Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-5000 Firmware And Fortiusb Manual page 11

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FortiGate-5000 Series Version 3.0 MR4 Firmware and FortiUSB Guide
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Note: Installing firmware replaces your current antivirus and attack definitions, along with
the definitions included with the firmware release you are installing. After you install new
firmware, make sure that antivirus and attack definitions are up to date.
Note: To use this procedure, you must log in using the admin administrator account, or an
administrator account that has system configuration read and write privileges.
To revert to a previous firmware version using the web-based manager
Copy the firmware image file to the management computer.
Log into the FortiGate web-based manager.
Go to System > Status.
Under System Information > Firmware Version, select Update.
Type the path and filename of the firmware image file, or select Browse and locate
the file.
Select OK.
The FortiGate module uploads the firmware image file, reverts to the old firmware
version, resets the configuration, restarts, and displays the FortiGate login. This
process takes a few minutes.
Log into the web-based manager.
Go to System > Status and check the Firmware Version to confirm the firmware
is successfully installed.
Restore your configuration. See the FortiGate online help for details.
Update the FortiGate antivirus and attack definitions. See the FortiGate online
help for details.
To revert to a previous firmware version using the CLI
To use the following procedure, you must have a TFTP server the FortiGate
module can connect to.
Make sure the TFTP server is running.
Copy the firmware image file to the root directory of the TFTP server.
Log into the FortiGate CLI.
Make sure the FortiGate module can connect to the TFTP server.
You can use the following command to ping the computer running the TFTP
server. For example, if the TFTP server's IP address is 192.168.1.168:
execute ping 192.168.1.168
Reverting to a previous firmware version
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