Chapter 9 High Availability for FortiOS 5.0 : HA with FortiGate-VM and third-party products : Troubleshooting layer-2 switches
  
Troubleshooting layer-2 switches
Issues may occur because of the way an HA cluster assigns MAC addresses to the primary unit. Two clusters with the same group ID cannot connect to the same switch and cannot be installed on the same network unless they are separated by a router.