Fortigate 81F upgrade

[mfundoxolo]

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]

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-su...
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]

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/for... 

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.