SonicOS 8 Migration Requirements Reference Guide

Understanding Your Migration Options

Your current device type determines the migration strategy and the steps required to migrate earlier SonicOS platforms to SonicOS 8 devices. With the release of SonicOS 8.0 for SonicOS 8 firewall platforms, direct migration from a legacy source device (SonicOS 6/6.5 and SOHO-SonicOS 5) to SonicOS 8 target devices is supported.

The following sections summarize the migration paths that best suit your devices.