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Ganaa
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February 26, 2026
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Connection between clustered Fortigates

  • February 26, 2026
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Can two FortiGate clusters (each configured in Active-Passive HA with 2 units) be interconnected through a Core switch?

Best answer by AEK

Yes they can, but if you mean L2 network then you must change the cluster ID for one of them, otherwise you will have MAC address conflict.

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AEK
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AEKAnswer
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February 26, 2026

Yes they can, but if you mean L2 network then you must change the cluster ID for one of them, otherwise you will have MAC address conflict.

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Ganaa
GanaaAuthor
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March 2, 2026

okay. thank you

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