Enhanced Load Balance Clustering (ELBC)
FortiSwitch-5003B system
FortiSwitch-5003B System Guide
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Figure 4: Example ELBC configuration
If you install a second FortiSwitch-5003B board you can configure active-passive ELBC
HA. In an HA configuration, if the FortiSwitch-5003B board in slot 1 fails, all sessions are
failed over to the FortiSwitch-5003B board in slot 2 with only a minimal traffic
interruption. To be able to form a cluster, both of the FortiSwitch-5003B boards in an
ELBC HA cluster must have part numbers of P11000-01 and up or both must have part
numbers lower than P11000-01.
Internal 10-gigabit
network
External 10-gigabit
network
Slot 1 4 6 8
FortiSwitch-5003B
board
FortiGate-5001B
Boards
Load Balancing over
10-gigabit Fabric
channel
Router
Router
