SonicWall TZ80 In-Product settings migration

The SonicWall TZ80 offers in-product migration where you can import settings from a SOHO/SOHOW device running a specific firmware. There are some caveats on the settings import, which are addressed in detail below.

Settings Import Feature:

• Export/Import settings from SOHO/SOHOW to TZ80:
  • In a typical greenfield deployment (new setup), the device must be configured completely from sc. Assuming you upgrade to the SonicWall TZ80 from a SonicWall SOHO/SOHOW, you can leverage the in-product settings migration feature to import the settings (exp) file to the TZ80.
• Pre-Requisites:
  • Supported Source Firewalls (Firewalls from which settings can be imported to TZ80)
    • SOHO
    • SOHOW
  • Supported Source firewall firmware versions:

• Settings Migration Caveats:
  • Settings that are not available on the SOHO platform that will not be supported on TZ80:
    • Advanced Switching (Not supported on TZ80)
    • Capture Client Enforcement and Integration (Not supported on TZ80)
    • Active/Active Clustering (Not supported on TZ80)
    • Active/Active DPI (Not supported on TZ80)
  • Unsupported Settings that will need to be reconfigured
    • CFS 3.0 (Replaced by CFS 5.0)
    • HA(Note: Only the HA control Interfaces need to be reconfigured)
    • Syslog Server (Note: Only applicable for SOHO to TZ80 settings migration)
    • VPN Policy Bound to Interfaces (Note: Only applicable for SOHO to TZ80 settings migration)
    • IP-Helper Policy (Note: Only applicable for SOHO to TZ80 settings migration)
    • Certificates
  • Unsupported Features in SonicWall TZ80:
    • Internal Wireless Configuration (Hardware Limitation)
    • Advanced Switching support
    • Capture Client Enforcement and Integration
    • PoE configuration (Hardware Limitation)
    • Port Redundancy
    • Active/Active Clustering
    • Active/Active DPI
    • L3 Link Aggregation
    • Dell Switch Integration
    • GMS Configurations
    • Capture Client Enforcement
    • Advanced BWM 
  • Unsupported Interfaces settings:
    Settings Import will be blocked if the source settings file contains the following interfaces:
    • Tunnel Interfaces
    • WLAN Tunnel Interfaces
    • VLAN Interfaces
    • Wiremode (Note: TZ80 does not support this mode)
    • TapMode (Note: TZ80 does not support this mode)
    • It is recommended that these interface settings be removed from the source firewall and then exported to the TZ80, allowing the settings to be imported successfully.

Key Points

• The TZ80 supports in-product settings migration from SOHO/SOHOW.
• There are prerequisites to supporting the settings migration, but not all features are supported.

Conclusion

Understanding the SonicWall TZ80's settings migration support helps save time when upgrading from a SOHO/SOHOW firewall by reusing the existing device configuration.