Fortigate 81F upgrade

Forum|Forum|10 months ago
July 30, 2025
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I'm due to upgrade Fortigate 81F v7.1.15 to v7.2.10. There are Forti AP's currently connected to the Fortigate and they are running on v7.0.0. If i upgrage the Fortigate will it affect the Forti AP's in terms of connectivity? What is the upgrade process in this regard?

Toshi_Esumi

SuperUser

If you go to FAP 7.0.0 release notes below, you can see "FortiOS 7.0.0 and later".
https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortiap/7.0.0/fortiap-release-notes/199389/product-integration-support
So it's supposed to work fine when you upgrade your FGT.
However, some very older models of FAP might not be supported by FGT 7.2.x any more.
Also when you upgraded the FGT, you're supposed to upgrade the FAP as well to the latest of FAP 7.2.x firmware.

Toshi

fiesta

New Member

Hi,

It is a best practice to have the same major version.

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortiap/7.6.0/fortiap-and-fortios-compatibility-matrix/261175/fortiap

Best regards.

FWD~

VinayHM

Before upgrading the device firmware, please check the compatibility matrix to ensure that the firmware version is compatible with the firmware running on the connected devices.

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