FortiGate
FortiGate Next Generation Firewall utilizes purpose-built security processors and threat intelligence security services from FortiGuard labs to deliver top-rated protection and high performance, including encrypted traffic.
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Description


This article describes how to resolve a scenario where no new firmware is listed in the Firmware Management section of the GUI.

 
Scope
 
FortiGate, FortiGuard.

Solution

  1. Run the following commands to make sure that the FortiGuard Distribution Network has the images updated on FDN Servers.
 
diag fdsm image-upgrade-matrix
diag fdsm image-list
diag fdsm fds-update
 

The above commands will list all the compatible firmware images & versions that are retrieved from FDN. If this is successful, there will be no issues communicating with the FortiGuard distribution list.

  1. allow-remote-firmware-upgrade is enabled by default. If it was disabled previously, enable by running the following command:

 

config system central-management
    set allow-remote-firmware-upgrade enable  
end

 

This will enable remotely upgrading the firmware on this FortiGate from the central management server (FortiGuard by default).

After this change, it will be possible to find the recommended firmware:

 
If FortiGuard Firmware is still not available then upgrade to a version that has End of Support (EOS) manually. After that, all the images should be visible.
Note: Versions 5.0 up to 7.0 are End of Engineering Support (EOES). Consider upgrading the firmware level on the device to a supported version (7.2 up to 7.6). Here check the firmware path and compatibility depending on the hardware: Upgrade tool.
 
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Comments
rkubota
Staff
Staff

very useful article, thanks!