Upgrading the firmware by GUI

Use this procedure to upgrade a FortiIsolator hardware appliance or VM using a web browser. You can use the FortiIsolator UI or FortiIsolator CLI to perform the upgrade.

To upgrade the firmware by Web

This feature applies to both FortiIsolator hardware appliances and FortiIsolator VM.

1. Log into the FortiIsolator GUI as the admin administrative user.
2. Go to System > Upgrade.
3. Under Upgrade by Web, click Choose File and locate the previously downloaded firmware image file.
4. Click Submit to upgrade the firmware.

The FortiIsolator unit backs up the current configuration, upgrades to the new firmware version, restarts it, and restores the backed up configuration. This process takes a few minutes.

To upgrade the firmware by USB device

This feature only applies to FortiIsolator hardware appliances, such as FortiIsolator 1000F.

1. Log into the FortiIsolator GUI as the admin administrative user.
2. Go to System > Upgrade.
3. Under Upgrade by USB, click Click here and locate the previously downloaded firmware image file that stored in USB device.
4. Click Submit to upgrade the firmware.

To upgrade the firmware in CLI

This feature only applies to FortiIsolator hardware appliances, such as FortiIsolator 1000F.

1. Log into the FortiIsolator CLI as the admin administrative user.
2. Insert the USB that contains the previously downloaded firmware image.
3. Enter cli command “system-upgrade”.

The FortiIsolator unit starts to copy the new firmware image from the USB device and saves it into local hard disk, then backs up the current configuration, and performs upgrade to the new firmware version. This process takes a few minutes.