Subject: How to format Fortigate 80E firewall and install the latest firmware image version 7.0.3

Author: Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming (TARGETED INDIVIDUAL)
Country: Singapore
Date: 29 Dec 2021 Wed Singapore Time

Type of Publication: Plain Text
Document Version: 20211229.01

Console Output

FGT80E login:

FortiGate-80E (12:35-03.03.2017)
Ver:05000007
Serial number: FGT80E
CPU: 1000MHz
Total RAM: 2 GB
Initializing boot device...
Initializing MAC... nplite#0
Please wait for OS to boot, or press any key to display configuration menu......

Booting OS...
Reading boot image... 2841491 bytes.
Initializing firewall...

FortiGate-80E (12:35-03.03.2017)
Ver:05000007
Serial number: FGT80E
CPU: 1000MHz
Total RAM: 2 GB
Initializing boot device...
Initializing MAC... nplite#0
Please wait for OS to boot, or press any key to display configuration menu..

[C]: Configure TFTP parameters.
[R]: Review TFTP parameters.
[T]: Initiate TFTP firmware transfer.
[F]: Format boot device.
[I]: System information.
[B]: Boot with backup firmware and set as default.
[Q]: Quit menu and continue to boot.
[H]: Display this list of options.

Enter C,R,T,F,I,B,Q,or H: F
It will erase data in boot device. Continue? [yes/no]:yes
Formatting.......... Done.

[C]: Configure TFTP parameters.
[R]: Review TFTP parameters.
[T]: Initiate TFTP firmware transfer.
[F]: Format boot device.
[I]: System information.
[B]: Boot with backup firmware and set as default.
[Q]: Quit menu and continue to boot.
[H]: Display this list of options.

Enter C,R,T,F,I,B,Q,or H: C

[P]: Set firmware download port.
[D]: Set DHCP mode.
[I]: Set local IP address.
[S]: Set local subnet mask.
[G]: Set local gateway.
[V]: Set local VLAN ID.
[T]: Set remote TFTP server IP address.
[F]: Set firmware file name.
[E]: Reset TFTP parameters to factory defaults.
[R]: Review TFTP parameters.
[N]: Diagnose networking(ping).
[Q]: Quit this menu.
[H]: Display this list of options.

Enter P,D,I,S,G,V,T,F,E,R,N,Q,or H:

60s time out, rebooting...
resetting ...

FortiGate-80E (12:35-03.03.2017)
Ver:05000007
Serial number: FGT80E
CPU: 1000MHz
Total RAM: 2 GB
Initializing boot device...
Initializing MAC... nplite#0
Please wait for OS to boot, or press any key to display configuration menu......

Booting OS...
No default firmware. You may try backup.
Please power cycle. System halted.

FortiGate-80E (12:35-03.03.2017)
Ver:05000007
Serial number: FGT80E
CPU: 1000MHz
Total RAM: 2 GB
Initializing boot device...
Initializing MAC... nplite#0
Please wait for OS to boot, or press any key to display configuration menu...

[C]: Configure TFTP parameters.
[R]: Review TFTP parameters.
[T]: Initiate TFTP firmware transfer.
[F]: Format boot device.
[I]: System information.
[B]: Boot with backup firmware and set as default.
[Q]: Quit menu and continue to boot.
[H]: Display this list of options.

Enter C,R,T,F,I,B,Q,or H: C

[P]: Set firmware download port.
[D]: Set DHCP mode.
[I]: Set local IP address.
[S]: Set local subnet mask.
[G]: Set local gateway.
[V]: Set local VLAN ID.
[T]: Set remote TFTP server IP address.
[F]: Set firmware file name.
[E]: Reset TFTP parameters to factory defaults.
[R]: Review TFTP parameters.
[N]: Diagnose networking(ping).
[Q]: Quit this menu.
[H]: Display this list of options.

Enter P,D,I,S,G,V,T,F,E,R,N,Q,or H: T

Enter remote TFTP server IP address [10.1.1.1]: 192.168.1.1 <IP address of laptop with TFTP server>
.done

Enter P,D,I,S,G,V,T,F,E,R,N,Q,or H: I

Enter local IP address [10.1.1.107]: 192.168.1.2 <IP address of Fortigate unit>
.done

Enter P,D,I,S,G,V,T,F,E,R,N,Q,or H: F

Enter firmware file name [image.out]: 80e.out
.done

Enter P,D,I,S,G,V,T,F,E,R,N,Q,or H: Q

Enter C,R,T,F,I,B,Q,or H:

Enter C,R,T,F,I,B,Q,or H:

[C]: Configure TFTP parameters.
[R]: Review TFTP parameters.
[T]: Initiate TFTP firmware transfer.
[F]: Format boot device.
[I]: System information.
[B]: Boot with backup firmware and set as default.
[Q]: Quit menu and continue to boot.
[H]: Display this list of options.

Enter C,R,T,F,I,B,Q,or H: T

Please connect TFTP server to Ethernet port 'WAN1'.

MAC: 04:d5:90:7a:17:90

Connect to tftp server 192.168.1.1 ...

T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T ##########################################################################################################################################
Image Received.
Checking image... OK
Uncompressed size: 268435968 = 0x10000200
Save as Default firmware/Backup firmware/Run image without saving:[D/B/R]?d

Programming the boot device now.
The system must re-layout the boot device to install this firmware.
The default and backup firmware will be lost.
Continue:[Y/N]? Y
..

Booting OS...
Reading boot image... 2791026 bytes.
Initializing firewall...

System is starting...
Resizing shared data partition...done
Formatting shared data partition ... done!
Starting system maintenance...
Scanning /dev/mmcblk0p1... (100%)
Scanning /dev/mmcblk0p3... (100%)

FortiGate-80E login:

The system is going down NOW !!

Please stand by while rebooting the system.
Restarting system.

FortiGate-80E (12:35-03.03.2017)
Ver:05000007
Serial number: FGT80E
CPU: 1000MHz
Total RAM: 2 GB
Initializing boot device...
Initializing MAC... nplite#0
Please wait for OS to boot, or press any key to display configuration menu......

Booting OS...
Reading boot image... 2791026 bytes.
Initializing firewall...

System is starting...

FGT80E login:

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming, 43 years old as of 29 Dec 2021, is a TARGETED INDIVIDUAL living in Singapore. He is an IT Consultant with a Systems Integrator (SI)/computer firm in Singapore. He is an IT enthusiast.

REFERENCES

[1] https://pastebin.com/raw/R3AMjgBd

[2] https://controlc.com/0690232d

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