config system ha

Configure HA.

config system ha
    Description: Configure HA.
    set arps {integer}
    set arps-interval {integer}
    set authentication [enable|disable]
    set cpu-threshold {user}
    set encryption [enable|disable]
    set failover-hold-time {integer}
    set ftp-proxy-threshold {user}
    set gratuitous-arps [enable|disable]
    set group-id {integer}
    set group-name {string}
    set ha-direct [enable|disable]
    set ha-eth-type {string}
    config ha-mgmt-interfaces
        Description: Reserve interfaces to manage individual cluster units.
        edit <id>
            set interface {string}
            set dst {ipv4-classnet}
            set gateway {ipv4-address}
            set gateway6 {ipv6-address}
        next
    end
    set ha-mgmt-status [enable|disable]
    set ha-uptime-diff-margin {integer}
    set hb-interval {integer}
    set hb-interval-in-milliseconds [100ms|10ms]
    set hb-lost-threshold {integer}
    set hbdev {user}
    set hc-eth-type {string}
    set hello-holddown {integer}
    set http-proxy-threshold {user}
    set imap-proxy-threshold {user}
    set key {password}
    set l2ep-eth-type {string}
    set link-failed-signal [enable|disable]
    set load-balance-all [enable|disable]
    set logical-sn [enable|disable]
    set memory-based-failover [enable|disable]
    set memory-compatible-mode [enable|disable]
    set memory-failover-flip-timeout {integer}
    set memory-failover-monitor-period {integer}
    set memory-failover-sample-rate {integer}
    set memory-failover-threshold {integer}
    set memory-threshold {user}
    set mode [standalone|a-a|...]
    set monitor {user}
    set multicast-ttl {integer}
    set nntp-proxy-threshold {user}
    set override [enable|disable]
    set override-wait-time {integer}
    set password {password}
    set pingserver-failover-threshold {integer}
    set pingserver-flip-timeout {integer}
    set pingserver-monitor-interface {user}
    set pingserver-secondary-force-reset [enable|disable]
    set pop3-proxy-threshold {user}
    set priority {integer}
    set route-hold {integer}
    set route-ttl {integer}
    set route-wait {integer}
    set schedule [none|leastconnection|...]
    set session-pickup [enable|disable]
    set session-pickup-connectionless [enable|disable]
    set session-pickup-delay [enable|disable]
    set session-pickup-expectation [enable|disable]
    set session-pickup-nat [enable|disable]
    set session-sync-dev {user}
    set smtp-proxy-threshold {user}
    set ssd-failover [enable|disable]
    set standalone-config-sync [enable|disable]
    set standalone-mgmt-vdom [enable|disable]
    set sync-config [enable|disable]
    set sync-packet-balance [enable|disable]
    set unicast-gateway {ipv4-address}
    set unicast-hb [enable|disable]
    set unicast-hb-netmask {ipv4-netmask}
    set unicast-hb-peerip {ipv4-address}
    config unicast-peers
        Description: Number of unicast peers.
        edit <id>
            set peer-ip {ipv4-address}
        next
    end
    set unicast-status [enable|disable]
    set uninterruptible-primary-wait {integer}
    set uninterruptible-upgrade [enable|disable]
    config vcluster
        Description: Virtual cluster table.
        edit <vcluster-id>
            set override [enable|disable]
            set priority {integer}
            set override-wait-time {integer}
            set monitor {user}
            set pingserver-monitor-interface {user}
            set pingserver-failover-threshold {integer}
            set pingserver-secondary-force-reset [enable|disable]
            set vdom <name1>, <name2>, ...
        next
    end
    set vcluster-status [enable|disable]
    set weight {user}
end

config system ha

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

arps

Number of gratuitous ARPs. Lower to reduce traffic. Higher to reduce failover time.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 60

5

arps-interval

Time between gratuitous ARPs . Lower to reduce failover time. Higher to reduce traffic.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 20

8

authentication

Enable/disable heartbeat message authentication.

option

-

disable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable heartbeat message authentication.

disable

Disable heartbeat message authentication.

cpu-threshold

Dynamic weighted load balancing CPU usage weight and high and low thresholds.

user

Not Specified

encryption

Enable/disable heartbeat message encryption.

option

-

disable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable heartbeat message encryption.

disable

Disable heartbeat message encryption.

failover-hold-time

Time to wait before failover , to avoid flip.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 300

0

ftp-proxy-threshold

Dynamic weighted load balancing weight and high and low number of FTP proxy sessions.

user

Not Specified

gratuitous-arps

Enable/disable gratuitous ARPs. Disable if link-failed-signal enabled.

option

-

enable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable gratuitous ARPs.

disable

Disable gratuitous ARPs.

group-id

HA group ID . Must be the same for all members.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 1023

0

group-name

Cluster group name. Must be the same for all members.

string

Maximum length: 32

ha-direct

Enable/disable using ha-mgmt interface for syslog, remote authentication (RADIUS), FortiAnalyzer, FortiSandbox, sFlow, and Netflow.

option

-

disable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable using ha-mgmt interface for syslog, remote authentication (RADIUS), FortiAnalyzer, FortiSandbox, sFlow, and Netflow.

