Appendix 2: Updating The System Image; Image Update Procedure; Download Image; Load Images Onto Switch - Fortinet FortiSwitch-1000 Install Manual

7 Appendix 2: Updating the System
Image
The software image of the most recent approved GA software at ship time is provided on a USB
flash drive already installed in the management card, so installation of an updated system image
is only necessary if you need features which are not available in the shipped version of the
software.

7.1 Image Update Procedure

7.1.1 Download Image

Contact Fortinet Technical Support to download the appropriate system images to a local FTP or
TFTP server on your network. Fortinet recommends installing the images onto the switch from a
local server on your network to reduce the number of hops in the final installation process and
ensure higher data integrity in the images.
Note: there are separate system images for management, line and fabric cards; all system
images in use on a single chassis must be from the same software build, so be sure to update all
three at the same time.

7.1.2 Load Images onto Switch

If using FTP, type the ftp command in File Mode to open a connection to the local FTP server
onto which you've downloaded the images and copy the images to the switch using standard FTP
commands.
If using TFTP, use the tftp get command to copy the images from the local TFTP server onto
which you've downloaded the images as follows:
1. Access the CLI with admin privileges, and type enable to access Enable Mode.
2. Type file to access File Mode.
3. To load each image from your TFTP server, type tftp get
<ip_address>:/<file_path>/<file_name> [target_file] where <ip_address>:/<file_path> is the IP
address and file path of the local FTP server location of the new image file, <file_name> is the
name of the new image and <target_file> is the file name on the FortiSwitch-1000 management
card.
4. Repeat step three for each of the remaining images. Be sure to update your system with
system images from the same build for the management card, fabric cards and line cards.

7.1.3 Set System Images

Set the newly downloaded images as the system images for all cards by using the system image
command.
1. From File Mode, type system image mgmt all <file_name> (where <file_name> is the name
of the new management card system image) to set the system image for both management cards.
(In a non-redundant chassis, use system image mgmt 1 instead.)
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