• About SonicOS and SonicOSX 7
  • What is SonicOS/X 7?
  • Where Do I Find Information?
  • SonicOS Web Interface to Admin Guides Reference
  • SonicOSX Web Interface to Admin Guides Reference
  • Guide Conventions
• Firewall Management Methods
• About the SonicOS/X Management Interface
  • Logging into SonicOS/X
  • Logging Out of SonicOS/X
  • Contemporary vs Classic Web Interface
  • Global Search
  • Online Help
  • Notification Center
  • SonicOS/X Guides (Wizards)
  • SSH Terminal Access
  • About the Top Menu Views
  • About the API and CLI
  • Legal Information
• What's New in SonicOS/X 7.0.1
• Features in Both SonicOS and SonicOSX
• Features Specific to SonicOSX
  • About Unified Policies in SonicOSX
  • About the Shadow Feature
  • About Action Profiles
• Features Specific to TZ, NSa and NSsp 13700
  • Switch Management
  • PortShield Groups
  • Access Points Management
  • WWAN and 4G/LTE
  • Storage Device Configuration
• Features Specific to NSv
  • Feature Support on NSv Series
  • Changing Between SonicOS and SonicOSX
    • Choosing the Mode in Fresh Deployments or Upgrades
    • Changing From Classic to Policy Mode
    • Changing From Policy to Classic Mode
• Features Specific to NSsp 15700
  • About Multi-Instance
• SonicWall Support

Contemporary vs Classic Web Interface

SonicOS/X 7 provides two web management interfaces, the contemporary interface with the menu group views across the top, and the classic interface with the menu groups in the left navigation pane. Both interfaces support the same feature set on SonicOS and SonicOSX and the right-hand pages look the same.

Contemporary interface:

Classic interface:

You can switch between the two interfaces by clicking on the username initials at the top right corner of the banner to show the drop-down list and using the slider button to select Contemporary or Classic.

The interface changes immediately without asking you to confirm. You do not need to restart the system.