HA Management Interface Reservation

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May 21, 2025
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Hello experts,

I have a FortiGate Active-Passive cluster (FG-101F) running version 7.2.10.

I configured the mgmt port on the firewall for management purposes.

In the HA configuration, I wanted to add the mgmt interface under Management Interface Reservation in order to manage each cluster member separately.

However, the mgmt interface does not appear in the list. I also tried to configure it via CLI, but I received an error message indicating that the interface is unavailable.

ha config.jpg

Thank you for your help.

FortiGate

Best answer by saneeshpv_FTNT

@Karoui1989 , This could be also because your "mgmt1" interface is referenced somewhere in the configuration (for example, used in the static route configuration or a policy). You check the reference and delete any reference to this and then you should be able to see them available for "Management Interface reservation" under HA.

Regards,

Saneesh

funkylicious

SuperUser

hi,

if you want to manage each member separately using the current setup, i would suggest using the set management-ip <> under the mgmt interface for each member and assign a new ip, other than the one already set and then you can use them for invididual tasks/access.

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.4.7/administration-guide/251230

"jack of all trades, master of none"

saneeshpv_FTNTAnswer

Staff

@Karoui1989 , This could be also because your "mgmt1" interface is referenced somewhere in the configuration (for example, used in the static route configuration or a policy). You check the reference and delete any reference to this and then you should be able to see them available for "Management Interface reservation" under HA.

Regards,

Saneesh