Installing And Using A Backup Firmware Image; Installing A Backup Firmware Image - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-100A Install Manual

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Installing and using a backup firmware image

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Installing a backup firmware image

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FortiGate-60 series and FortiGate-100A FortiOS 3.0 MR4 Install Guide
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The following procedures are specific to the FortiGate-100A only.
If the FortiGate unit is running BIOS version v3.x, you can install a backup
firmware image. Once the backup firmware image is installed, you can switch to
this backup image when required.
To run this procedure you:
• Access the CLI by connecting to the FortiGate console port using a RJ-45 to
DB-9 serial cable/console port,
• Install a TFTP server that you can connect to from the FortiGate as described
in the procedure "Installing firmware images from a system reboot using the
CLI" on page 79.
To install a backup firmware image
Connect to the CLI using the RJ-45 to DB-9 serial cable/console port.
Make sure the TFTP server is running.
Copy the new firmware image file to the root directory of your TFTP server.
To confirm the FortiGate unit 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
Enter the following command to restart the FortiGate unit:
execute reboot
As the FortiGate unit starts, a series of system startup messages are displayed.
When one of the following message appears:
Press any key to enter configuration menu........
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 unit reboots and you must log in and repeat the
command.
If you successfully interrupt the startup process, the following message appears:
[G]: Get firmware image from TFTP server.
[F]: Format boot device.
[Q]: Quit menu and continue to boot with default firmware.
[H]: Display this list of options.
Enter G,F,Q,or H:
Type G to get the new firmware image from the TFTP server.
The following message appears:
Enter TFTP server address [192.168.1.168]:
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