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Fortinet Technologies Inc. Page 65 FortiVoice Enterprise Phone System 4.0.0 Administration Guide
Heartbeat
status
Specify if this interface will be used for HA heartbeat and synchronization.
• Disable
Do not use this interface for HA heartbeat and synchronization.
• Primary
Select the primary network interface for heartbeat and synchronization
traffic. For more information, see “About the heartbeat and
synchronization” on page 55.
This network interface must be connected directly or through a switch to
the Primary heartbeat network interface of the other member in the HA
group.
• Secondary
Select the secondary network interface for heartbeat and
synchronization traffic. For more information, see “About the heartbeat
and synchronization” on page 55.
The secondary heartbeat interface is the backup heartbeat link between
the units in the HA group. If the primary heartbeat link is functioning, the
secondary heartbeat link is used for the HA heartbeat. If the primary
heartbeat link fails, the secondary link is used for the HA heartbeat and
for HA synchronization.
This network interface must be connected directly or through a switch to
the Secondary heartbeat network interfaces of the other member in the
HA group.
Caution: Using the same network interface for both HA
synchronization/heartbeat traffic and other network traffic could result in
issues with heartbeat and synchronization during times of high traffic load,
and is not recommended.
Note: In general, you should isolate the network interfaces that are used for
heartbeat traffic from your overall network. Heartbeat and synchronization
packets contain sensitive configuration information, are latency-sensitive,
and can consume considerable network bandwidth.
Peer IP
address
Enter the IP address of the matching heartbeat network interface of the
other member of the HA group.
For example, if you are configuring the primary unit’s primary heartbeat
network interface, enter the IP address of the secondary unit’s primary
heartbeat network interface.
Similarly, for the secondary heartbeat network interface, enter the IP
address of the other unit’s secondary heartbeat network interface.
For information about configuration synchronization and what is not
synchronized, see “About the heartbeat and synchronization” on page 55.
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