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arie12092
arie12092
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October 13, 2022
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FortiGate FGCP A-P Virtual Switch MAC Address

  • October 13, 2022
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Hi,

When in FGCP A-P, the virtual-switch mac-address is following the virtual MAC Address of the HA.

What are attributes that can we change to make the virtual-switch mac-address different between cluster?

We are running FortiGate A-P and using virtual-switch in multiple site, but we are facing issue where the virtual-switch mac-address is conflict between site.

 

Thanks

Best answer by aionescu

Hi @arie12092 ,

 

You can change the cluster ID. Please find more information at: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-HA-Cluster-virtual-MAC-addresses/ta-p/194239?externalID=11772

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aionescu
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aionescuAnswer
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October 13, 2022

Hi @arie12092 ,

 

You can change the cluster ID. Please find more information at: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-HA-Cluster-virtual-MAC-addresses/ta-p/194239?externalID=11772

    arie12092
    arie12092Author
    Explorer II
    October 13, 2022

    Hi @aionescu ,

     

    The group ID in config system HA is only 0-255.

    If we have more than 255 sites, then what should we do? While we don't use VDOM in the FortiGate.

     

    Thanks

    aionescu
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    aionescu
    Staff
    October 13, 2022

    Hi, do you have a design that has 255 clusters in the same broadcast domain?

    As per Fortinet best practices: each heartbeat interface should be isolated in its own VLAN.

    Please find more information at: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.4.0/best-practices/493254/heartbeat-interfaces

     

    Hope it helps.

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