• 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

What's New in SonicOS/X 7.0.1

SonicOS/X 7.0.1 introduces a number of new features and enhancements, including:

• SonicWall Switch – New Features

  Several new features and enhancements are provided for Switch management:

  • SonicWall Switch – Native VLAN Support Configuration

    Provides ability for administrator to specify which VLANs do not carry a VLAN tag. This helps with SonicWave provisioning.

  • SonicWall Switch – Comments/Descriptions for Each Port

    Port descriptions help administrators understand why a port has been provisioned.

  • SonicWall Switch – Multiple Switch Support for Firewall High Availability Deployments

    Adds support for HA deployment use cases when multiple Switches are being managed by the firewalls.

  • SonicWall Switch – Multi-level Daisy Chaining Up to Eight

    Extends network connectivity from one end of the building to the other.

• Mode Selection on NSv Series – Changing Between Classic Mode and Policy Mode

  On NSv series, you can run either SonicOS (Classic mode) or SonicOSX (Policy mode) and you can switch between the modes. Some configuration settings are lost when changing from Classic to Policy mode, while the NSv resets to factory default settings when changing from Policy to Classic mode. This feature is also supported on NSv deployments in closed networks.

• Web Management Interface – Continued Improvements

  Improvements to user experience and App Viewer, signatures data enrichment, and more CVE information.

• Security – New Signature Database Support

  Enhancements to SonicOS for support of new Signature Database. Rollout of new Signature Database is coming soon.

• Connectivity – One ARM Mode Support

  In One ARM mode, traffic enters and leaves the appliance on the same interface.

• Ports and Interfaces – Feature Support and Performance Enhancements

  Several features and enhancements are added:

  • PPPoE support on NSv series interfaces
  • Reduced polling time on all SFP+ ports from 40 sec to 5 sec
  • 40GB interfaces support 10GB interface connectivity on NSsp 15700
  • 10GB BASE-T support on 10GB SFP ports

• SafeMode – Support for Auth Code during SafeMode Authentication

  You can use the appliance Auth Code as the Maintenance Key when accessing SafeMode on unregistered firewalls running SonicOS/X 7. The Auth Code is displayed in the web management interface on the HOME | Dashboard > System > Device page, and on the label affixed to the bottom of the appliance.

• Deployment – Bypass Non-decrypted SSL Traffic with GAV

  This option provides performance improvements.