Fortinet 100 Installing and using a backup firmware image, Installing a backup firmware image

Models: 100 50B 50A/50B

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FortiGate Firmware

Installing and using a backup firmware image

10Type an IP address that can be used by the FortiGate unit to connect to the FTP server.

The IP address can be any IP address that is valid for the network the interface is connected to. Make sure you do not enter the IP address of another device on this network.

The following message appears:

Enter File Name [image.out]:

11Enter the firmware image file name and press Enter.

The TFTP server uploads the firmware image file to the FortiGate unit and messages similar to the following appear.

FortiGate unit running v2.x BIOS

Do You Want To Save The Image? [Y/n]

Type N.

FortiGate unit running v3.x BIOS

Save as Default firmware/Run image without saving:[D/R] or

Save as Default firmware/Backup firmware/Run image without saving:[D/B/R]

12Type R.

The FortiGate image is installed to system memory and the FortiGate unit starts running the new firmware image but with its current configuration.

13You can log into the CLI or the web-based manager using any administrative account.

14To confirm the new firmware image has been loaded, from the CLI enter: get system status

You can test the new firmware image as required.

Installing and using a backup firmware image

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50B

The following procedures are specific to the FortiGate-100, FortiGate-50B and FortiWiFi-50B.

WiFi-50B

If the FortiGate unit is running BIOS version v3.x, you can install a backup firmware image. Once the backup firmware image is installed you can switch to this backup image when required.

Installing a backup firmware image

To run this procedure you:

FortiGate-50A/50B, FortiWiFi-50B and FortiGate-100 FortiOS 3.0 MR4 Install Guide

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Fortinet 100, 50A/50B manual Installing and using a backup firmware image, Installing a backup firmware image