Because maintenance releases do not introduce new features, you can downgrade to a previous maintenance release in the same feature release without having to restore the previous configuration. A maintenance release is a release in which the third digit in the release version changes, for example a downgrade from 7.1.1 to 7.1.0 is considered a maintenance release downgrade because only the third digit in the release version is different.
Although the firewall automatically creates a backup of the configuration, it is a best practice to create a backup before you downgrade and store it externally. |
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If your firewall does not have Internet access from the management port, you can download the software update from the |
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