Verifying The Upgrade - Fortinet FortiGate Series Administration Manual

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Managing firmware versions

Verifying the upgrade

FortiGate Version 4.0 MR1 Administration Guide

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The FortiGate unit uploads the firmware image file, upgrades to the new firmware

version, and restarts. This process takes a few minutes.

7 Reconnect to the CLI.

8 Enter the following command to confirm the firmware image installed successfully:

get system status

9 To update antivirus and attack definitions from the CLI, enter the following:

execute update-now

If you want to update antivirus and attack definitions from the web-based manager

instead, log in to the web-based manager and go to System > Maintenance >

After logging back in to the web-based manager, most of your FortiOS 3.0 MR7

configuration settings have been carried forward. For example, if you go to System >

Network > Options you can see your DNS settings carried forward from your FortiOS

3.0 MR7 configuration settings.

You should verify what configuration settings carried forward. You should also verify that

administrative access settings carried forward as well. Verifying your configuration

settings allows you to familiarize yourself with the new features and changes in FortiOS

You can verify your configuration settings by:

going through each menu and tab in the web-based manager

using the show shell command in the

Upgrading your FortiGate unit