SonicWALL NSA 4600 - Activating Licenses Using a Key; Upgrading Firmware

SonicWallNSA2600/3600/4600/5600/6600GettingStartedGuide
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ActivatingLicensesUsingaKey
IfyouregisteredyourappliancethroughSonicOS,alllicensed
servicesarealreadyactivated.YoucancontinuetoUpgrading
Firmwareonpage37.
Ifyoupurchasedaservicesubscri ptionorupgradefroma sales
representativeseparately,youwillhaveanActivationKeyfor
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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.
Notethat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will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38
• ObtainingtheLatestFirmwareonpage38
• Upgradingthe Firmwareonpage39
• UsingSafeModetoUpgradeFirmwareonpage39