HA (High Availability)

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
February 27, 2023
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Good morning everyone. Attached is the current scene. We have now acquired a second Fortigate 100F. The idea is to configure the two in active-passive HA (High Availability). I have some doubts. 1) Can the WAN be the same? 2) How do I connect and where do I connect the three doors of the second Fortigate? 3) The 3 ports of the first Fortigate are configured as DHCP Servers, will they continue to work?

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Best answer by srajeswaran

Hi Fabio,

Yes, this is correct and expected to work.

srajeswaran

Staff

This is the ideal method and all the functionalities will continue to work as in the current setup.

Fabio74Author

New Member

Woww... Great, thanks for the quick reply srajeswaran. Two more little doubts. 1) I don't have a Layer 2 switch, can it still work? 2) I connect ports H1 and H2 equally to each other, right?

srajeswaran

Staff

Yeah, the same ports from both units need to connect to the same LAN subnets. The LAN segments in diagram shows switches, is that so? If so, you just need to add one port to the connection towards the new FGT unit.

Fabio74Author

New Member

I was wrong, actually the scheme should be this, precisely because I don't have a layer2 switch

srajeswaranAnswer

Staff

Hi Fabio,

Yes, this is correct and expected to work.

Fabio74Author

New Member

Let's hope so. It's the first time I try something more advanced. Also because I made the company spend a lot of money :) Thank you very much for the technical and moral support :)

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