Testing A New Firmware Image Before Installing It - Fortinet FortiController FortiController-5208 System Manual

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Testing a new firmware image before installing it

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config system interface
edit internal
set ip <address_ip4mask>
set allowaccess {ping https ssh telnet http}
end
After changing the interface address, you can access the FortiController-5208
module from the web-based manager and restore the configuration.
If you are reverting to a previous firmware version, you might not be able to
restore the previous configuration from the backup configuration file.
You can test a new firmware image by installing the firmware image from a system
reboot and saving it to system memory. After completing this procedure, the
FortiController-5208 module operates using the new firmware image with the
current configuration. This new firmware image is not permanently installed. The
next time the FortiController-5208 module restarts, it operates with the originally
installed firmware image using the current configuration. If the new firmware
image operates successfully, you can install it permanently using the procedure
"Upgrading the FortiController-5208 to a new firmware version" on page
Use this procedure to test a new firmware image before installing it. To use this
procedure, you must connect to the CLI using the FortiGate console port and a
RJ-45 to DB-9 serial cable. This procedure temporarily installs a new firmware
image using your current configuration.
For this procedure you:
• Access the CLI by connecting to the FortiGate console port using a RJ-45 to
DB-9 serial cable.
• Install a TFTP server that you can connect to from the FortiGate internal
interface. The TFTP server should be on the same subnet as the internal
interface.
To test the new firmware image
Connect to the CLI using the RJ-45 to DB-9 serial cable port and FortiGate
console port.
Make sure the TFTP server is running.
Copy the new firmware image file to the root directory of the TFTP server.
Make sure one of the FortiController-5208 module interfaces is connected to the
same network as the TFTP server.
To confirm the FortiController-5208 module can connect to the TFTP server, use
the following command to ping the computer running the TFTP server. For
example, if the IP address of the TFTP server is 192.168.1.168:
execute ping 192.168.1.168
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