MGMT interface for HA Hartbeat

NotMine · ‎10-03-2023

Hello,

Is it advisable to use MGMT port as one of the heartbeat interfaces for HA (on FGT-200F, for example)? I remember reading somewhere Fortinet recommending NOT to use MGMT interface for general traffic, but what about HA?

Cheers,

Slavko

NSE 7

All oppinions/statements written here are my own.

sthampi_FTNT · ‎10-03-2023

Hello NotMine,

Usually mgmt interface is used for dedicated Out of Band Management of the device.

However, if you like to use it as a backup heartbeat interface for HA, there is no harm in doing that.

you may go ahead and configure it and it will work just fine.

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sthampi_FTNT · ‎10-03-2023

Hello NotMine,

Usually mgmt interface is used for dedicated Out of Band Management of the device.

However, if you like to use it as a backup heartbeat interface for HA, there is no harm in doing that.

you may go ahead and configure it and it will work just fine.

NotMine · ‎10-04-2023

Thank you, @sthampi_FTNT!

Cheers,

Slavko

NSE 7

All oppinions/statements written here are my own.

jubli24 · ‎10-03-2023

kinda sounds like you may have a hardware problem. You can try using the management interface as a test, also check the interface in the cli and the cli configuration.

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