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FortiGate-7000 Handbook
Introduction
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FPM-7620E processing module
Getting started with FortiGate-7000
Setting up management connections
Managing individual FIMs and FPMs
Connecting to module CLIs using the management module
Default VDOM configuration
Firmware upgrades
Restarting the FortiGate-7000
Configuration synchronization
Packet sniffing for FIM and FPM packets
Load balancing and flow rules
Setting the load balancing method
Flow rules for sessions that cannot be load balanced
Determining the primary FPM
IPsec VPN load balancing
GTP load balancing
Default configuration for traffic that cannot be load balanced
Operating a FortiGate-7000
Failover in a standalone FortiGate-7000
Replacing a failed FPM or FIM
Installing firmware on an FIM or FPM from the BIOS using a TFTP server
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FortiGate-7000 IPsec VPN
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Before you begin configuring HA
Connect the M1 and M2 interfaces for HA heartbeat communication
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Upgrading FortiGate-7000 HA cluster firmware
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Primary FortiGate-7000 chassis selection and failover criteria
How link and module failures affect primary FortiGate-7000 selection
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Priority and primary FortiGate-7000 selection
Override and primary FortiGate-7000 selection
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Table of Contents
Introduction
FortiGate-7000 overview
FortiGate-7060E
FortiGate-7040E
FortiGate-7030E
FIM-7901E interface module
FIM-7904E interface module
FIM-7910E interface module
FIM-7920E interface module
FPM-7620E processing module
Getting started with FortiGate-7000
Setting up management connections
Managing individual FIMs and FPMs
Connecting to module CLIs using the management module
Default VDOM configuration
Firmware upgrades
Restarting the FortiGate-7000
Configuration synchronization
Packet sniffing for FIM and FPM packets
Load balancing and flow rules
Setting the load balancing method
Flow rules for sessions that cannot be load balanced
Determining the primary FPM
IPsec VPN load balancing
GTP load balancing
Default configuration for traffic that cannot be load balanced
Operating a FortiGate-7000
Failover in a standalone FortiGate-7000
Replacing a failed FPM or FIM
Installing firmware on an FIM or FPM from the BIOS using a TFTP server
Viewing interface statistics
FortiGate-7000 IPsec VPN
Adding source and destination subnets to IPsec VPN phase 2 configurations
Configuring the FortiGate-7000 as a dialup IPsec VPN server
Troubleshooting
High availability
Before you begin configuring HA
Connect the M1 and M2 interfaces for HA heartbeat communication
HA configuration
Setting up HA management connections
Managing individual modules in HA mode
Upgrading FortiGate-7000 HA cluster firmware
Distributed clustering
Modifying heartbeat timing
Session failover (session-pickup)
Primary FortiGate-7000 chassis selection and failover criteria
How link and module failures affect primary FortiGate-7000 selection
Link failure threshold and board failover tolerance
Priority and primary FortiGate-7000 selection
Override and primary FortiGate-7000 selection
FortiGate-7000 v5.4.9 special features and limitations
FortiGate-7000 v5.4.5 special features and limitations
FortiGate-7000 v5.4.3 special features and limitations
FortiGate-7000 load balancing commands
Change log