FortiOS 5.4.1 Release Notes

FortiGate VM firmware

Fortinet provides FortiGate VM firmware images for the following virtual environments:

Citrix XenServer and Open Source XenServer

  • .out: Download the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
  • .out.OpenXen.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains the QCOW2 file for Open Source XenServer.
  • .out.CitrixXen.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains the Citrix XenServer Virtual Appliance (XVA), Virtual Hard Disk (VHD), and OVF files.

Linux KVM

  • .out: Download the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
  • .out.kvm.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains QCOW2 that can be used by qemu.

Microsoft Hyper-V

  • .out: Download the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
  • .out.hyperv.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains three folders that can be imported by Hyper-V Manager on Hyper-V 2012. It also contains the file vhd in the Virtual Hard Disks folder that can be manually added to the Hyper-V Manager.

VMware ESX and ESXi

  • .out: Download either the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
  • .ovf.zip: Download either the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains Open Virtualization Format (OVF) files for VMware and two Virtual Machine Disk Format (VMDK) files used by the OVF file during deployment.

Firmware image checksums

The MD5 checksums for all Fortinet software and firmware releases are available at the Customer Service & Support portal, https://support.fortinet.com. After logging in select Download > Firmware Image Checksums, enter the image file name including the extension, and select Get Checksum Code.

Product Integration and Support

FortiOS 5.4.1 support

The following table lists 5.4.1 product integration and support information:

Web Browsers l    Microsoft Edge 25 l Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 l Mozilla Firefox version 46 l Google Chrome version 50

l    Apple Safari version 9.1 (For Mac OS X)

Other web browsers may function correctly, but are not supported by Fortinet.

Explicit Web Proxy Browser l Microsoft Edge 25 l Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 l Mozilla Firefox version 45 l Apple Safari version 9.1 (For Mac OS X) l Google Chrome version 51

Other web browsers may function correctly, but are not supported by Fortinet.

FortiManager l 5.4.1

You should upgrade your FortiManager prior to upgrading the FortiGate.

FortiAnalyzer l 5.4.1

You should upgrade your FortiAnalyzer prior to upgrading the FortiGate.

FortiClient Microsoft Windows and FortiClient Mac

OS X

l 5.4.1 l 5.2.5 and later
FortiClient iOS l 5.4.1 l 5.2.3 and later
FortiClient Android and FortiClient VPN Android l 5.2.9 l 5.2.6 and later

FortiOS 5.4.1 support

FortiAP l 5.4.1 l 5.2.5 and later

You should verify what the current recommended FortiAP version is for your FortiAP prior to upgrading the FortiAP units. You can do this by going to the WiFi Controller > Managed Access Points > Managed FortiAP page in the GUI. Under the OS Version column you will see a message reading A recommended update is available for any FortiAP that is running an earlier version than what is recommended.

FortiAP-S l 5.4.2
FortiSwitch OS (FortiLink support) l 3.4.2 and later
FortiController l 5.2.0 and later

Supported models: FCTL-5103B, FCTL-5903C, FCTL-5913C l 5.0.3 and later

Supported model: FCTL-5103B

FortiSandbox l 2.1.0 and later l 1.4.0 and later
Fortinet Single Sign-On (FSSO) l  5.0 build 0250 and later (needed for FSSO agent support OU in group filters)

l  Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) l Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit l Windows Server 2012 Standard l Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard l Novell eDirectory 8.8

l  4.3 build 0164 (contact Support for download) l Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit) l Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) l Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit l Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition l Windows Server 2012 R2 l Novell eDirectory 8.8

FSSO does not currently support IPv6.

FortiExplorer l 2.6 build 1083 and later.

Some FortiGate models may be supported on specific FortiExplorer versions.

 


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3 thoughts on “FortiOS 5.4.1 Release Notes

  1. David

    FYI. I ran into a terrible problem using a Fortigate VM00. 5.4.1 will not run because the virtual appliance only has 1GB of memory available. Fortinet was nice enough to diagnose the problem, but really does not have an easy way of upgrading to the 2GB virtual appliance.

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  2. Pablo

    Problems of download speed, I have a fortigate 30e and I have problems in the download speed 4.2 mbps, instead in upload speed is correct 89.55 mbps, I do not know where the problem may come from. I have version 5.4.1 build1064. You can help me.

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