Performing a Model Upgrade

Model Upgrade provides additional cores to increase computing power. You can upgrade your NSv Series to a model with a higher number of cores by selecting and purchasing the desired SKU for the higher model on MySonicWall and then applying the activation key on the Service Management page. Model Upgrade SKUs are available for single NSv Series appliances and for High Availability pairs.

Model Upgrade on NSv Series AWS or NSv Azure platforms might require moving to a new virtual machine model from the vendor (Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure) if it does not already have the CPU and memory allocations required for the new NSv Series model, For information about VM models supported by these vendors, refer to the NSv Series Getting Started Guide for your platform.

Be sure to manually update the memory and CPU/processor settings in the VM console before this upgrade. For details about changing your hypervisor settings, see the Upgrading to a Higher Capacity NSv Model section in the NSv Series Getting Started Guide for your platform. For the new memory and CPU/processor values, refer to the Product Matrix and Requirements section in the NSv Series Getting Started Guide for your platform.

Upon activation of the Model Upgrade service, the product ID of the NSv Series is updated to match the ID of the new model. This update is also communicated to the SonicWall License Manager to update the product code for the NSv Series serial number.

Supported Model Upgrades, Single NSv and HA Pairs, All NSv Platforms

Version	Source NSv Model	Target NSv Model
		SonicOS 8
		NSv XS	NSv S	NSv M	NSv L
SonicOS 6	NSv 10, NSv 25, NSv 50, and NSv 100	Supported	Supported	Supported	Supported
	NSv 200, NSv 300	Not Supported	Supported	Supported	Supported
	NSv 400	Not Supported	Not Supported	Supported	Supported
	NSv 800	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Supported
SonicOS 7	NSv 270	Not Supported	Supported	Supported	Supported
	NSv 470	Not Supported	Not Supported	Supported	Supported
	NSv 870	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Supported
SonicOS 8	NSv XS	Supported	Supported	Supported	Supported
	NSv S	Not Supported	Supported	Supported	Supported
	NSv M	Not Supported	Not Supported	Supported	Supported
	NSv L	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Supported

Migration of NSv Series models via migration tool is not supported. You can import configuration settings from one NSv Series model to another on the same platform, which can save a lot of time when replacing or deploying a new NSv Series. This feature is also useful when you need multiple NSv Series virtual firewalls with similar configuration settings. see the section Importing Configuration Settings.

Migration support available to migrate SonicOS 6 NSv Series to SonicOS 8 NSv Series for Classic Mode.

Migration support available to migrate SonicOS 7 NSv Series to SonicOS 8 NSv Series for both Classic Mode and Policy Mode.

Migration from hardware to virtual firewall or vice-versa is currently not supported.

Depending on your NSv Series deployment, refer to one of the following sections:

• For Model Upgrade on a single NSv Series, see Performing a Model Upgrade on a Single NSv Series.

• For Model Upgrade on NSv Series AWS or NSv Series Azure platforms when the current NSv Series does not already have the CPU and memory allocations in the vendor VM that are required for the new NSv Series model, see Performing a Model Upgrade on NSv Series AWS or NSv Series Azure.

• For Model Upgrade on a High Availability pair, see Performing a Model Upgrade on an HA Pair.