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Updating the firmware Page 114 FortiRecorder 2.4.2 Administration Guide
9. Type
y
.
The FortiRecorder appliance downloads the firmware image file from the TFTP server. The
FortiRecorder appliance installs the firmware and restarts. The time required varies by the
size of the file and the speed of your network connection.
10. To verify that the firmware was successfully installed, log in to the CLI and type:
get system status
The firmware version number is displayed.
11. If you want to install alternate firmware on the secondary partition, follow “Installing alternate
firmware” .
12. Continue with “Setting the “admin” account password” .
See also
• Installing alternate firmware
Installing alternate firmware
You can install alternate firmware which can be loaded from its separate partition if the primary
firmware fails. This can be accomplished via the CLI.
To install alternate firmware via the CLI
1. Download the firmware file from the Fortinet Technical Support web site:
https://support.fortinet.com/
2. Copy the new firmware image file to the root directory of the TFTP server.
3. Connect your management computer to the FortiRecorder console port using a
RJ-45-to-DB-9 serial cable or a null-modem cable.
4. Connect port1 of the FortiRecorder appliance directly or to the same subnet as a TFTP
server.
5. Initiate a connection from your management computer to the CLI of the FortiRecorder
appliance, and log in as the
admin
administrator.
For details, see “Connecting to FortiRecorder web UI” .
6. If necessary, start your TFTP server. (If you do not have one, you can temporarily install and
run one such as
tftpd
( Windows , Mac OS X , or Linux ) on your management computer.)
7. Verify that the TFTP server is currently running, and that the FortiRecorder appliance can
reach the TFTP server.
To use the FortiRecorder CLI to verify connectivity, enter the following command:
execute ping 192.168.1.168
where
192.168.1.168
is the IP address of the TFTP server.
If you are downgrading the firmware to a previous version, the FortiRecorder appliance reverts
the configuration to default values for that version of the firmware. You will need to reconfigure
the FortiRecorder appliance or restore the configuration file from a backup. For details, see
“Connecting to FortiRecorder web UI” and, if you opt to restore the configuration, “Restoring a
previous configuration” .
Because TFTP is not secure, and because it does not support authentication and could allow
anyone to have read and write access, you should only run it on trusted administrator-only
networks, never on computers directly connected to the Internet. If possible, immediately turn
off
tftpd
off when you are done.