Fortinet 3016B User Manual

To confirm the FortiGate unit can connect to the TFTP server, use the following 
command to ping the computer running the TFTP server. For example, if the IP 
address of the TFTP server is 192.168.1.168:

execute ping 192.168.1.168

Enter the following command to restart the FortiGate unit. 

execute reboot

The FortiGate unit responds with the following message: 

This operation will reboot the system!
Do you want to continue? (y/n)

Type y.
As the FortiGate unit starts, a series of system startup messages appears. When 
the following messages appears:

Press any key to display configuration menu..........

Immediately press any key to interrupt the system startup.

If you successfully interrupt the startup process, the following messages appears: 

[G]: Get firmware image from TFTP server.
[F]: Format boot device.
[Q]: Quit menu and continue to boot with default 
firmware.
[H]: Display this list of options.

Enter G, F, Q, or H:

Type G to get to the new firmware image form the TFTP server. 

The following message appears: 

Enter TFTP server address [192.168.1.168]:

Type the address of the TFTP server and press Enter: 

The following message appears:

Enter Local Address [192.168.1.188]:

Type an IP address the FortiGate unit can use to connect to the TFTP server. The 
IP address can be any IP address that is valid for the network the interface is 
connected to. Make sure you do not enter the IP address of another device on this 
network. 

The following message appears:

Enter File Name [image.out]:

Enter the firmware image filename and press Enter.

The TFTP server uploads the firmware image file to the FortiGate unit and a 
message similar to the following appears:

Save as Default firmware/Backup firmware/Run image without 
saving: [D/B/R]

Note: You have only 3 seconds to press any key. If you do not press a key soon enough, 
the 

FortiGate

 unit reboots and you must log in and repeat the execute reboot 

command.