SonicWALL NSA 2650 - Upgrading Firmware; Saving a Backup and Exporting Settings

SonicWallNSA2650GettingStartedGuide
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theservice.Thiskeyisemailedtoyouafteronlinepurchases,
orisonthefrontofthecertificatethatwasincludedwithyour
purchase.
Toactivateyourservicelicensesusingthekey:
1LogintoyourMySonicWallaccount.
2IntheMyProducts/ProductsManagementpage,click
theappliancenametoopentheServiceManagement
page.
TheApplicableServicestabledisplaysalistofservices
thatarealreadylicensedorareavailabletolicenseon
yourSonicWallappliance.Yourinitialpurchasemay
haveincludedsecurity
servicesorothersoftware
bundledwiththeappliance.Theselicensesareenabled
onMySonicWallwhentheapplianceisdeliveredtoyou.
3LocatetheserviceintheApplicableServicessection
andclickthekeyicon.
4TypeorpasteyourkeyintotheActivationKeyfield,and
thenclickSubmit.
Afteractivating
theservice,theStatusandExpiration
columnsdisplayupdatedinformationwhenyoureturn
totheServiceManagementpage.
UpgradingFirmware
SonicWallrecommendsthatyourunthelatestavailable
firmwareonyoursecurityappliance. Youneedtoupgradethe
factory‐installedfirmwaretothelatestversionavailableon
MySonicWall.
SeethefollowingsectionstoupgradeanexistingSonicOS
firmwareimagetoanewerversion:
• SavingaBackupandExportingSettingsonpage
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• ObtainingtheLatestFirmwareonpage38
• UpgradingtheFirmwareonpage38
• UsingSafeModetoUpgradeFirmwareonpage39
SavingaBackupandExporting
Settings
Beforebeginningtheupdateprocess,makeasystembackup
onyourSonicWallappliance.Thebackupfeaturesavesacopy
ofthecurrentsystemstate,firmware,andconfiguration
settingsonyourSonicWallsecurityappliance,protectingall
yourexistingsettingsintheeventthatitbecomes necessaryto
returntoapreviousconfiguration
state.