Fortigate 100f Firmware Download
Jeana Lemasters
In my experience, If you downgrade the firmware, the only way you can make things work is to apply the config of the same version of the config as the version firmware. Downgrading never keeps all the config and there are always config import errors present.
The system came with firmware 6.4.9 which is not something that we use nor a perfect match with our configuration file. So I was told to downgrade the firmware via format and tftp upload. We use 6.0.14 with the config file matching 6.0.12
After I get off the phone after hours with both support, I wanted to try the version 6.4.9 which came with the device before I RMA it again. Low and behold, the firmware loads and no error messages. I was able to get into the HTTPS and upload the config and the system was fully back with some error -160 and -61. But nothing too major. I was back online.
How to perform a FortiGate 100F firmware update?
You perform a firmware update by clicking on the "Firmware" tab under "System". From there, the rest of the procedure is self-explanatory. Firmware updates are only available if you have a valid FortiCare Support license. This is activated for 90 days with the purchase of FortiGate hardware.
With the Fortinet Support (included as FortiCare in every license bundle), you get the possibility to contact the manufacturer directly in case of problems or questions. Among other things, this support license is also necessary for obtaining and downloading firmware updates.
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Unlike updating firmware, restoring firmware re-images the boot device, including the signatures that were current at the time that the firmware image file was created. Also, restoring firmware can only be done during a boot interrupt, before network connectivity is available, and therefore requires a local console connection to the CLI. It cannot be done through an SSH or Telnet connection.
I have a Meraki MS450-12 using QSFP+ to SFP+ converter and then a SFP+ 10GbE to connect that to a Fortigate 100F using 10Gbe SFP+, on the fortigate side i see th port coming up, and on the Meraki side does not link, on the local page of the meraki the port is off, nothing is detected.
Occasionally, it is necessary to TFTP firmware to a FortiGate. Sometimes it is at the request of Fortinet TAC, sometimes it is because you acquired a FortiGate second-hand and sometimes you just want a blank slate to start from on the firewall. Whatever the reason, it is important to know how to quickly (and even more importantly, correctly) overwrite the boot partition on the FortiGate via TFTP as it is one of the best ways to guarantee that there is a clean copy of the firmware on the drive.
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