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Getting Started with FortiGate

You're reading from   Getting Started with FortiGate This book will take you from complete novice to expert user in simple, progressive steps. It covers all the concepts you need to administer a FortiGate unit with lots of examples and clear explanations.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782178200
Length 126 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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VDOMs and virtual clustering


Virtual clustering supports a maximum of two FortiGate units in an FGCP cluster, with multiple active VDOMs. Both Active-Passive and Active-Active modes are supported. For every single VDOM we are able to configure a cluster, with a master and a slave unit. The network traffic that is directed to a certain cluster in a VDOM will stay inside this cluster. To keep the number of required interfaces as low as possible, the heartbeat interfaces configured for a VDOM are also used to keep the units in sync for all the clusters in the other VDOMs. Virtual clustering supports a load balancing mode called VDOM partitioning . The HA cluster will be configured as Active-Passive but we will have two or more virtual domains, with the primary and secondary node reversed (so that the unit that is primary for VDOM "A" is secondary for VDOM "B" and vice versa). We will be able to adjust the workload managing the configuration related to the single VDOM. If a failure occurs on...

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