Troubleshooting Tip: Resolving the error 'Cannot set management port 'port2' as the cluster internal communication port'

[vchauhan]

Description	This article describes an error that occurs when setting up the cluster internal port on port2 (port2 is an example).
Scope	FortiSandbox
Solution	hc-settings -sc -tM -nPrimaryA -cTestHCsystem -ppassw0rd -iport2 ERROR: Cannot set management port 'port2' as cluster internal communication port. > show Configured parameters: port1 IPv4 IP: 10.5.62.51/20 MAC: 00:90:0B:66:E4:CF MTU: 1500 speed: 1000Mb/s duplex: full port2 IPv4 IP: 10.84.14.51/20 MAC: 00:90:0B:66:E4:D0 MTU: 1500 speed: 1000Mb/s duplex: full port3 IPv4 IP: 10.5.30.51/20 MAC: 00:90:0B:66:E4:D1 MTU: 1500 speed: 1000Mb/s duplex: full port4 IPv4 IP: 10.101.14.51/20 MAC: 00:90:0B:66:E4:D2 MTU: 1500 speed: 1000Mb/s duplex: full port5 IPv4 IP: 192.168.4.99/24 MAC: 00:90:0B:66:F5:A9 MTU: 1500 speed: 10000Mb/s duplex: full port6 IPv4 IP: 192.168.5.99/24 MAC: 00:90:0B:66:F5:AA MTU: 1500 speed: 10000Mb/s duplex: full IPv4 Default Gateway: 10.5.63.254 Administration interface(s): port1 port2 port4 API interface(s): To resolve this error, run the following: > unset admin-port port2 This will allow setting up port2 for the internal cluster communication port.