Network Security Manager 2.3 Release Notes

Download PDF
Technical Documentation > Network Security Manager 2.3 Release Notes > SonicWall Network Security Manager 2.3 > Version 2.3.5

Version 2.3.5

May 2023

Compatibility and Installation Notes

  • Most popular browsers are supported, but Google Chrome is preferred for the real-time graphics display on the Dashboard.
  • A MySonicWall account is required.

What's New

  • Alerts Enhancements: New alerts such as Interface Up/Down, WAN Failover, etc. are added to the alert settings page so that admins can get informed about critical device events of all devices within in a tenant and take corrective actions. VPN alert is also available on a per device level with NSM Advanced license.

  • Firewall Management Status: NSM 2.3.5 accurately detects and displays the firewall online/offline/managed/unmanaged status in NSM firewall inventory.

  • Tenant and Group level Productivity reports: Admins can view the productivity reports containing the users' Internet usage data, aggregated at the group and tenant levels. Productivity reports requires NSM Advanced license.

  • User Authentication reports for Gen 7 firewalls: Authentication reports provide information on users/admins attempting to access the Firewall. This feature works for Gen 7 devices only with NSM Advanced license with System events enabled.

  • Support for IPv6 logs in Reports and Analytics: NSM now supports IPv6 logs from the firewalls in the existing reporting and analytics features. This feature requires NSM Advanced license.

  • System Events support for Gen 6: System events are supported on Gen 6 devices as well. System events can be used by the admins for troubleshooting issues. This feature requires NSM Advanced license.

  • Interface-based data usage reports for Gen 7 firewalls: Interface-based data usage feature provides live monitoring of ingress/egress data going through each interface. This feature works for Gen 7 devices only and NSM Advanced license.

    • All the above features require a firmware upgrade to work. Please upgrade your firewalls to the following versions and re-configure Reporting and Analytics after upgrading for NSM Advanced features:
    <![CDATA[ ]]>GEN7 Firewalls: SonicOS 7.0.1-5119 or higher
    <![CDATA[ ]]>GEN6 Firewalls: SonicOS 6.5.4.12-101n--GEN6-3920-9n or higher (Gen 6 firmware isn't available to download on mysonicwall download center. Please contact support team to get this firmware build.)

Resolved Issues - NSM SaaS

Issue ID Description
NSM-18994 Issues with Analytics data loading slowly after 2.3.4-15 upgrade for 7 and 30 days
NSM-18899 No commit created for the reporting setup and missing the "Reconfigure Reporting & Analytics" action option from the NSM Inventory page.
NSM-18786 CTA scheduled reports fail for error "Failed(Valid PDF download link is not found in CTA Response. [serial no.])".
NSM-18678 Modifying a custom route directly on the firewall and then editing on NSM results in route being disabled.
NSM-18571 Interface name not displayed on editing a route policy created for VPN tunnel interface.
NSM-18569 NSM inventory page status not getting updated automatically until we click refresh.
NSM-18566 Analytics is failing or intermittent for most selected time frames.
NSM-18494 Intermittently, report data does not load when filtering for 90 days.
NSM-18493 Missing data for certain IP when filtering by IP.
NSM-18476 Unable to select newly created address object for VPN policy.
NSM-17968 NSM unauthorized access.
NSM-17542 Live reports and monitor does not display all vlan interfaces.
NSM-17541 Scheduled flow report for live monitor does not display vlan interfaces on graphs.
NSM-17522 Blocked CFS sites are not listed under analytics logs section.
NSM-16385 The blocked CFS websites are not listed under "Monitoring - Blocked" page.
NSM-15147 Mismtach in data transferred between the Carrier report and NSM.

Known Issues NSM SaaS

Issue ID Description
NSM-18992 Upgrading firmware for an HA pair results in network downtime.
NSM-18966 Unable to edit IPv4 failover & LB group settings after 2.3.4-15 upgrade.
NSM-18929 VPN Topology Spoke/Full Mesh/Partial Mesh Local Network selection does not include/reference current firewall address objects.
NSM-18875 Blocked websites are not shown in Analytics data.
NSM-18863 Auto commits are getting created by NSM when customer visits the Firewall View->Device->Users->Status page.
NSM-18825 Interfaces are still not showing the link status on NSM for redundant ports.
NSM-18822 Upgrading TZ270/TZ370/TZ670 models with MSW hosted image fails with error.
NSM-18568 Zero-touch status is shown in error state under "Management Status" when secondary firewall is connected to NSM.
NSM-18475 VPN Topology>IPSec Monitor does not display Mesh Tunnel/s.
NSM-18430 NSM CTA report showing Capture ATP not licensed and no CTA data even when firewall is licensed.
NSM-17521 Blocked by CFS drill down shows sites that are allowed.
NSM-15814 The viruses detected are not showing as blocked in UI and in scheduled report.

Additional References

NSM-19043, NSM-18623, NSM-18596, NSM-18572, NSM-16255.

Was This Article Helpful?

Help us to improve our support portal

Yes! Not Really

Techdocs Article Helpful form

  • Hidden
  • Hidden

Techdocs Article NOT Helpful form

  • Still can't find what you're looking for? Try our knowledge base or ask our community for more help.
  • Hidden
  • Hidden