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Initial session-aware load balanced cluster setup Basic Configuration
FortiController-5103B Session-Aware Load Balancer Guide
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http://docs.fortinet.com/
3 Connect the external network to FortiController-5103B front panel interface 1.
4 Connect the internal network to front panel interface 3.
5 From a management PC connected to the same network as the mgmt interface,
browse to https://192.168.1.99 to connect to the FortiController-5103B web-based
manager. (You can also connect to the CLI using the console port or SSH).
6 Log into the FortiController-5103B web-based manager using admin with no
password.
7 Check the firmware version that the FortiController-5103B is running (from the
dashboard or from the CLI using the get system status command).
8 Check the FortiSwitch-ATCA release notes and confirm that your
FortiController-5103B is running the latest supported firmware. You can download the
correct firmware from Fortinet’s Support site (https://support.fortinet.com).
To install and configure the workers
1 Insert workers into their chassis slots using the insertion procedure described in their
documentation.
2 From the FortiController-5103B web-based manager go to Load Balance > Config.
3 Add the workers to the cluster by selecting Edit and moving the slots that contain
workers to the Members list.
From the CLI you can use the following command to add slots 3, 4, and 5 to the
cluster:
config load-balance setting
config slots
edit 3
next
edit 4
next
edit 5
end
end
You can use the delete command to remove a slot from the cluster, for example to
remove slot 5 enter:
config load-balance setting
config slots
delete 5
end
end
The status of the workers will be down until you complete the following steps for each
worker.
4 Connect to the worker CLI. You can use the console port or use SSH to connect to the
mgmt interface (default IP address 192.168.1.99).