Upgrading Information

For information about upgrading the image on your SonicWall NSv virtual firewall, refer to the SonicOS 6.5 NSv Series Upgrade Guide.

For NSv Series on All Platforms:

• For NSv deployments running a previous version of SonicOS 6.5.4.v, upgrading via the System Update option in the NSv management console is recommended for this release. The System Update option updates both SonicOS and SonicCore to the latest version. For more information and instructions, refer to the SonicOS 6.5 NSv Series Upgrade Guide.
• To obtain the resolution for issues with SonicCore dependency, a fresh installation or System Update is needed.

For NSv Series on Azure and NSv Series on AWS, version 7.0 is the default deployment on Marketplace. To deploy an NSv running version 6.5.4 on Azure or AWS, use an ARM template deployment instead of deploying from Marketplace.

Refer to the SonicWall NSv 6.5.4 Getting Started Guides for detailed instructions:

https://www.sonicwall.com/techdocs/pdf/nsv-series-on-azure-6-5-4-getting-started-guide.pdf

https://www.sonicwall.com/techdocs/pdf/nsv-series-on-aws-6-5-4-getting-started-guide.pdf

For NSv Series on VMware ESXi:

• For NSv deployments running SonicOS 6.5.0.v, a fresh deployment using the OVA file is required to obtain this update.
• This SonicOS 6.5.4.v release is available as an SWI file for SonicOS update on an existing virtual firewall and as an OVA file for a fresh install or System Update. You can download the SWI and OVA files from MySonicWall.
• For System Update and fresh deployments, you can download the OVA file from MySonicWall.
• SWI upgrade to this SonicOS 6.5.4.v release is only supported for existing NSv Series on VMware ESXi deployments running SonicOS6.5.4.v-44v-14-653 or higher.

For NSv Series on Hyper-V:

• This SonicOS 6.5.4.v release is available as an SWI file for SonicOS update on an existing virtual firewall and as a VHD file for a fresh install. You can download the SWI file and a ZIP file containing the VHD file from MySonicWall.
• For System Update and fresh deployments, you can download a ZIP file containing the VHD file from MySonicWall.
• SWI upgrade to this SonicOS 6.5.4.v release is only supported for existing NSv Series on Hyper-V deployments running 6.5.4.v-44v-14-676 or higher.

For NSv Series on KVM:

• This SonicOS 6.5.4.v release is available as an SWI file for SonicOS update on an existing KVM virtual firewall and as an IMG file for a fresh install. You can download the SWI and IMG files from MySonicWal.
• For System Update and fresh deployments, you can download the IMG file from MySonicWall.
• SWI upgrade to this SonicOS 6.5.4.v release is only supported for existing NSv Series on KVM deployments running 6.5.4.v-44v-14-676 or higher.

For NSv Series on Azure or AWS:

• This SonicOS 6.5.4.v release is available as an SWI file for SonicOS update on an existing virtual firewall running 6.5.4.v-44v-14-676 or higher.
• For a fresh deployment of this SonicOS 6.5.4.v for NSv Series on Azure, go to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace at https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/ and then search for SonicWallNSv.
• For a fresh deployment of this SonicWall 6.5.4.v for NSv Series on AWS, go to the Amazon Marketplace at https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/search/results?searchTerms=sonicwall+nsv.

For High Availability deployments (VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, and KVM only):

• HA Stateful Synchronization is supported, which means that the secondary unit will automatically synchronize with the primary unit when SonicOS is updated on the primary.
• When upgrading a High Availability pair using System Update, each unit must be upgraded individually.For more information about System Update, refer to the SonicOS 6.5 NSv Series Upgrade Guide.
• For a detailed HA upgrade procedure, refer to the SonicOS 6.5 NSv Series Upgrade Guide.