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Provisioning NSv 270/470/S/M/L Products

This section explains the steps to provision the NSv Virtual Firewall 270/470/S/M/L on Monthly Billing.

To provision a product

  1. Navigate to Monthly Billing | Monthly Products.
  2. Click Provision > Product.
  3. Select the Tenant Name under which you want to add the Product.
  4. Select the Product NSv from the drop down.
  5. Select the Model 270/470/S/M/L from the drop down.
  6. Enter the Friendly Name of the Product if applicable.
  7. Turn on the HA Pair if you want to create High Availability.

  8. Select the Security Service Bundle.

    Each bundle comes with basic or advanced reporting. If you want to have an advanced reporting and analytics or retain data more than the duration comes with bundle, you can add on to the bundle.

  9. Select Data retention add-on to add 7, 30, 90, or 365 days of advanced reporting and analytics to add to the bundle or No Change to go with only bundle.

    Security Service Bundle NSM Management SaaS (Cloud) Reporting and Analytics

    Secure Connect

    (For NSv S/M/L only)

    		 Comes with 7 days of advanced reporting and analytics Support of add on advanced reporting and analytics with data retention of 7, 30, 90, and 365 days.

    Essential Protection Security Suite

    Comes with 7 days of advanced reporting and analytics

    Support of add on advanced reporting and analytics with data retention of 7, 30, 90, and 365 days.

    Advanced Protection Security Suite

    Comes with 7 days of advanced reporting and analytics

    		 Support of add on advanced reporting and analytics with data retention of 30, 90, and 365 days.
    Managed Protection Security Suite Allows all features of APSS license for 30 days. Support of add on advanced reporting and analytics with data retention of 90 and 365 days.

  10. Leave the Zero Touch enabled. By the default, the Zero Touch option is enabled.

  11. Select the applicable Data Center.

  12. Enable SSLVPN Users to increase SSLVPN Users count under Monthly Billing for NSv Virtual Firewall 270/470.

    1. Enter the number of monthly licenses to be added in SSLVPN Users field.

       

      • Adding SSLVPN Users count on this screen, adds the number to the existing default count. Total count of licenses is equal to total of default and monthly licenses. For example, if the unit has 2 default licenses and add 10 monthly licenses, total license count will be 12.

      • Maximum allowed licenses including default and monthly licenses are displayed on the screen.
      • You cannot provision licenses more than the maximum count shown on the screen. The maximum number of licenses allowed differs from each unit.

    2. Set the Expiry Date for monthly licenses.

      You can set the Expiry Date if want to use the monthly licenses for any specific period or else set it to Never.

  13. Click Provision.

  14. Check STATUS of the added Product in the Monthly Products table.

    Active The Product is successfully provisioned, and ready to use.
    Provisioning in progress The Product provisioning is in progress. Wait until the status is changed to Active to use the Product.
    Expired The Product is expired and not available for use.

    You can find the CSC Console icon for the Active Products except for NSv Products.

Managed Protection Security Suite(MPSS) can now be upgraded using the below mentioned SKUs.

  • SONICWALL MANAGED PROTECTION SECURITY SERVICE FOR NSV - ANNUAL CONVERSION LESS THAN 6 MONTHS REMAINING

  • SONICWALL MANAGED PROTECTION SECURITY SERVICE FOR NSV - ANNUAL CONVERSION 6-12 MONTHS REMAINING

  • SONICWALL MANAGED PROTECTION SECURITY SERVICE FOR NSV - ANNUAL CONVERSION MORE THAN 12 MONTHS REMAINING

When you upgrade an MPSS using SKU, the active TPSS/EPSS/APSS license will be expired and new term as per the SKU will be activated.

The below table represents how the SKU will be applied when the firewall has an ative NSM SaaS license

NSM License How SKU is applied

Legacy NSM Essentials License

 Expire the license and activate NSM Advanced with 30-Day Advanced Analytics and Reporting for the term as per the key.

Legacy NSM Advanced License

Convert the license to the new NSM Advanced with 365-Day reporting and match the expiry date of the MPSS service.

New NSM Advanced License 7-Day

Convert the license to the new NSM Advanced with 30-Day reporting and match the expiry date of the MPSS service.
New NSM Advanced License 30/90/365-Day Match the expiry date of the MPSS service.

The upgrade using SKU will be rejected in the following cases.

  • The target firewall is currently licensed via Monthly billing.

  • The target firewall does not have an active TPSS/EPSS/APSS license.

  • The target firewall's active TPSS/EPSS/APSS license has validity less than the term of the key.

  • The target firewall's tenant has other non MPSS licensed firewalls.