rename the boxes with descriptive names referring to Primary and Secondary (whatever works for you). HA MAC addresses and redundant interfaces Configure the other settings as needed. Full mesh HA is a method of removing single points of failure on a network that includes an HA cluster. The subordinate unit with the failed monitored interface can continue processing connections between functioning interfaces. In an active-active cluster, the primary unit load balances traffic to all the units in the cluster. A FortiGate unit taking over processing network traffic in place of another unit in the cluster that suffered a device failure or a link failure. I have Active-Passive Fortigate Cluster. If a monitored interface fails or becomes disconnected from its network, the cluster will compensate. You cannot monitor the following types of interfaces (you cannot select the interfaces on the port monitor list): If you are configuring a virtual cluster you can create a different port monitor configuration for each virtual cluster. Primary unit Link failover (port monitoring or interface monitoring). But it shouldn't affect to the WAN connectivity issue. Also called the primary cluster unit, this cluster unit controls how the cluster operates. Heartbeat and synchronization traffic between cluster appliances occurs over the physical network ports selected in Heartbeat Interface. A FortiGate unit operating in a FortiGate HA cluster. You can monitor all FortiGate interfaces including redundant interfaces and 802.3ad aggregate interfaces. edit "wan1-monitor" set srcintf "wan1" set source-ip 1.1.1.2 . In the hello state a cluster unit has powered on in HA mode, is using HA heartbeat interfaces to send hello packets, and is listening on its heartbeat interfaces for hello packets from other FortiGate units. So, if the link that the primary unit has to a high priority network fails, to maintain traffic flow to and from this network, the cluster must select a different primary unit. I will update this thread if there are any results. They can probably tell why they don't fail back. Cluster units cannot determine if the switch that its interfaces are connected to is still con- nected to the network. The primary unit in an active-passive HA cluster, a primary virtual domain in a virtual cluster, and all cluster units in an active-active cluster operate in the work state. On firewall, Im not monitoring port8 for HA. Created on Heartbeat Interface For clusters of two FortiGate units, as much as possible, heartbeat interfaces should be directly connected using patch cables (without involving other network equipment such as switches). You can also operate virtual clustering in active-active mode to use HA load balancing to load balance sessions between cluster units. The plethora of vendors that resell hardware but have zero engineering knowledge resulting in the wrong hardware or configuration being deployed is a major pet peeve of Michael's. Hi. To achieve high availability, all FortiGate units in the cluster share session and configuration information. Use the following steps to monitor the port1 and port2 interfaces of a cluster. After setting priorities then enabling override, what's in under "config sys ha" now? Full mesh HA Could be 100F specific with 6.2.3. 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Communication between the cluster units uses the actual cluster unit MAC addresses. In an active-passive cluster after a subordinate unit link failover, the subordinate unit continues to function normally as a subordinate unit in the cluster. If no HA interface is available, convert a switch port to an individual interface. Members with the same Group ID join the cluster. The cluster unit with the link failure can process connections between its functioning interfaces (for, example if the cluster has connections to an internal, external, and DMZ network, the cluster unit with the link failure can still process connections between the external and DMZ networks). This can be a huge problem for traffic that is connection oriented and has little resilience (e.g. If a monitored interface on a subordinate unit fails. Edit: We are already using MFA and geo-blocking. 3. After you have saved the configuration, cluster members begin to send heartbeat traffic to each other. BUT it is not accessible from public. For improved redundancy use a different switch for each heartbeat interface. 06-02-2022 When you configure HA on the Fortigate, it is required to have the same hardware, and FortiOS version. For more information about interface monitoring, see Link failover (port monitoring or interface monitoring). A subordinate unit in an active-passive HA cluster operates in the standby state. You should only monitor interfaces that are connected to networks, because a failover may occur if you monitor an unconnected interface. Go to System ->Select HA 2. If a subordinate unit fails, the primary unit updates the cluster status and redistributes load balanced traffic to other subordinate units in the cluster. All units in the cluster process network traffic. If "wan1" loosing the connection (pulling cable out / or restart of master) it switches to slave which becomes new primary. Virtual clustering is an extension of the FGCP for FortiGate units operating with multiple VDOMS enabled. I have pull out "wan1-cable" of F2 > then I'm able to connect to the F1 from public (ping on public IP, VPN) Is there something I have to consider or there are some settings missing? Monitored interface When standby state appears in HA log messages this usually means that a cluster unit has become a subordinate unit