What is SonicOS?

SonicOS8 runs on SonicWall network security appliances (firewalls) and provides a web management interface for configuring the features, policies, and security services, updating the firmware, managing connected devices such as switches and access points, monitoring traffic/users/threats, investigating events, and much more. SonicOS runs on top of SonicCore, SonicWall's secure underlying operating system.

SonicOS provides a modern graphical management interface that facilitates:

• Setting up and configuring your security appliance
• Monitoring the health and status of the security appliance, network, users, connections and the status of the incoming and outgoing traffic
• Configuring external devices, such as access points or switches

SonicOS also provides full-featured API and a command-line interface (CLI) in addition to the graphical management interface. For more information, see About the API and CLI.

For information about the SonicOS management interface, see About the SonicOS Management Interface.