• SonicOSX 7
• Product Overview
  • Enterprise Class High-performance Firewall
  • Feature Summary
    • Simplified Management and Reporting
    • Advanced Threat Protection
    • Capture Cloud Platform
    • Deep Packet Inspection of SSL/TLS (DPI-SSL)
    • Content Filtering Service
    • Intrusion Prevention Service
    • Application Control
    • Unified Policy Configuration and Management
    • Multiple Instances / High Availability
  • System Architecture
  • Hardware Overview
    • Front Panel
    • Rear Panel
    • LEDs
    • Specifications
• System Setup
  • Default Settings
  • System Startup
    • HTTPS Management via X0
    • HTTPS Management via MGMT Port
      • Using SafeMode
      • Using CLI
  • SonicOSXBasic Configuration
  • Connecting LAN and WAN Interfaces
  • Network Configuration
  • Registration and Licensing
• Configuring Multiple Instances
  • Enabling Multi-Instances
  • Configuring Multi-Instances
• Licenses for Multiple Instances
  • Surveying Multiple Instances
  • Instance Registration
  • Instance License Update
  • Deactivating an Instance
  • Instance HA Pair on a Standalone NSsp Node
• Configuring High Availability
  • High Availability Overview
  • Setting Up Unit-to-Unit HA
  • Configuring Advanced Settings
  • Checking High Availability Status
  • Monitoring High Availability
  • Configuring Multi-Appliance Instance-Level HA
• CLI Bring-up
  • Access the Console Port
  • At the ChassisOS Prompt
  • To Change to the Console Port of Another Physical Blade
  • Check Network Address Settings
  • Commands at ChassisOS Prompt
  • Show Commands at ChassisOS Prompt
  • Configure IP Addresses from the CLI
  • Restart SonicOSX from the CLI
  • To Access SonicOSX Console
• Using the SafeMode GUI
  • Accessing SafeMode
  • Rebooting the System
  • Upgrading Firmware
  • Diagnostics
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Configuring Multiple Instances

• Enabling Multi-Instances
• Configuring Multi-Instances
• Licenses for Multiple Instances
• Deactivating an Instance
• Instance HA Pair on a Standalone NSsp Node

This feature allows the NSsp security appliance to launch multiple firewall instances, each serving as an independent firewall. The Root Instance (RI) configures and launches each instance. After the instances are up and running, their X0...X7 interfaces allow access for detailed network configuration.

Navigate to DEVICE | Multi-Instance to find configuration and monitoring screens.

Navigating to Multi-Instance Options

Each instances’s X0, X1, X2... X7 interfaces are mapped to a VLAN on the front panel port (X0 to X25) by the RI. Each instance can be configured with up to eight ports. Each instance port is mapped to a front panel port and tagged with a VLAN ID.