Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-5001FA2 Installation Manual page 55

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FortiGate-5000 series Installation Guide
9 Type an IP address that can be used by the FortiGate-5000 module to connect to the
FTP server.
The IP address can be any IP address that is valid for the network that 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]:
Enter the firmware image file name and press Enter.
The TFTP server uploads the firmware image file to the FortiGate-5000 module and
the following message is displayed.
Save as Default firmware/Backup firmware/Run image without
saving:[D/B/R]
11 Type B.
The FortiGate-5000 module saves the backup firmware image and restarts. When the
FortiGate-5000 module restarts it is running the previously installed firmware version.
Switching to the backup firmware image
Use this procedure to switch the FortiGate-5000 module to operating with a backup
firmware image that you previously installed. When you switch the FortiGate-5000
module to the backup firmware image, the FortiGate-5000 module operates using the
configuration that was saved with that firmware image.
If you install a new backup image from a reboot, the configuration saved with this
firmware image is the factory default configuration. If you use the procedure
"Restoring the default settings" on page 61
was previously running as the default firmware image, the configuration saved with
this firmware image is restored.
To switch to the backup firmware image
1 Connect to the CLI using the null-modem cable and FortiGate console port.
2 Enter the following command to restart the FortiGate-5000 module:
execute reboot
As the FortiGate-5000 modules starts, a series of system startup messages are
displayed.
When the following message appears:
Press any key to enter configuration menu.......
3 Immediately press any key to interrupt the system startup.
Note: You have only 3 seconds to press any key. If you do not press a key soon enough, the
FortiGate-5000 module reboots and you must log in and repeat the
command.
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to switch to a backup firmware image that
execute reboot
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