disable

Disable using ha-mgmt interface for syslog, remote authentication (RADIUS), FortiAnalyzer, FortiSandbox, sFlow, and Netflow.

ha-eth-type

HA heartbeat packet Ethertype (4-digit hex).

string

Maximum length: 4

8890

ha-mgmt-status

Enable to reserve interfaces to manage individual cluster units.

option

-

disable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable setting.

disable

Disable setting.

ha-uptime-diff-margin

Normally you would only reduce this value for failover testing.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

300

hb-interval

Time between sending heartbeat packets. Increase to reduce false positives.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 20

2

hb-interval-in-milliseconds

Number of milliseconds for each heartbeat interval: 100ms or 10ms.

option

-

100ms

 

Option

Description

100ms

Each heartbeat interval is 100ms.

10ms

Each heartbeat interval is 10ms.

hb-lost-threshold

Number of lost heartbeats to signal a failure. Increase to reduce false positives.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 60

6 **

hbdev

Heartbeat interfaces. Must be the same for all members. Enter <interface> <priority> pairs to specify the priority of each heartbeat interface. Higher priority takes precedence.

user

Not Specified

hc-eth-type

Transparent mode HA heartbeat packet Ethertype (4-digit hex).

string

Maximum length: 4

8891

hello-holddown

Time to wait before changing from hello to work state.

integer

Minimum value: 5 Maximum value: 300

20

http-proxy-threshold

Dynamic weighted load balancing weight and high and low number of HTTP proxy sessions.

user

Not Specified

imap-proxy-threshold

Dynamic weighted load balancing weight and high and low number of IMAP proxy sessions.

user

Not Specified

key

Key.

password

Not Specified

l2ep-eth-type

Telnet session HA heartbeat packet Ethertype (4-digit hex).

string

Maximum length: 4

8893

link-failed-signal

Enable to shut down all interfaces for 1 sec after a failover. Use if gratuitous ARPs do not update network.

option

-

disable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable setting.

disable

Disable setting.

load-balance-all

Enable to load balance TCP sessions. Disable to load balance proxy sessions only.

option

-

disable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable load balance.

disable

Disable load balance.

logical-sn

Enable/disable usage of the logical serial number.

option

-

disable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable usage of the logical serial number.

disable

Disable usage of the logical serial number.

memory-based-failover

Enable/disable memory based failover.

option

-

disable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable setting.

disable

Disable setting.

memory-compatible-mode

Enable/disable memory compatible mode.

option

-

disable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable setting.

disable

Disable setting.

memory-failover-flip-timeout

Time to wait between subsequent memory based failovers in minutes.

integer

Minimum value: 6 Maximum value: 2147483647

6

memory-failover-monitor-period

Duration of high memory usage before memory based failover is triggered in seconds.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 300

60

memory-failover-sample-rate

Rate at which memory usage is sampled in order to measure memory usage in seconds.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 60

1

memory-failover-threshold

Memory usage threshold to trigger memory based failover (0 means using conserve mode threshold in system.global).

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 95

0

memory-threshold

Dynamic weighted load balancing memory usage weight and high and low thresholds.

user

Not Specified

mode

HA mode. Must be the same for all members. FGSP requires standalone.

option

-

standalone

 

Option

Description

standalone

Standalone mode.

a-a

Active-active mode.

a-p

Active-passive mode.

monitor

Interfaces to check for port monitoring (or link failure).

user

Not Specified

multicast-ttl

HA multicast TTL on primary.

integer

Minimum value: 5 Maximum value: 3600

600

nntp-proxy-threshold

Dynamic weighted load balancing weight and high and low number of NNTP proxy sessions.

user

Not Specified

override

Enable and increase the priority of the unit that should always be primary (master).

option

-

disable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable setting.

disable

Disable setting.

override-wait-time

Delay negotiating if override is enabled. Reduces how often the cluster negotiates.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 3600

0

password

Cluster password. Must be the same for all members.

password

Not Specified

pingserver-failover-threshold

Remote IP monitoring failover threshold.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 50

0

pingserver-flip-timeout

Time to wait in minutes before renegotiating after a remote IP monitoring failover.

integer

Minimum value: 6 Maximum value: 2147483647

60

pingserver-monitor-interface

Interfaces to check for remote IP monitoring.

user

Not Specified

pingserver-secondary-force-reset

Enable to force the cluster to negotiate after a remote IP monitoring failover.

option

-

enable

 

Option

Description

enable

Enable force reset of secondary member after PING server failure.

disable

Disable force reset of secondary member after PING server failure.

pop3-proxy-threshold

Dynamic weighted load balancing weight and high and low number of POP3 proxy sessions.

user

Not Specified

priority

Increase the priority to select the primary unit.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 255

128

route-hold

Time to wait between routing table updates to the cluster.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 3600

10

route-ttl

TTL for primary unit routes. Increase to maintain active routes during failover.

integer

Minimum value: 5 Maximum value: 3600

10

route-wait

Time to wait before sending new routes to the cluster.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 3600

0

schedule

Type of A-A load balancing. Use none if you have external load balancers.

option

-

round-robin