SonicOS 7.1 High Availability Administration Guide
- SonicOS 7.1
- About SonicOS
- High Availability
- Replacing an HA Primary Unit
- High Availability Config
- Configuration of HA Active/Standby
- Configuring Active/Standby High Availability Settings
- Configuring HA with Dynamic WAN Interfaces
- Configuring Network DHCP and Interface Settings
- Disabling the SonicOS DHCP Server
- Configuring Virtual IP Addresses
- Configuring Redundant Ports
- Fine Tuning High Availability
- Advanced Settings
- Configuring Advanced High Availability Settings
- Monitoring High Availability
- Configuring Active/Standby High Availability Monitoring
- Configuring Active/Standby High Availability Settings
- IPv6 High Availability Monitoring
- About This Document
- Azure Use Cases
- SonicWall Support
Replacing a SonicWall Security Appliance
If your SonicWall Security Appliance has a hardware failure while still under warranty, SonicWall will replace it. In this case, you need to remove the HA association containing the failed Security Appliance in MySonicWall, and add a new HA association that includes the replacement. If you contact SonicWall Technical Support to arrange the replacement (known as an RMA), Support can help with this process.
After replacing the failed Security Appliance in your equipment rack with the new unit, you can update MySonicWall and your SonicOS configuration.
Replacing a failed HA Primary unit is slightly different than replacing an HA Secondary unit. Both procedures are provided in these sections:
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