• 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
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      • Using SafeMode
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  • 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
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  • At the ChassisOS Prompt
  • To Change to the Console Port of Another Physical Blade
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  • Commands at ChassisOS Prompt
  • Show Commands at ChassisOS Prompt
  • Configure IP Addresses from the CLI
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  • To Access SonicOSX Console
• Using the SafeMode GUI
  • Accessing SafeMode
  • Rebooting the System
  • Upgrading Firmware
  • Diagnostics
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Multiple Instances / High Availability

NSsp 15700 architecture allows multiple independent firewalls to share hardware resources to support MSSPs, or provide flexible resources for evolving organizations. These independent firewalls may also be configured as high-availability (HA) pairs, either within one NSsp, or across multiple NSsp. Unlike other high performance firewall systems, the NSsp operates through containers rather than shared hardware resources. Software containers along with NUMA architecture assure identical operation for all instances on the NSsp 15700.

The NSsp 15700 supports three kinds of High Availability:

• Standalone HA — Instances on one NSsp from high availability pairs. See Instance HA Pair on a Standalone NSsp Node.
• Multi-appliance instance-level HA — Instances on different NSsp 15700 appliances form HA pairs. See Configuring Multi-Appliance Instance-Level HA.
• Appliance-level HA — Two NSsp appliances ,are paired as Primary Active and Secondary Standby. See Setting Up Unit-to-Unit HA.