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Version 4.35.3

January 2024

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.

Migration Tool doesn’t support SonicOS 7.1.1 release. Choose SonicOS 7.0.1-5145 firmware version as the target version of the migrated file in the Migration Tool and then upgrade to 7.1.1. For more information refer to KB article, Migration Tool does't support target firmware of SonicOS 7.1.1.

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 customer reported issues.

Resolved Issues

Issue ID	Issue Description
DEVT-3045	Issue: An error shows when trying to finish the download second time in the Migration Tool. Fix: Fixed the error reporting for failures due to session timeout.
DEVT-3141	Issue: IP helper policies are missing after using Migration tool. Fix: Fixed the issue for the settings migrated from the older generation to Gen7, if there are some IP helper policies with missing protocol information (as there was no strict checking in the past) - such policies will be dropped during migration as Gen7 requires the protocol details.
DEVT-3146	Issue: Unbound local variable in translate advanced routing function causing internal serve error. Fix: Fixed unbound access causing failures while migrating advanced routing rules.
DEVT-3147	Issue: Unbound local variable in decode function causing internal serve error. Fix: Fixed unbound access causing failures while migrating in decode function.
DEVT-3159	Issue: An error shows "Uploaded file is corrupted" while uploading a configuration file to the Migration Tool. Fix: Fixed front end issues with migration of settings containing non-English characters in comments.
DEVT-3160	Issue: Translation of WLAN VLAN interfaces are overwritten by VLAN translation. Fix: Fixed issues with VLAN and WLAN VLAN corruption during migration.

Known Issues

Issue ID	Issue Description
DEVT-3123	MT processed settings couldn't be successfully booted.
DEVT-3165	Block uploading SonicWall configuration files where firmware version is greater than the latest supported target firmware version.