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Explorer II
June 8, 2022
Question

recommended fortinet version

  • June 8, 2022
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Hi,

fortigate 1500d , version 6.0.x , which is the next recommended update 

Thanks

3 replies

Contributor III
June 8, 2022

Hi Team,

 

You can follow the below link to check the suitable upgraded version
https://docs.fortinet.com/upgrade-tool


In the current product : please select the product .

In current Fortios version: select the current firmware version you have.

upgrade the fortios version: select the recommended one.

 

Let us know if you have any further concerns.

EnterpriseAdmin
New Member
June 8, 2022

If you're looking for guidance regarding what firmware has been the most trouble-free across the breadth of documented functionality, I know 6.4.6 is solid.  We've moved most of our fleet to 6.4.9, so have about 4 weeks experience on this release and thus far we have not encountered any show stoppers.  I will update in 4 weeks time when we've completed the upgrade on our most complicated units.

EnterpriseAdmin
New Member
June 20, 2022

Update: I can confirm 6.4.9 appears to work well, even on 1500D units with lots of functionality enabled (BGP, FortiWiFi, IPSec, FortiEMS, RADIUS, LDAP, SDWAN, etc.).  Be sure to carefully review upgrade notes from 6.0 to 6.2 and 6.2 to 6.4.  I do recall a change in SSL/TLS for LDAPS as well as removal of device groups, so if those are in use, you should prepare/adjust accordingly.

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