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FVS336Gv2 firmware upgrade from version 3.x to version 4.x
My company has a FVS336Gv2 firewall running an old firmware version, 3.0.7-24. I've downloaded the reference manuals, and I have one dated July 2013 that's 203 pages and another from December 2014 that's 691 pages. The older one seems to be applicable to our existing firewall configuration. The newer guide shows many settings that are not applicable to our firewall. My question is, will upgrading the firmware to a newer version cause our firewall to more closely resemble the content of the later reference guide?
If so, now I have a major concern with upgrading. The release notes for the 4.x firmware versions show the following backward compatibility issue:
"Upgrading from 3.x.x-x (platform 1.0 base) to 4.x.x.x (platform 2.0 base) or downgrading from 4.x.x.x to 3.x.x.x requires factory reset of the configuration."
What does this mean exactly? Will I lose all of my existing settings? Will I be able to import a configuration file in order to reconfigure it, or is the difference between versions 3 and 4 so drastic as to render the version 3 configuration file incompatible with the version 4 settings, so that I'll have to set it back up completely from scratch?
Thanks!
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Hi kenshipp,
kenshipp wrote:
will upgrading the firmware to a newer version cause our firewall to more closely resemble the content of the later reference guide?
Yes.
kenshipp wrote:
If so, now I have a major concern with upgrading. The release notes for the 4.x firmware versions show the following backward compatibility issue:
"Upgrading from 3.x.x-x (platform 1.0 base) to 4.x.x.x (platform 2.0 base) or downgrading from 4.x.x.x to 3.x.x.x requires factory reset of the configuration."
What does this mean exactly? Will I lose all of my existing settings? Will I be able to import a configuration file in order to reconfigure it, or is the difference between versions 3 and 4 so drastic as to render the version 3 configuration file incompatible with the version 4 settings, so that I'll have to set it back up completely from scratch?
It means that you will need to reset the FVS336Gv2 back to its factory defaults settings. All of the current configuration will be all wiped out and you will need to reconfigure it from scratch. A factory reset after updating to the latest firmware gives you a clean setup on the latest firmware version. As well as some enhancements and bug fixes of the latest firmware version cannot be obtained without a factory reset.
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