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Upgrading cluster firmware Basic Configuration
FortiController-5103B Session-Aware Load Balancer Guide
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http://docs.fortinet.com/
Upgrading cluster firmware
Fortinet periodically updates the FortiController-5103B and worker (FortiGate) firmware
to include enhancements and address issues. After you have registered the
FortiController-5103B boards and workers in your cluster you can download
FortiController-5103B and FortiOS firmware from the support web site
http://support.fortinet.com.
You upgrade the FortiController-5103B firmware from the FortiController-5103B
web-based manager or CLI. You can upgrade the worker firmware from the worker
web-based manager or CLI. The recommended procedure is to upgrade the worker first
and then upgrade the FortiController-5103B firmware.
To upgrade worker firmware from the web-based manager
This procedure upgrades the firmware running on all of the workers in the cluster in a
single operation from the worker web-based manager. The firmware running on all of the
workers in the cluster is updated simultaneously.
1 Log into the worker web-based manager.
2 From the Global System Information dashboard widget beside Firmware Version
select Update.
3 Select the new firmware file and select OK.
The firmware image file is uploaded and verified then installed on all of the workers.
After a few minutes the cluster continues operating, the workers running the new
firmware build.
You can confirm that all of the workers are back in the cluster from the Load Balance >
Status page of the FortiController-5103B web-based manager.
To upgrade FortiController-5103B firmware from the web-based manager
If the cluster contains two FortiController-5103B boards, this procedure upgrades the
firmware running on both of them in a single operation.
1 Log into the FortiController-5103B web-based manager.
2 From the System Information dashboard widget beside Firmware Version select
Update.
3 Select the new firmware file and select OK.
The firmware image file is uploaded and verified then installed on all of the
FortiController-5103B boards. After a few minutes the cluster continues operating.
Verifying the configuration and the status of the boards in the
cluster
Use the following command from the FortiController-5103B CLI to verify that the
FortiController-5103B board can communicate with all of the FortiGate-5001B boards in
the cluster and to show the status of each board. For example, for the cluster shown in
Figure 5 on page 24 the command output would be the following if the cluster is
operating properly:
Upgrading the firmware may briefly interrupt network traffic so it should be done during
a quiet period.