By default, management services such as SNMP, remote logging, remote authentication and communication with FortiSandbox and so on, use a cluster interface. As a result communication from each cluster unit comes from a cluster interface instead of from the interface of an individual cluster unit and not from the HA reserved management interface.
If you want to use the HA reserved management interface for these features you must enter the following command:
The result is that all management services use the HA reserved management interface. This means that individual cluster units send log messages and communicate with FortiSandbox and so on using the HA reserved management interface instead of one of the cluster interfaces. This allows you to manage each cluster unit separately and to separate the management traffic from each cluster unit. This can also be useful if each cluster unit is in a different location.
If you want to use the HA reserved management interface for these features you must enter the following command:
Code:
config system ha
set ha-direct enable
endThe result is that all management services use the HA reserved management interface. This means that individual cluster units send log messages and communicate with FortiSandbox and so on using the HA reserved management interface instead of one of the cluster interfaces. This allows you to manage each cluster unit separately and to separate the management traffic from each cluster unit. This can also be useful if each cluster unit is in a different location.