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Introduction | About this document |
Introduction
Over the past year, Fortinet has been developing, testing and refining a new operating system for your FortiGate unit. FortiOS 3.0 is a more dynamic and robust operating system, offering you even better protection, blocking and monitoring features for your network.
The Upgrade Guide provides you with information on FortiOS 3.0, and addresses any issues that may arise concerning your current configuration. With these new features, and improvements to existing features, you need to know how they may or may not affect your current configuration.The guide provides you with information on backing up your current configuration, and installing
FortiOS 3.0, on your FortiGate unit.
About this document
This document contains the following chapters:
•Upgrade Notes – Provides information on changes and new features for FortiOS 3.0.
•New features and changes – Provides information on what has changed from FortiOS v2.80MR11.
•Upgrading to FortiOS 3.0 – Describes how to install FortiOS 3.0, including addressing issues about FortiOS 3.0, backing up your current configuration settings,
•Reverting to FortiOS v2.80MR11 – Describes how to downgrade your FortiGate unit to FortiOS v2.80MR11 and includes how to restore your configuration settings for FortiOS v2.80MR11.
Document conventions
The following document conventions are used in this guide:
•In the examples, private IP addresses are used for both private and public IP addresses.
•Notes and Cautions are used to provide important information:
Note: Highlights useful additional information.
Caution: Warns you about commands or procedures that could have unexpected or ! undesirable results including loss of data or damage to equipment.
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