#FORTINET SUPPORT FIRMWARE UPGRADE#
#FORTINET SUPPORT FIRMWARE PROFESSIONAL#

Proper planning and justification for an upgrade should be proportional to how critical the system is to the business. If you choose to upgrade because you found a valid reason to do so, make sure you create a plan that covers business, technical, and operational aspects of the upgrade: If the best reason to upgrade is РІР‚СљBecause the new features seem to be coolРІР‚Сњ or РІР‚СљBecause I want to have the latest versionРІР‚Сњ, a little more understanding and planning may be necessary. Will the new version allow your organization to deploy new services that will help to gain new customers or increase loyalty of existing ones? l Is the vendor cutting support for the version your organization is currently using?.Does the new feature correct a known defect/bug found on a previous version that affects the company business/operations?.Does the new version have an enhancement that allows 40% decrease (40% improvement) on the time to perform a certain operation?.Does the new version have a feature that helps to ensure compliance?.The reason has to be explained in terms of business, technical, and/or operational improvement.Р”Р„ffirmative answers to the following questions are valid reasons to upgrade: The reason can NOT be РІР‚СљBecause I want to have the latest versionРІР‚Сњ. l The potential risks when performing the upgrade. l The known limitations that might affect your environment. l The impact of the upgrade on customers and the users of the operating platform. L The differences and the enhancements between the new version and the previous version(s). You are ready to explain the need for an upgrade once you understand: Read the Release Notes, Manuals, and other documentation like presentations, videos, or podcasts about the new version. Understanding the new version firstР”В«efore attempting any changes in production, first make sure you set up a laboratory where you can freely play with the new features, and understand them with enough time and no pressure. This applies to pretty much any change you have to do in a production environment. Firmware change managementР”В¬onsider the following five points when performing firmware upgrades, not only in FortiOS but in general.

#FORTINET SUPPORT FIRMWARE PROFESSIONAL#

So a real professional does things in a way that minimizes their risk and follows some best practices, as listed below. Firmware updates can go wrong just like anything else. A professional works in such a way that, if anything goes wrong they are prepared and able to quickly get things back to normal. Firmware upgrading and downgrading sounds pretty simple, anyone can do it, right? The mark of a professional is not that they can do something correctly, or even do it correctly over and over again.

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