Description | This article describes a situation where Fabric devices (FortiSwitch in this example) may show the error 'Upgrade Failed' or 'Upgrade Incomplete' in the FortiGate under GUI -> System -> Firmware & Registration -> Fabric Devices. |
Scope | FortiGate, FortiSwitch. |
Solution |
A new feature Fabric Upgrade is introduced in newer firmware, this feature allows to upgrade of all the supported devices including FortiGate, FortiAP, FortiExtender, and FortiSwitch at once. It also allows to schedule the upgrade to be pushed to a specific date and time: Upgrading all devices
In this example, FortiGate and FortiSwitch are upgraded successfully to v7.6.1 from the FortiGate GUI. Here, the upgrade can be completed successfully from: FortiGate GUI -> WiFi & Switch Controller -> Manage FortiSwitches -> Edit Managed FortiSwitch -> Firmware -> Upgrade -> Upload the FortiSwitch Image.
Even after the successful upgrade, the following errors show up under FortiGate GUI -> System -> Firmware & Registration -> Fabric Devices.
Once Fabric Upgrade is cancelled the normal upgrade could be done either with normal upgrade option or Fabric upgrade option without any issues.
Result:
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