HA graceful upgrade to FortiOS 6.2.4

Use the following steps to upgrade a FortiGate-6000 or 7000 HA cluster with uninterruptible-upgrade enabled from FortiOS 6.0.8, 6.0.9, 6.0.10, or 6.2.3 to FortiOS 6.2.4.

Enabling uninterruptible-upgrade allows you to upgrade the firmware of an operating FortGate-6000 or 7000 HA configuration with only minimal traffic interruption. During the upgrade, the secondary FortiGate upgrades first. Then a failover occurs and the newly upgraded FortiGate becomes the primary FortiGate and the firmware of the new secondary FortiGate upgrades.

To perform a graceful upgrade of your FortiGate-6000 or 7000 from FortiOS 6.0.8, 6.0.9, 6.0.10, or 6.2.3 to FortiOS 6.2.4:

1. Use the following command to enable uninterruptible-upgrade to support HA graceful upgrade:

   config system ha

   set uninterruptible-upgrade enable

   end

2. Download FortiOS 6.2.4 firmware for FortiGate-6000 or 7000 from the https://support.fortinet.com FortiGate-6K7K 6.2.4 firmware image folder.

3. Perform a normal upgrade of your HA cluster using the downloaded firmware image file.

4. Verify that you have installed the correct firmware version. For example, for the FortiGate-7040E:

   get system status
   Version: FortiGate-7040E v6.2.4,build1116,200813 (GA)
   ...