https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/globalprotect-discussions/firewall-bios-update-after-activating-a-new-globalprotect/m-p/1262436#M7496 <P>Ran into an oddity today, and I'm not sure if I fully believe support.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I upgraded our firewall last week to 12.1.7-h3, all went fine system is running normally.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Today I decided to start testing the new version of GlobalProtect (6.3.3-h11). When activating it, it asked if I wanted to do a system health report. Seemed kind of weird, would expect that during a software upgrade, not activating a new version of GlobalProtect. After activating it on the firewall it displayed the message "<SPAN class="comment-body-text">BIOS Updation will happen in following reboot. Do not power-cycle during the update process. Bios version will change from to"</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN class="comment-body-text">According to support that is possible, and recommend doing a reboot during a maintenance window.&nbsp;</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN class="comment-body-text">Has anyone else ran into this?</SPAN></P> Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:22:41 GMT PatWruk 2026-08-20T15:22:41Z https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/globalprotect-discussions/firewall-bios-update-after-activating-a-new-globalprotect/m-p/1262436#M7496 <P>Ran into an oddity today, and I'm not sure if I fully believe support.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I upgraded our firewall last week to 12.1.7-h3, all went fine system is running normally.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Today I decided to start testing the new version of GlobalProtect (6.3.3-h11). When activating it, it asked if I wanted to do a system health report. Seemed kind of weird, would expect that during a software upgrade, not activating a new version of GlobalProtect. After activating it on the firewall it displayed the message "<SPAN class="comment-body-text">BIOS Updation will happen in following reboot. Do not power-cycle during the update process. Bios version will change from to"</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN class="comment-body-text">According to support that is possible, and recommend doing a reboot during a maintenance window.&nbsp;</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN class="comment-body-text">Has anyone else ran into this?</SPAN></P> Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:22:41 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/globalprotect-discussions/firewall-bios-update-after-activating-a-new-globalprotect/m-p/1262436#M7496 PatWruk 2026-08-20T15:22:41Z