• Secure Mobile Access 12.4
• About This Guide
• CMS Configuration
  • Introduction to CMS
    • Overview
    • CMS Deployment Options
    • What’s New in This Release
      • Global Policy Settings
      • CMS Alerts Logging
    • Central Management Server
    • Central Management Console
    • Managed Appliances
    • Licensing CMS
    • Central User Licenses
    • Global Traffic Optimizer
    • FIPS and CMS
    • Getting Started in Five Steps
  • Installing and Configuring the Central Management Server
    • Overview
    • Kernel based Virtual Machine
    • Supported Platforms for CMS with Global HA
    • Hardware Resource Requirements
    • Installation Files
    • Setting Up a CMS
  • Configuring Appliances for Central Management
    • Overview
    • Firmware Compatibility with the CMS
    • Enabling Central Management on SMA Appliance
    • Registering an SMA Appliance with the CMS
    • Previously Configured Appliances
  • Using the Management Console Menus
    • Overview
    • Dashboard
      • Alerts
      • Appliances Pane
      • Appliance Load
      • Central License Usage Pane
      • About Pane
    • Management Server
      • Alerts
        • View Alerts
        • Configure Alerts
        • Notification
      • Configure
        • Central Management Settings
        • CMS Address Pool
        • Licensing
        • Administrators
          • General Settings
        • Network Settings
        • SSL Settings
        • Services
          • Manage SSH settings from CMS
      • Monitor
        • Configure the logging setting for Managed appliances
      • Maintain
    • Managed Appliances
      • Add/Remove
      • Configure
        • Overview
        • Configuring the Managed Appliances
          • Define Policy
          • Synchronize
        • Support multiple policies with CMS and shared licensing
          • Applying authentication servers to specific appliance
          • Applying SMTP configuration service to specific appliance
          • Applying SMS service to specific appliance
          • Applying realms to a subset of appliance
          • Assign rules to a subset of appliances
          • Support multiple GTO services
      • Monitor
        • User Sessions
        • Reports
        • Health
      • Maintain
  • Central User Licensing
    • Overview
    • How Central User Licenses Work
      • Central Spike User Licenses
      • Central Email Licenses
      • Perpetual Pooled Licenses
    • Enabling Central User Licensing
    • Getting Started with Central User Licensing
      • Setting Up CMS to Use Central User Licenses
      • Setting up CMS for Centralized Appliance Configuration and Management
      • Resetting a CMS License
  • Global High Availability
    • High Availability of the VPN Service
    • High Availability of the CMS
    • Disaster Recovery for the VPN Service
  • Alerts and SNMP
    • Overview
    • Pre-Configured Alerts
    • Configuring SNMP
  • Capture Advanced Threat Protection
    • Enabling Capture ATP
    • File Options
    • Web Services
    • Advanced Settings
  • Central FIPS Licensing
• Global High Availablity
  • Introduction to Global HA and GTO
  • Planning GTO Deployment
    • Choosing a Deployment Model
    • Minimizing Configuration Differences
    • GTO Service Names and DNS Delegations
    • Provisioning Certificates
      • Let's Encrypt
      • Adding Certificates to SMA Appliances
      • Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
      • Importing SSL Certificates
  • Setting up GTO
    • Setting up the CMS and SMA appliances
    • Enabling GTO service for managed appliances with the CMS
    • Setting up a Basic GTO Service
    • Monitoring and Configuring GTO
    • Defining the Central Policy
  • Extending GTO Deployment
    • Enabling Cached Credentials
    • Additional Deployment Notes
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Firmware Compatibility with the CMS

CMS can only manage appliances running firmware that is the same version (or higher) than the CMS. The CMS and all appliances must be running 12.4 firmware (or later) to activate the CMS and Global High Availability (GHA) feature improvements contained in the 12.4 firmware.

CMS can be used to manage appliance that have been upgraded to a new release that is one version above the CMS version. However, newer features on the managed appliances will not work until the CMS is upgraded to the same version as all the managed appliances.

It is strongly recommended that the customers/partners upgrade their CMS/SMA appliances to the latest/actively supported feature release and client/platform hotfixes with 12.4 firmware, respectively, and stay up to date from feature set, performance and security standpoint.

For more information about upgrading CMS and its managed appliances, refer to the SMA 12.4 Upgrade Guide.