NSM SaaS Licensing Model

The licensing model is described as below:

• Gen 6 and Gen 7 Devices

  • Existing Gen 7 NSM Essential License or NSM Advanced License bundles are not available for new purchase or renewal. You need to choose from the Gen 7 new licensing model added in Gen 7 and Gen 8 Devices table.

  • No immediate change for existing devices managed in NSM with licensed with NSM Essential License or NSM Advanced License.

  • Gen 6 device has to be licensed with NSM Essential License or NSM Advanced License to be able to be managed by NSM.

    Firewall License	NSM SaaS
    NSM Essential License	Allows device management and 7 days of basic reporting.
    NSM Advanced License	Allows device management along with comprehensive reporting and analytics.

• Gen 7 and Gen 8 Devices

  New Gen 7 license model is applicable only for new license purchased with a new firewall or renewal of an existing license.

   

  • TZ80 devices will be available only as a bundle. NSM will be bundled as a service in a firewall license bundles.

  • TZ80 devices will function only with a valid license.

    TZ80 hardware will not function after a 30 days trail period without a valid license.

  • TZ80 devices have to be bundled with Secure Connect license or Advanced Protection Service Suite (APSS) license or Managed Protection Service Suite (MPSS).
  • NSM will not support 7-days SonicWall Flow Report (SFR) for TZ80 firewalls. The TZ80 device and related data, including any reporting and analytics data stored in NSM, will be deleted from NSM after 90 days of the TZ80 bundle license expiry.

  Firewall License Bundle	NSM SaaS	Gen 7	Gen 8
  Essential Protection Service Suite (EPSS)	Allows device management along with: 7 days of basic reporting Gateway Anti-malware/Intrusion Prevention/App Control Content Filtering service Comprehensive Anti-Spam Service Capture Advanced Threat Protection 24x7 Support Support of add on advanced reporting and analytics with data retention of 7, 30, 90, and 365 days.	Yes	Yes Not available for TZ80
  Secure Connect	Allows device management. Support of add on advanced reporting and analytics with data retention of 7, 30, 90, and 365 days. Applicable only for TZ80.	No	Yes
  Advanced Protection Service Suite (APSS)	Allows device management along with: 7 days of advanced reporting and analytics Gateway Anti-malware/Intrusion Prevention/App Control Content Filtering service Comprehensive Anti-Spam Service DNS Filtering Capture Advanced Threat Protection. 24x7 Support Support of add on advanced reporting and analytics with data retention of 7, 30, 90, and 365 days.	Yes	Yes
  Managed Protection Service Suite (MPSS)	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.	Yes	Yes