Special Notices

This section highlights some of the operational changes that administrators should be aware of in 7.0.2.

FortiManager 7.2.3 and later firmware on FortiGuard

Starting in FortiManager 7.2.1, a setup wizard executes to prompt the user for various configuration steps and registration with FortiCare. During the execution, the FortiManager unit attempts to communicate with FortiGuard for a list of FortiManager firmware images currently available on FortiGuard – older and newer.

In the case of FortiManager 7.2.2, a bug in the GUI prevents the wizard from completing and prevents the user from accessing the FortiManager unit. The issue has been fixed in 7.2.3 and later and a CLI command has been added to bypass the setup wizard at login time.

config system admin setting

set firmware-upgrade-check disable

end

Fortinet has not uploaded FortiManager 7.2.3 and later firmware to FortiGuard in order to work around the GUI bug, however, the firmware is available for download from the Fortinet Support web site https://support.fortinet.com.

FortiManager upgrades from 7.0.0

When upgrading from FortiManager 7.0.0, you must first upgrade to 7.0.1 before going to 7.0.2 and later. This is required to correct an issue that causes FortiManager to download unnecessary objects from FortiGuard. Please contact FortiManager support for more information if required.

Fortinet verified publisher docker image

FortiManager docker images are available for download from Fortinet’s Verified Publisher public repository on dockerhub.

To download the FortiManager image from dockerhub:

1. Go to dockerhub at https://hub.docker.com/.

   The dockerhub home page is displayed.

   

2. In the banner, click Explore.
3. In the search box, type Fortinet, and press Enter.

   The fortinet/fortimanager and fortinet/fortianalyzer options are displayed.

   

4. Click fortinet/fortimanager.

   The fortinet/fortimanager page is displayed, and two tabs are available: Overview and Tags. The Overview tab is selected by default.

   

5. On the Overview tab, copy the docker pull command, and use it to download the image.

   The CLI command from the Overview tab points to the latest available image. Use the Tags tab to access different versions when available.

Scheduling firmware upgrades for managed devices

Starting in FortiManager 7.0.0, firmware templates should be used to schedule firmware upgrades on managed FortiGates. Attempting firmware upgrade from the FortiManager GUI by using legacy methods may ignore the schedule upgrade option and result in FortiGates being upgraded immediately.

Modifying the interface status with the CLI

Starting in verion 7.0.1, the CLI to modify the interface status has been changed from up/down to enable/disable.

For example:

config system interface

edit port2

set status <enable/disable>

next

end

SD-WAN with upgrade to 7.0

Due to design change with SD-WAN Template, upgrading to FortiManager 7.0 may be unable to maintain dynamic mappings for all SD-WAN interface members. Please reconfigure all the missing interface mappings after upgrade.

Citrix XenServer default limits and upgrade

Citrix XenServer limits ramdisk to 128M by default. However the FMG-VM64-XEN image is larger than 128M. Before updating to FortiManager 6.4, increase the size of the ramdisk setting on Citrix XenServer.

To increase the size of the ramdisk setting:

1. On Citrix XenServer, run the following command:

   xenstore-write /mh/limits/pv-ramdisk-max-size 536,870,912

2. Confirm the setting is in effect by running xenstore-ls.

   -----------------------

   limits = ""

   pv-kernel-max-size = "33554432"

   pv-ramdisk-max-size = "536,870,912"

   boot-time = ""

   ---------------------------

3. Remove the pending files left in /run/xen/pygrub.

The ramdisk setting returns to the default value after rebooting.

Multi-step firmware upgrades

Prior to using the FortiManager to push a multi-step firmware upgrade, confirm the upgrade path matches the path outlined on our support site. To confirm the path, please run:

dia fwmanager show-dev-upgrade-path <device name> <target firmware>

Alternatively, you can push one firmware step at a time.

Hyper-V FortiManager-VM running on an AMD CPU

A Hyper-V FMG-VM running on a PC with an AMD CPU may experience a kernel panic. Fortinet recommends running VMs on an Intel-based PC.

SSLv3 on FortiManager-VM64-AWS

Due to known vulnerabilities in the SSLv3 protocol, FortiManager-VM64-AWS only enables TLSv1 by default. All other models enable both TLSv1 and SSLv3. If you wish to disable SSLv3 support, please run:

config system global

set ssl-protocol t1sv1

end