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FortiGate-6000 and FortiGate-7000 Release Notes

Change log

Change log

Date Change description

February 17, 2021

Added known issue 613617 to Known issues.

January 22, 2021

Added information about FortiGate-6000F hardware generation 1 and generation 2, see FortiGate-6000F hardware generations.

December 7, 2020

New section: More ARP queries than expected for one device - potential issue on large WiFi networks.

October 7, 2020

Updated HA graceful upgrade to FortiOS 6.2.4 to add FortiOS 6.0.10 to the upgrade path.

September 21, 2020

Changes to Special configuration required for SSL VPN. Added known issue 664898.

August 24, 2020

Changes to the description of the recommended ICMP load balancing configuration for inter-cluster session synchronization as described in FortiGate-6000 inter-cluster session synchronization. VLAN IDs do not have to be same on peer clusters, as now correctly described in Example FortiGate-6000 inter-cluster session synchronization configuration. Fixed some broken links.

August 20, 2020

New section: Troubleshooting an FPC failure.

August 18, 2020

Added notes about finding the FortiGate-6000 and 7000 for FortiOS 6.2.4 firmware images on the Fortinet Support Download Firmware Images page by selecting the FortiGate-6K7K product.

August 17, 2020 Initial version.

Change log

Change log

Date Change description

February 17, 2021

Added known issue 613617 to Known issues.

January 22, 2021

Added information about FortiGate-6000F hardware generation 1 and generation 2, see FortiGate-6000F hardware generations.

December 7, 2020

New section: More ARP queries than expected for one device - potential issue on large WiFi networks.

October 7, 2020

Updated HA graceful upgrade to FortiOS 6.2.4 to add FortiOS 6.0.10 to the upgrade path.

September 21, 2020

Changes to Special configuration required for SSL VPN. Added known issue 664898.

August 24, 2020

Changes to the description of the recommended ICMP load balancing configuration for inter-cluster session synchronization as described in FortiGate-6000 inter-cluster session synchronization. VLAN IDs do not have to be same on peer clusters, as now correctly described in Example FortiGate-6000 inter-cluster session synchronization configuration. Fixed some broken links.

August 20, 2020

New section: Troubleshooting an FPC failure.

August 18, 2020

Added notes about finding the FortiGate-6000 and 7000 for FortiOS 6.2.4 firmware images on the Fortinet Support Download Firmware Images page by selecting the FortiGate-6K7K product.

August 17, 2020 Initial version.