• Secure Mobile Access 10.2 for the SMA 100 Series
• Introduction
  • Obtaining The Latest Secure Mobile Access Firmware
  • Exporting a Copy of your Configuration Settings
  • Upgrading the Appliance with New Firmware
  • Resetting the SMA Physical Appliance using SafeMode
  • Importing Configuration Settings
    • SMA Versions Supporting Configuration Import
    • Platform Configuration Import Support Table
  • Resetting SMA to Factory Default Settings
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Importing Configuration Settings

You can import configuration settings from one appliance to another, which can save a lot of time when replacing an older appliance with a newer model. This feature is also useful when you need multiple appliances with similar configuration settings.

Importing configuration settings, or preferences (“prefs”), to SonicWall appliances running SMA 10.2 is generally supported from the following SonicWall SMA appliances running 9.0 or 10.2:

• SMA 410
• SMA 400
• SMA 210
• SMA 200
• SMA 500v for ESXi
• SMA 500v for Hyper-V
• SMA 500v for Azure
• SMA 500v for AWS
• SMA 500v for KVM

Skipping versions when importing settings is not recommended. See the SMA Configuration Import/Export Support by Firmware Version table for the supported scenarios before importing settings between versions.

For more information about migrating configuration settings or upgrading from older firmware versions to newer ones, refer to this Knowledge Base article:

https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/sma-100-series-support-matrix/170502818222962/

To import configuration settings to an appliance running SMA 10.2, navigate to the System > Settings page and click IMPORT. Select the settings file to import the saved settings and restart the SMA appliance. You can enable the Import the settings partially option to prevent overwriting some settings on your appliance, including interfaces, routes, DNS, WINS, and licenses.

The tables in the following sections provide details about which firmware versions or which models support importing configuration settings to other Secure Mobile Access 100 Series models and firmware.

• SMA Versions Supporting Configuration Import
• Platform Configuration Import Support Table

As the SMA 100 Series and the SMA 1000 Series are different product lines, they do not run the same firmware. At this time, the SMA 100 Series platforms can run SMA 10.2.x. The SMA 1000 Series platforms have different software and they run SMA 12.x.