HA in-band management for management interfaces

The FortiGate 6000F supports FGCP HA in-band management for FortiGate 6000F management interfaces (mgmt1, mgmt2, and mgmt3).

HA in-band management allows you to add a second management IP address to mgmt1, mgmt2, or mgmt3. The management IP address is accessible from the network that the interface is connected to. This setting is not synchronized, so both FortiGate 6000Fs in the cluster can have their own in-band management IP addresses; providing management access to the secondary FortiGate 6000F.

FortiGate 6000F does not support HA in-band management for data interfaces.

FortiGate-6000 HA in-band management configuration:

config vdom

edit mgmt-vdom

config system interface

edit {1-mgmt1 | 1-mgmt2 | 1-mgmt3 | 2-mgmt1 | 2-mgmt2 | 2-mgmt3}

set management-ip <ip address>

end

The management-ip option is available only when HA is enabled.

To support HA in-band management, the FortiGate 6000F handles HA virtual MAC addresses in the same way as other FortiGates.