mandatory subscription upgrading to fortios 7.4.3

[HISEC]

Hi,
anybody or Fortinet staff knows? I found that a mandatory subscription is needed to upgrade to fortiOS 7.4.3. can you give me the reference of this point on release note? and what is the minimum subscription for just upgrading to 7.4.3?

thanks. 

[ozkanaltas · Accepted solution]

Hello @HISEC ,

If you want to upgrade your fortigate, you just need FortiCare license. 

You can review this document about upgrade.

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.4.0/new-features/299518/prevent-fortigates-with-an-ex...

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.4.3/administration-guide/299518/preventing-fortigates...

[Toshi_Esumi]

As in the second doc @ozkanaltas referred to, the key is when the support contract expiration happened. If it happened after 7.4.0 was released, you can still upgrade it to 7.4.3. But you won't be able to any 7.6.x in the future. Because 7.6.0 is not released yet.

It's dedpending on the your model of FGT, but if it's a lower model like 90G, 80F or below, the minimum contract you need to have for the upgrade is FortiCare Essential. If it's 100F or over, no Essential is offered but Premium.

Toshi