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NotMine
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MGMT interface for HA Hartbeat

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

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NSE 7 All oppinions/statements written here are my own.
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sthampi_FTNT
Staff
Staff

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
Staff
Staff

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

Thank you, @sthampi_FTNT!

Cheers,

Slavko

NSE 7

All oppinions/statements written here are my own.

NSE 7 All oppinions/statements written here are my own.
jubli24
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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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