History for Clustering

Feature

Minimum Management Center

Minimum Threat Defense

Details
16-node clusters for the Secure Firewall 3100/4200.

20241030

7.6.0

For the Secure Firewall 3100 and 4200, the maximum nodes were increased from 8 to 16.

See: Clustering for the Secure Firewall 3100/4200

Individual interface mode for Secure Firewall 3100/4200 clusters.

20241030

7.6.0

Individual interfaces are normal routed interfaces, each with their own local IP address used for routing. The main cluster IP address for each interface is a fixed address that always belongs to the control node. When the control node changes, the main cluster IP address moves to the new control node, so management of the cluster continues seamlessly. Load balancing must be configured separately on the upstream switch.

Restrictions: Not supported for container instances.

New/modified screens:

  • Devices > Device Management > Add Cluster

  • Devices > Device Management > Cluster > Interfaces / EIGRP / OSPF / OSPFv3 / BGP

  • Objects > Object Management > Address Pools > MAC Address Pool

See: Clustering for the Secure Firewall 3100/4200 and Address Pools

Clustering for the Secure Firewall 4200

20230929

7.4.0

The Secure Firewall 4200 supports Spanned EtherChannel clustering for up to 8 nodes.

Cluster health monitor settings

20221213

Any

You can now edit cluster health monitor settings.

New/Modified screens: Devices > Device Management > Cluster > Cluster Health Monitor Settings

Note

If you previously configured these settings using FlexConfig, be sure to remove the FlexConfig configuration before you deploy. Otherwise the FlexConfig configuration will overwrite the management center configuration.

Cluster health monitor dashboard

20221213

Any

You can now view cluster health on the cluster health monitor dashboard.

New/Modified screens: System (system gear icon) > Health > Monitor

Automatic configuration of the cluster control link MTU

20220609

7.2.0

The MTU of the cluster control link interface is now automatically set to 100 bytes more than the highest data interface MTU; by default, the MTU is 1600 bytes.

Clustering for the Secure Firewall 3100

20220609

7.1.0

The Secure Firewall 3100 supports Spanned EtherChannel clustering for up to 8 nodes.

New/Modified screens:

  • Devices > Device Management > Add Cluster

  • Devices > Device Management > More menu

  • Devices > Device Management > Cluster

Supported platforms: Secure Firewall 3100