Network Security Management On-Premises Administration Guide

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Network Security Manager (On-Premises) 2.5.0
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Preparing the Firewall

Before exporting the firewall configuration into the golden template you must ensure the following prerequisites:

The source and target device model must be running on the same operating system for successful deployments:
- If you are exporting a template from Gen6 device, then it is not supported to Gen7 device.
- If you are exporting a template from SonicOS, then it is not supported to SonicOSX.
Licenses on both source and target firewalls are same.
The target firewalls are factory reset.
Create device group structure as per the requirement of the organization.
Add unassigned devices to the corresponding groups on which the template is going to be applied.
Ensure that the source firewalls and target firewalls are in Managed state in NSM. If not, then you need to synchronize the firewall before exporting, using the Action column.

It is recommended that you force synchronize the source firewalls which will be exported after upgrading or using a new NSM release. Otherwise, the bug fixes and improvements on the firewall management inside NSM will not be reflected.

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