Version 3.0.1 On-Premises

July 2025

Important

• Refer to the knowledge base article, How to Upgrade SonicCore and NSM in Closed Network for detailed instructions on upgrading NSM in closed network environment.
• Refer to the knowledge base article, Upgrade NSM on-prem via System Update for detailed instructions on a system upgrade. Prior to update, you need to create a system backup of the NSM on-premises system in case you need to roll back to the prior version. Refer to Backup and Restore an NSM On-Prem System for detailed instructions.

• Refer to knowledge base article, How to Upgrade On-Prem Network Security Manager firmware for detailed instructions on upgrading NSM firmware using SWI files.

Compatibility and Installation Notes

• Most popular browsers are supported, but Google Chrome is preferred for the real-time graphics display on the Dashboard.
• A MySonicWall account is required.

• Capacity Requirements: The capacity requirements for an NSM On-Premises deployment have changed:

  Management Only

  Number of Firewalls	CPU (Cores)	RAM (GB)
  100	4	16
  150	4	16
  250	8	16
  500	8	16
  750	8	16
  1000	8	16
  1000+	16	32

  Management, Reporting and Analytics

  Number of Firewalls	CPU (Cores)	RAM (GB)
  100	4	24
  150	4	24
  250	8	24
  500	8	32
  750	8	32
  1000	8	32
  1000+	16	64

  Reporting Disk Space Requirements (Data Storage + Cache)/SSD

  Number of Firewalls	Data Retention 7 days	Data Retention 365 days
  50	600 GB	750 GB
  100	1.2 TB	1.5 TB
  150	1.7 TB	2.3 TB
  250	2.8 TB	4 TB

  Distributed Deployments Sizing Guideline

  Number of Firewalls	NSM Nodes
  ≤ 250	NSM Controller Node / Single Node Deployment
  > 250	Controller Node + 1 Reporting Agent per 250 firewall
  Reporting Agent resource requirements (CPU and RAM ) is the same as the controller node.

• Upgrade Instructions:

  NSM 3.0.1 On-Premises is a maintenance release and does not support fresh installation. To upgrade to 3.0.1 On-Premises, follow the upgrade paths mentioned below.

   

  • We strongly recommend using the system update method to upgrade NSM using steps captured in the Upgrade Instructions without Upgrade Package.
  • Minimum 50% of the free disk space is required to upgrade.

  Current Build	Upgrade Path to 3.0.1 HF1
  NSM 2.6.0	2.6.0 > 2.6.0 HF1 > 3.0.0 > 3.0.1
  NSM 2.6.0 HF1	2.6.0 HF1 > 3.0.0 > 3.0.1
  NSM 3.0.0	3.0.0 > 3.0.1

What's New

This maintenance release provides fixes for previously reported issues.

Resolved Issues

Issue ID	Description
NSM-30335	Resolved the issue in showing the integrated analytics under External Reports.
NSM-30434	Resolved the issue in Group firmware upgrade.
NSM-30568	Resolved the issue of stopping or starting the agent services for every eight minutes when deployed a distributed Controller or Agent for larger deployment with more than 200 firewalls.
NSM-30771	Resolved the issue of configuring Time settings on a template.

Known Issues

Issue ID	Description
NSM-30748	Manually acquired firewalls are unable to forward Heartbeats to custom IP/FQDN if reporting is not enabled.
NSM-30869	Unit locally changed event with firewall device going to out of sync status is not occurring while GMS/NSM config on firewall is using NSM Private IP vs Public IP.