Description | The article describes how to check SD-WAN member status and performance using FortiGate CLI. |
Scope | FortiGate v7.x.x |
Solution |
Configure the SD-WAN zone and assign members to the zone:
Create SD-WAN zone:
config sys sdwan config zone
Assign members to the SDWAN zone:
config members end
Configure health-check:
config health-check
Scenario 1: SDWAN members are within the SLA threshold:
FortiGate # diagnose sys link-monitor interface HUB2-VPN1-1
Fortigate # diag sys link-monitor interface HUB2-VPN2-1
In scenario 1, the members HUB2-VPN1-1 and HUB2-VPN2-1 are within the SLA threshold, and that is why the member state shows up.
Scenario 2: SDWAN members are not within the SLA threshold:
FortiGate # diagnose sys link-monitor interface HUB2-VPN1-1
FortiGate # diagnose sys link-monitor interface HUB2-VPN2-1
In scenario 2, there is a packet loss of 7% and 24% on members HUB2-VPN1-1 and HUB2-VPN2-1, respectively, but the member's state still shows up. The packet loss threshold is 2% for health-check HUB2_HC. The SD-WAN members fail to meet the SLA target, but they still show as up
Scenario 3: SDWAN members fail to meet the Link status threshold:
Check Interval: 20 ms Failures before inactive: 1 Restore link after: 1
FortiGate# diagnose sys link-monitor interface HUB2-VPN1-1
FortiGate# diagnose sys link-monitor interface HUB2-VPN2-1
In scenario 3, the members HUB2-VPN1-1 and HUB2-VPN2-1 show as down because they failed to meet the Link status threshold, but the system interface shows up.
FortiGate# show full sys interface HUB2-VPN2-1 | grep status
FortiGate # diag sys link-monitor interface HUB2-VPN2-1
Checking the SD-WAN member state when troubleshooting issues related to BGP establishment or intermittent BGP flaps is beneficial. For example, from scenario 3, if a BGP neighbor is set up with the interface as HUB2-VPN2-1, the neighbor relationship will fail because the interface state is down, even though the system interface shows as up. |
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