Fortigate HA swapping

[technician]

Hi, 

My question is if 2x Fortigate 800C with firmware versions for both have: v5.6.0 build1449(GA) currently set to HA Active-Passive. 1st question is: how do I switch manually for the current slave(passive) to be the active member and put the master(active) into passive? 

Is there a downtime for swapping from active-passive?

Thanks

Jeff

[ede_pfau]

You just have to force the master to fail - pull the cable from a monitored port, or in the CLI of the master "exec reboot".

I would first set the HA override on the slave:

config system ha

   set override enable

end

to make sure the cluster is not reverting to the old master unit after the reboot.

Yes, there will be a short interruption. Regular traffic maybe 10 pings, and all VPNs for sure.

[Sasha_FTNT]

Hi technician,

Depend of the configuration, but main idea is to reset uptime or decrease priority on the master.

Or unplug one of the monitored ports