Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the system power is turned off? Ghost Chili. Downloading the FortiGate-VM virtual appliance deployment package Was this helpful? I just need a firmware update.
Fast Answers!Ĭazi Jul 19, As always, backup your config before any upgrade so you can roll back in case of a problem. We found 5 helpful replies in similar discussions. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. As JohnLF mentions, after a few years the latest updates stop being compatible anyway. Kind of peeves me when companies restrict firmware updates to support subscribers. The other is good for internal routing or lab testing only. I'd strongly advise against downloading any firmware from some random website Asking for someone on this community to give or sell you the firmware is pretty much frowned upon around here. Outside of all of that, there isn't much you can do. You could try asking Fortinet for the latest firmware for free, but that's got a slim chance of working out in your favor. Pay for the support contract or deal with the old firmware.
Normally this isn't an issue, but I have heard of Fortinet refusing to activate a support contract for a used Fortigate and a support contract bought on eBay because the unit's serial had been flagged for some reason. You may also want to contact Fortinet support and make sure you won't have any trouble activating a support contract on these units. Amazon has them listed too, but I guess I'd be wary of those. So you'll have to follow the proper upgrade path. As for upgrading an HA cluster, since they act as one unit, all you should need to do is upload the firmware on one and it will upgrade both units, starting with the master then the slave.īe sure to read the release notes because I'm pretty sure you can't jump from 3. Any ideas on where else I can find firmware updates for this hardware? Additionally, they fixed the split-handshake issue that a lot of the major firewall companies had although if IPS was turned on it was already blocked.