Determining the primary FPM

You can determine which FPM is operating as the primary (master) FPC by hovering over the FPMs in the Security Fabric dashboard widget. The FPM operating as the primary FPM will have a Status of Master Blade.

You can also use the diagnose load-balance status command to determine which FPM is operating as the primary FPM.

The following example diagnose load-balance status output for a FortiGate-7060E showing that the FPM in slot 3 is the primary (master) FPM. The command output also shows the status of all of the FPMs in the FortiGate-7060E. The output also shows that the FPM in slot 4 is either missing or down.

diagnose load-balance status
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Slot: 2  Module SN: FIM04E3E16000222
  FIM02: FIM04E3E16000222
  Master FPM Blade: slot-3

     Slot  3: FPM20E3E17900133
       Status:Working   Function:Active 
       Link:      Base: Up          Fabric: Up  
       Heartbeat: Management: Good   Data: Good  
       Status Message:"Running"
     Slot  4: 
       Status:Dead      Function:Active 
       Link:      Base: Up          Fabric: Down
       Heartbeat: Management: Failed Data: Failed
       Status Message:"Waiting for management heartbeat." 
     Slot  5: FPM20E3E17900152
       Status:Working   Function:Active 
       Link:      Base: Up          Fabric: Up  
       Heartbeat: Management: Good   Data: Good  
       Status Message:"Running"
     Slot  6: FPM20E3E17900202
       Status:Working   Function:Active 
       Link:      Base: Up          Fabric: Up  
       Heartbeat: Management: Good   Data: Good  
       Status Message:"Running"