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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall utilizes purpose-built security processors and threat intelligence security services from FortiGuard labs to deliver top-rated protection and high performance, including encrypted traffic.
Rosalyn
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Description
This article describes how to perform FortiGate HA failover via FortiManager 'promote' option.

Solution
To select the 'promote' option from  GUI:
1) Go to Device Manager, select the 'HA device' on the left panel, which will open System: Dashboard.



2) To make the slave becomes the master, select 'Promote', then select 'OK' to confirm failover.





3) It will take a while to change the 'HA device' sequence.
4) Once completed, the HA role will be changed.




5) To confirm this on the production HA FortiGate, go to System -> HA.



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