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Version 4.35.2

October2023

Important

Settings can be exported from one firewall to another, but not every SonicWall model is compatible with all others. Similarly, some firmware versions are not compatible with subsequent versions as new features get added or as changes are made to existing features. Understand the compatibility described in the following section to avoid possible corruption from importing unsupported settings.

Compatibility and Installation Notes

SonicOS 6.5.1.3 is the minimum version supported for importing settings to a firewall running SonicOS 7. If you try to migrate from an older version of SonicOS, it becomes a two-step process. Update the firewall to SonicOS 6.5.1.3 or higher. Then use the migration tool to create the settings file to import to the SonicOS 7 firewall.

Certain settings such as Global Bandwidth Management, Virtual Assist, Content Filter Client Enforcement, and others cannot be imported into SonicOS 7. A detailed matrix showing the compatible Source and Destination SonicWall firewalls is provided in the KB article, Can Settings be Exported/Imported from One SonicWall to Another? Refer to it for the most current information.

The Migration Tool does not support firewalls running SonicOS with Policy Mode. This includes any of the NSv Series devices that are running in Policy Mode and the NSsp 15700.

The SonicWall Migration Tool allows you to migrate some settings from third-party vendors. In the following table, the X indicates which settings can be migrated for each vendor and which are not supported at this time.

Feature	Checkpoint	Cisco	Fortinet	Palo Alto	Sophos	Watchguard
Zone	X	X	X	X	X	X
Access Rule	X	X	X	X	X	X
Network Object	X	X	X	X	X	X
Status Route	Not supported	X	X	X	Not supported	X
Service	X	X	X	X	X	X
NAT	X	X	Not supported	X	Not supported	X
VPN	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported

SonicWall does not fully test all features for all third-party devices. To minimize migration issues be sure to test the migrated setting in your test environment before deploying to production.

What's New

This release provides fixes for previously reported issues and the following enhancements:

• Supports SonicOS 7.0.1-5145 firmware version.

Resolved Issues

Issue ID	Issue Description
DEVT-3024	Issue: Migrating from Gen7 physical devices to Gen7 NSv devices are failing with an error "Global mode firewall importing policy mode settings file. Fix: Fixed migrating issues between Gen7 physical devices and Gen7 NSv appliances.
DEVT-3092	Issue: Invalid priorities (ranks) are given to iface's in fail over and lb. Fix: Fixed the issue of load balancing and fail over ranks/priorities mismatches during migration.
DEVT-3115	Issue: Character Set encoding issue for non-English characters during migration. Fix: Fixed issues with the migration of settings containing non-English characters.

Additional References

Issue ID	Issue Description
DEVT-3123	Migration Tool shows a blank message "migratetool.global.sonicwall.com".
DEVT-3087	Placeholder for higher Gen6 NSa devices to Gen7 TZ devies migration.