Booting from the alternate partition
Each appliance can have up to two firmware versions installed. Each firmware version is stored in a separate disk partition.
To boot into alternate firmware via the local console CLI
2. Connect your management computer to the FortiRecorder console port using a RJ-45-to-DB-9 serial cable or a null-modem cable.
3. Initiate a connection from your management computer to the CLI of the FortiRecorder appliance, and log in as the admin administrator.
4. Enter the following command to restart the FortiRecorder appliance:
execute reboot
5. As the FortiRecorder appliances starts, a series of system startup messages appear.
Press any key to display configuration menu........
Immediately press a key to interrupt the system startup.
| You have only 3 seconds to press a key. If you do not press a key soon enough, the FortiRecorder appliance reboots and you must log in and repeat the execute reboot command. |
If you successfully interrupt the startup process, the following messages appears:
[G]: Get firmware image from TFTP server.
[F]: Format boot device.
[B]: Boot with backup firmware and set as default.
[Q]: Quit menu and continue to boot with default firmware.
[H]: Display this list of options.
Enter G,F,B,Q,or H:
Please connect TFTP server to Ethernet port "1".
6. Type B to reboot and use the backup firmware.
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