Difference between NSM Essential and NSM Advanced License and CSC License Migration
Description
There are two different licensing options available for NSM/Cloud GMS.
NSM is designed for generation 7 SonicWall firewalls, and its backward complitable with generation 6 SonicWall firewalls.
Resolution
1: NSM Essential: Management with 7-day SFR(SonicWall Flow Report) based reporting. Customer with NSM Essential license will not get full reporting and Analytics. It has scheduled Management and CTA report but NO Flow based report, and NO System Logs.
2: NSM Advanced: Management with 7-day SFR based reporting + full 365 days of reporting and 30 days of analytics.
By default, Gen 7 will have option only for NSM Essential or NSM Advanced license. While Customers with Gen 6 and Gen 6.5 device with CSC License will be migrated to License based remaining active subscription as following:
NOTE: CSC-MA Management Lite license will be EOL. By default, these customers will not be moved over to NSM. If they purchase the license for CSC Management and/or Reporting, they will move to NSM Essential or NSM Advanced based on license as described in above table.
NSM Essential > Management + 7-day Reporting.
NSM Advanced > Management with full 365 days of reporting and 30 days of analytics.