SMA 100 10.2.1 Release Notes
Version 10.2.1
June 2021
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.
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SMA 10.2.1 is compatible with Capture Security Center (CSC).
CSC provides a cloud dashboard that displays the overall status of all the registered SMA appliances. The dashboard has sliders to choose the Time Period, Count of Alerts, Threats, WAF Threats, Authentications, VPN Accesses, Bookmark Access, Active devices and Users on a Map, and Threats categories.
Use your MySonicWall credentials to log into CSC at https://cloud.sonicwall.com.
Click the SMA tile to view the SMA Dashboard, complete registration, and enable cloud management.
SonicWall SMA 10.2.1 is supported on the following SonicWall appliances:
- SMA 200/400
- SMA 210/410
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SMA 500v for ESXi
- Supported for deployment on VMware ESXi 6.0 and higher
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SMA 500v for HyperV
- Supported for deployment on Hyper-V server version 2016 and 2019
- SMA 500v for AWS
- SMA 500v for Azure
- SMA 500v for KVM
What's New
These features are introduced in Secure Mobile Access 10.2.1:
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System Report
You are now able to generate functionality reports on System Information, System Status, Threats, Active Users, and Activities using all supported basic and advanced combinations. Reports can be scheduled on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
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HTML5 SSH Key File Authentication Support
User names and passwords were previously the only authentication methods supported by HTML SSH. More and more SSH servers are now being used as key file authentication sites, especially within the cloud environment. SonicWall has added support for that Key File authentication method.
- HTML5 SSH bookmarks support identity file authentication
- HTML5 SSH features can save the identity file and user information in a browser's local storage
- HTML5 SSH features can use the saved information to log in to an SSH server automatically
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Migration Tool
The ability to migrate configurations across SMA platforms has been developed allowing you to keep your key network configuration by mapping the source device interfaces to the destination device interfaces. This new tool disables the device/network-related features such as High Availability, and converts only the device-related feature configurations, such as Policies and so on. For any configuration migration scenarios, review the SMA100: Configuration Migration Tool Knowledge base article or reach out to Support for assistance.
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SMA 500v on KVM
SMA 500v for KVM allows you to run an SMA 500v appliance in a KVM environment while supporting most of the features available on physical SMA appliances.
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Allowed Host Option in the Content Security Policy Header
You can add an Allowed Host option in the Content Security Policy Header that supports third-party resources. You must access your appliance's internal settings to input the third-party URLs in the Content Security Policy Settings.
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DUO Security Authentication Support for NetExtender and Mobile Connect Clients
SMA supports DUO Security Authentication during user login. DUO Security Authentication login is supported for different clients such as web browsers and Mobile Connect clients in both Contemporary and Classic Modes.
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Secure Hosts for Secure Network Detection
When Secure Network Detection is enabled, using a new Secure Hosts setting, SMA can check whether or not an SSL certificate is trusted, thereby allowing you to add secure hosts for "always on" VPN connections. If a secure network is not detected, the client will connect to the VPN.
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iPerf Integration
iPerf can be integrated into SMA and used to measure and tune network performance. It produces standardized performance measurements on any network and can function as both client and server. It can also create data streams that measure the throughput between the end client machine and the SMA appliance in one or both directions as a backend resource host. iPerf output includes time-stamped reports of the amount of data transferred and the throughput measured.
You can learn more about these new features in the New Features section of the Secure Mobile Access 10.2 Administration Guide.
Resolved Issues
This section provides a list of resolved issues in this release.
| Issue ID | Issue Description |
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SMA-2587 |
All logs are deleted on appliance reboot. |
| SMA-2581 | Migration tool should be validated with a message from lower to higher models. |
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SMA-2566 |
The appliance is consuming licenses in particular cases. |
| SMA-2561 | Settings imported from an SRA 4600 do not allow login to SMA. |
| SMA-2539 | The AlwaysOnVPN feature does not activate as expected for specific domains. |
| SMA-2393 | Daily log emails are not being sent as expected. |
| SMA-2317 | The System > Settings page needed for upgrades is blank and not functioning as expected. |
| SMA-2268 | An End Point Control (EPC) inspection returned invalid equipment IDs including incorrect serial numbers. |
| SMA-1847 | SecureDNS causes Secure Network Detection (SND) to fail. |
| SMA-1392 | DUO authentication with NetExtender on Linux client does not function as expected. |
| SMA-1187 | The "Allow password changes" feature is not functioning as expected. |
Known Issues
This section provides a list of known issues in this release.
| Issue ID | Issue Description |
|---|---|
| SMA-2720 | In the new user interface, switching between authentication methods such as the SMS OTP (one time password) option and Use Mobile App or Use Email. Switching back to the SMS OTP option always triggers OTP. |
| SMA-2563 | Folder download does not function correctly when file names in the folder include non-ASCII characters. |
| SMA-2496 | Login uniqueness with 'Confirm logout of existing session' does not function as expected. |
| SMA-1962 | Unable to open Excel or Word files using SharePoint. |
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