Fortinet 5103b Network Hardware User Manual


 
FortiController-5103B Session-Aware Load Balancer Guide
10-500-161552-20140822 3
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FortiController-5103B
Contents
Warnings and cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
FortiController-5103B system 5
Physical description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front panel LEDs and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About the SH1 and SH2 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front panel connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
FortiController-5103B session-aware load balancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting up a session-aware load balanced cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Configuring and managing the load balanced cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adding a second FortiController-5103B board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adding a second Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hardware installation 15
Installing SFP+ transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
FortiController-5103B mounting components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Inserting a FortiController-5103B board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shutting down and Removing a FortiController-5103B board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Resetting a FortiController-5103B board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
FortiController-5103B does not startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
FortiController-5103B status LED is flashing during system operation . . . . . . 22
Basic Configuration 23
Connecting to the FortiController-5103B Web-based manager (GUI) . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting to the FortiController-5103B command line interface (CLI) . . . . . . . . 24
Factory default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Initial session-aware load balanced cluster setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Upgrading cluster firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Verifying the configuration and the status of the boards in the cluster . . . . . . . . 28
For more information 30
Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Technical Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Comments on Fortinet technical documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Customer service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30