General configuration steps
The section includes web‑based manager and CLI procedures. These procedures assume that the FortiGate‑620B units are running the same FortiOS firmware build and are set to the factory default configuration.
General configuration steps
1. Configure the FortiGate units for HA operation.
• Change each unit’s host name.
• Configure HA.
2. Connect the cluster to the network.
3. View cluster status.
4. Add basic configuration settings and configure the aggregated interfaces.
• Add a password for the admin administrative account.
• Add the aggregated interfaces.
• Disable lacp-ha-slave so that the subordinate unit does not send LACP packets.
• Add a default route.
You could also configure aggregated interfaces in each FortiGate unit before the units form a cluster.
5. Configure HA port monitoring for the aggregated interfaces.