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andrejrepka20
New Member
January 30, 2026
Question

Only one port visible in MCLAG topoloy

  • January 30, 2026
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Hello everyone, 

 

I was creating MCLAG peer group with 2x FGT120G (which are in active passive HA) and 2x FSW424E. I was doing this for two different clusters. In first one everything seems to be in order but on the other one port is missing when I check the topology in Switch Controller menu on FGT. The config is identical for both.

 

I have fortilink interface with x1 and x2 as members.

 

FGT1 - x1 -> port25 on SW1 and x2 -> port25 on SW2
FGT2 - x1 -> port26 on SW2 and x2 -> port26 on SW1

As I was creating the stack i only connected ports from FGT1 which was active to switches (first SW1 then SW2), after authorization I followed the guide and made the mclag peer group between the switches with ports23 and 24. After this was established I connected ports from the passive member (x1 to port26 on SW2 and x2 to port26 on SW1) but it did not appear in the topology? Is there way I can force some sort of LACP renegotiation or something? Restart of the switches did not work. Any help is appreciated.

 

PS: even building the stack was crazy process as for some reason when I connected the switches to the HA pair for the first time for some reason one switch always had No ports connected, so I had to basically connected 1 switch with 1 port wait few minutes for authorization and establishment, connect second to the same, then configure MCLAG for it to even get into the state I am in right now. The first cluster was flawless immediately saw all ports as they should be. 

1 reply

magliano
Staff
Staff
January 31, 2026

Hi,

 

Just to double-check, make sure you have two ICL cables configured between the switches, as this is required for proper MCLAG operation.

 

Also, could you please confirm which FortiOS and FortiSwitchOS versions you are running?

 

Additionally, are you building a Tier-1 topology only? If so, you can follow the guide below, which should help as a reference for the correct setup.

 

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortiswitch/7.6.5/fortilink-guide/801194/deploying-mclag-topologies

Hope this helps.

andrejrepka20
New Member
February 11, 2026

Hi,

 

yes, there are two icl cables between the switches, i followed that exact guide but probably encountered some specific scenario because i could not even recreate the state i was before the factory reset.

Currently the MCLAG is formed, as I stated in original post but I am honestly to scared and tired to redo the configuration again as this is in production enviroment...

magliano
Staff
Staff
February 11, 2026

Hi @andrejrepka20 ,

 

When you mention that it is reflected in the original post, are you still experiencing the same behavior described in your first message?

 

Also, could you please confirm which firmware versions you are currently running?

 

Best regards,