Disable a Chassis Cluster

To return a Firewall to standalone operation or to remove a node from a chassis cluster, you must disable chassis clustering.

Be aware that disabling the cluster can cause the node to fail to load its configuration if the configuration contains the automatically generated node0 and node1 groups that define key resources.

Since these groups are created only for clustered operation, they are removed when the cluster is disabled. As a result, the remaining configuration may become inconsistent and require manual cleanup or validation.

In such events, the node will come up partially amnesiac (logins will be remembered).

To disable chassis cluster, enter the following command:

After the system reboots, the chassis cluster is disabled.

After the chassis cluster is disabled using this CLI command, you do not have a similar CLI option to enable it back.

To restore the chassis cluster, set the cluster-id by entering the following command:

When setting the cluster, the secondary node PFEMAN process will restart.

You can also use the below CLI commands to disable chassis cluster:

• To disable cluster on node 0:

• To disable cluster on node 1:

  Setting cluster-id to zero disables clustering on a device.