Fortinet FortiOS 3.0, Upgrade Manual

Page: 7 / 46

Introduction About this document
Upgrade Guide for FortiOS v3.0
01-30000-0317-20060424
7
Introduction
Over the past year, Fortinet has been developing, testing and refining a new
operating system for your FortiGate unit. FortiOS 3.0 is a more dynamic and
robust operating system, offering you even better protection, blocking and
monitoring features for your network.
The Upgrade Guide provides you with information on FortiOS 3.0, and addresses
any issues that may arise concerning your current configuration. With these new
features, and improvements to existing features, you need to know how they may
or may not affect your current configuration.The guide provides you with
information on backing up your current configuration, and installing
FortiOS 3.0, on your FortiGate unit.
About this document
This document contains the following chapters:
• Upgrade Notes – Provides information on changes and new features for
FortiOS 3.0.
• New features and changes – Provides information on what has changed from
FortiOS v2.80MR11.
• Upgrading to FortiOS 3.0 – Describes how to install FortiOS 3.0, including
addressing issues about FortiOS 3.0, backing up your current configuration
settings, re-establishing connections after the upgrade, and verifying the
upgrade installed successfully.
• Reverting to FortiOS v2.80MR11 – Describes how to downgrade your
FortiGate unit to FortiOS v2.80MR11 and includes how to restore your
configuration settings for FortiOS v2.80MR11.
Document conventions
The following document conventions are used in this guide:
• In the examples, private IP addresses are used for both private and public IP
addresses.
• Notes and Cautions are used to provide important information:
Note: Highlights useful additional information.
!
Caution: Warns you about commands or procedures that could have unexpected or
undesirable results including loss of data or damage to equipment.