in an active-passive cluster or that a virtual domain has become a subordinate virtual domain. If a monitored interface on the primary unit fails. If a subordinate unit fails, the primary unit updates the cluster configuration database. Sessions that cannot be failed over are lost and have to be restarted. If you want the previous master to take the master roll over when its wan1 recovered, you need to set priority on that unit higher to override. The cluster monitors the connectivity of this interface for all cluster units. It comes up again, becomes the master and I can never connect from public. Supplement interface monitoring with remote link failover. Link failover means that if a monitored interface fails, the cluster reorganizes to reestablish a link to the network that the monitored interface was connected to and to continue operating with minimal or no disruption of network traffic. acvaldez Staff The L3 interface for the servers (which acts as gateway for servers placed behind Cisco switch) are in Firewall. Device failover is a basic requirement of any highly available system. Basically the HA-Settings are working - I have got the master and the slave unit. To configure HA on the Fortigate, go to SYSTEM > HA Then select the mode. If one of the monitored interfaces on one of the cluster units becomes disconnected or fails, this information is immediately shared with all cluster units. I have setup the "ha1, ha2" interfaces an connected them. set gateway-ip 1.1.1.1. set server 8.8.8.8 . Configure remote link failover to maintain packet flow if a link not directly connected to a cluster unit (for example, between a switch connected to a cluster interface and the network) fails. Link failover An interface that is monitored by a cluster to make sure that it is connected and operating correctly. 2. If no HA interface is available, convert a switch port to an individual interface. Enter a name ( HD_SW1 ). The Forums are a place to find answers on a range of Fortinet products from peers and product experts. Synchronization traffic uses unicast on port number 6066 and the IP address 239.0.0.2. If a monitored interface on the primary unit fails, the cluster renegotiates to select a new primary unit using the process described in An introduction to the FGCP on page 1310. The group name appears on the FortiGate dashboard of a functioning cluster as the Cluster Name. set update-cascade-interface disable . I would open a ticket at TAC to get it looked into. More numerical value higher the priority. I can only connect to F1 via MGMT (MGMT of F2 is not responding).. but I'm not able to ping the public IP of wan1, and I'm also not able to connect via SSL-VPN. Hello state may appear in HA log messages. Alternatively, by distributing VDOM processing between the two cluster units you can also configure virtual clustering to provide load balancing by distributing sessions for different VDOMs to each cluster unit. Created on After the failover, the cluster resumes and maintains communication sessions in the same way as for a device failure. High availability Session failover means that a cluster maintains active network sessions after a device or link failover. 2. Use the following command to check; get system ha status You want to see them both ' in-sync '. However, the primary unit stops sending sessions to a subordinate unit that use any failed monitored interfaces on the subordinate unit. 08:19 AM. Because the primary unit receives all traffic processed by the cluster, a cluster can only process traffic from a network if the primary unit can connect to it. If switches have to be used they should not be used for other network traffic that could flood the switches and cause heartbeat delays. An Ethernet network interface in a cluster that is used by the FGCP for heartbeat communications among cluster units. You can always enable interface monitoring once you have verified that the cluster is connected and operating properly. Device failover Created on Fortinet Community Knowledge Base FortiGate Technical Tip: Best practice HA monitored interfac. F1 = master -> monitoring "wan1" 3. To enable session failover you must change the HA configuration to select Enable Session Pick-up. It is the first time I have setup a FortiGate 100F Cluster (FortiOS 6.2.3). do you has any ideas? In an active-active cluster, subordinate units keep track of cluster connections, keep their configurations and routing tables synchronized with the primary unit, and process network traffic assigned to them by the primary unit. In an active-active cluster after a subordinate unit link failure: Monitoring an interface means that the interface is connected to a high priority network. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall utilizes purpose-built security processors and threat intelligence security services from FortiGuard labs to deliver top-rated protection and high performance, including encrypted traffic. FortiGate models that support redundant interfaces can be used to create a cluster configuration called full mesh HA. A link failure causes a cluster to select a new primary unit. As I can see F1 becomes correctly the master, I can also connect via MGMT-Interface. Today, I am writting one on Fortigate HA. In an active-passive cluster, subordinate units do not process network traffic. (I have other ports to monitor) Considering the IP addresses are bound to the Active firewall unit in the cluster, if the link from Cisco switch to Active Firewall unit fails (port8 is down), firewall is not going to trigger failover (since Im not monitoring port8). Session failover Hello state 1. To enable