Fortinet 5003 User Manual
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FortiSwitch-5003A and 5003 Fabric and Base Backplane Communications Guide
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Base backplane HA configurations
FortiGate-5140 and 5050 base backplane communication
Figure 32: FortiGate-5001SX/FortiGate-5001FA2 HA through slot 2 (port10) with
failover to a non-base backplane interface (port8)
To configure HA communications to use one FortiSwitch board
1
Insert the FortiSwitch board into chassis hub/switch slot 1 or hub/switch slot 2.
When installing only one FortiSwitch board per chassis, recommended slot
number varies by the model of the FortiGate boards. For details on the effects of
slot number, see
“Slot position and HA heartbeat interface precedence” on
If you want to form HA clusters between FortiGate boards in separate chassis,
install each FortiSwitch board into the matching slot number in each chassis, then
link the base backplanes of each chassis by connecting FortiSwitch boards front
panel base or ZRE interfaces with an Ethernet cable.
For example hardware installations, see
and
2
Insert FortiGate boards into the required chassis slots.
3
On each FortiGate board to be included in the HA cluster, go to System > Config
> HA.
4
Select the HA Mode, then enter the Group Name, and Password.
5
Set other HA options as required.
6
Enable the appropriate base backplane interfaces as heartbeat interfaces.
7
If the base backplane interface does not have heartbeat interface precedence,
increase the precedence of the base backplane interface so that it is selected as
the primary heartbeat interface.
Note: Heartbeat interface precedence can be determined by multiple factors, including
Priority and position in the Heartbeat Interface list. For details, see
heartbeat interface precedence” on page 77
.