Load balancing strategy

The maximize bandwidth (load-balance) strategy used prior to FortiOS 7.4.1 is now known as the load balancing strategy. This strategy can be configured under the manual mode and the lowest cost (SLA) strategies.

• When the load balancing strategy is configured under the manual mode strategy, SLA targets are not used (see Load balancing strategy without SLA targets for an example configuration).

• When the load balancing strategy is configured under the lowest cost (SLA) strategy, SLA targets are used (see Load balancing strategy with SLA targets for an example configuration).

The load balancing strategy functionality remains the same as the maximum bandwidth (SLA) strategy when it is configured inside the lowest cost (SLA) strategy: load balance traffic out of all the interfaces that satisfy the SLA targets. Interface cost is not considered when selecting the best path when the load balancing strategy is used.