interface monitoring web-based manager. The cluster does not renegotiate. Cluster If a monitored interface on the primary unit fails, the cluster renegotiates and selects the cluster unit with the highest monitor priority to become the new primary unit. I have a L2 Cisco Switch (with VLANs) with one cable connected to Active unit and other to Passive unit (say port8). The Fortinet Security Fabric brings together the concepts of convergence and consolidation to provide comprehensive cybersecurity protection for all users, devices, and applications and across all network edges.. F1 > wan1 is lost > F2 = primary, F1 = slave all connections are now running correctly over F2. The fail-over causes the cluster to renegotiate and re-select the primary unit. Password Use the password to identify the cluster. Click OK. Each cluster unit can detect a failure of its network interface hardware. 01:08 AM, (Screenshot attached) --> edge-primary = master = higher serial number. FortiGate interfaces that contain an internal switch. This will successfully work, i tested in lab. Select mode Active-Passive Mode 3. See Remote link failover. 03-16-2020 Hi. Wait until after the cluster is up and running to enable interface monitoring. If session pickup is enabled, all sessions being processed by the subordinate unit failed interface that can be failed over are failed over to other cluster units. See Device failover on page 1499. Failure Thank you, I have created a ticket. Checked the logs on my gate at home and am seeing the same thing there. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Enter the following command to enable interface monitoring for port1 and port2. In the following example, default values are . Now we found out (togehter with TAC Engineer) that this isn't an issue of the FortiGate. Also known as active-active HA. In many cases interrupted sessions will resume on their own after a failover even if session pickup is not enabled. In a virtual cluster, a subordinate virtual domain also operates in the standby state. Heartbeat interfaces. Your options are Standalone (the default), Active/Active and Active/Passive. Configure at least two heartbeat interfaces and set these interfaces to have different priorities. SOLUTION: Purpose of HA Port Monitoring: Configure HA port monitoring by setting Monitor Priorities from the web-based manager or set monitor from the CLI. Unique selling points of Fortinet/Fortigate ? The higher the priority the higher probability of becoming master. The subordinate unit with the failed monitored interface continues to function in the cluster. 06:32 AM. Avoid configuring interface monitoring for all interfaces. You should always change the password when configuring a cluster. Subordinate unit In that way if the switch connecting one of the heartbeat interfaces fails or is unplugged, heartbeat traffic can continue on the other heartbeat interfaces and switch. The F1 becomes, after restored "wan1", correctly the master. It looks like that F1 = primary but F2 is still active > because if I'm connected to an internal port of the F2 the traffic still goes over this F2 => Ping to internal LAN port is possible, traffic to the inernet is still possible. 06:46 AM. Same as before: I have attached the CLI output (config sys ha, diag sys ha history read): As you can see F1 becomes correctly the master. Cluster unit Learn how your comment data is processed. Created on restore WAN on F1 > F1 = master, but non of both fortigates are accessible from public (permanent PING stops responding, no VPN connection possible), I have to pull out WAN of F2 > now F1 accessible[/ul]. The cluster unit with the highest monitor priority is the cluster unit with the most monitored interfaces connected to networks. Cause SonicOS does not monitor Unassigned Interfaces even if they're connected and monitored under High Availability | Monitoring. The primary unit also tracks the status of all subordinate units. Select the Port Monitor check boxes for the port1 and port2 interfaces and select OK. But if "wan1" of old primary is restored I will get no connection from outside - only if I'm pulling out "wan1" cable of slave. Register and apply licenses to both FortiGates before adding them to the cluster. Without setting the "source-ip" the monitor will continue to stay in "die" state even if wan1 is back up and never fail back, which was the bug. I followed the tutorials for "HA" and selected "active-passive" for the FortiGate. Complete the configuration as described in Table 162. On the master FortiGate, configure the hardware switch interfaces for the two ISPs: Go to Network > Interfaces. See Remote link failover on page1534. Cluster units can also detect if its network interfaces are disconnected from the switch they should be connected to. The primary unit is the only cluster unit to receive packets sent to the cluster. Individual physical interfaces that have been added to a redundant or 802.3ad aggregate interface. A hardware or software problem that causes a FortiGate unit or a monitored interface to stop processing network traffic. 02-25-2020 But if "wan1" of old primary is restored I will get no connection from outside - only if I'm pulling out "wan1" cable of slave. You can also enable session pickup delay to reduce the number of sessions that are synchronized by session pickup. 11:41 AM. 02-08-2020 Have you ever installed a Windows server to do Full Story, Why would you need to export the private key Full Story, I had a customer that installed a wildcard certificate Full Story, 2021 InfoSec Monkey | Design by Fitser. 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