Appendix D – Firmware Upgrade Practices and Precautions
Prior performing any firmware upgrade, it is important that you save a back up of your existing configuration (Advanced
While we make every effort to ensure your existing configuration will work with the new firmware, sometimes compatibility problems will arise. You should be particularly aware of this possibility when performing a major upgrade.
Note
An upgrade where the minor and/or major revision number is incremented is considered a major upgrade, e.g. 1.8.5
Warning
If the flash upgrade is interrupted (e.g. power down), the CyberGuard SG appliance will stop functioning and will be unusable until its flash is reprogrammed at the factory or a recovery boot is performed. User care is advised.
After the upgrade has completed successfully and the CyberGuard SG appliance is back up and running with the new firmware, run through a few tests.
Ensure that Internet connectivity and any VPN connections can be established and pass traffic, and that any configured services such as DHCP Server, Access Control or Packet Filtering are functioning as expected.