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Link failure

If your HA configuration includes HA interface monitoring, if a primary FortiGate-7000 interface fails or is disconnected while a cluster is operating, a link failure occurs. When a link failure occurs, the FortiGate-7000s in the cluster negotiate to select a new primary FortiGate-7000. The link failure means that a that primary FortiGate-7000 with the most link failures will become the secondary and the FortiGate-7000 with the fewest link failures becomes the primary FortiGate-7000.

Just as for a device failover, the new primary FortiGate-7000 sends gratuitous arp packets out all of its connected interfaces to inform attached switches to send traffic to it. Sessions then resume with the new primary FortiGate-7000.

If the secondary FortiGate-7000 experiences a link failure, its status in the cluster does not change. However, in future negotiations FortiGate-7000 with a link failure is less likely to become the primary FortiGate-7000.

If one of the FortiGate-6000s experiences a module failure and the other experiences a link failure, the FortiGate-7000 with the most operating modules becomes the primary FortiGate-7000, even if it is also experiencing a link failure.

Link failure

If your HA configuration includes HA interface monitoring, if a primary FortiGate-7000 interface fails or is disconnected while a cluster is operating, a link failure occurs. When a link failure occurs, the FortiGate-7000s in the cluster negotiate to select a new primary FortiGate-7000. The link failure means that a that primary FortiGate-7000 with the most link failures will become the secondary and the FortiGate-7000 with the fewest link failures becomes the primary FortiGate-7000.

Just as for a device failover, the new primary FortiGate-7000 sends gratuitous arp packets out all of its connected interfaces to inform attached switches to send traffic to it. Sessions then resume with the new primary FortiGate-7000.

If the secondary FortiGate-7000 experiences a link failure, its status in the cluster does not change. However, in future negotiations FortiGate-7000 with a link failure is less likely to become the primary FortiGate-7000.

If one of the FortiGate-6000s experiences a module failure and the other experiences a link failure, the FortiGate-7000 with the most operating modules becomes the primary FortiGate-7000, even if it is also experiencing a link failure.