Centralized Firewall Management Administration Guide

Table of Contents

Firewall View

The Firewall View of Firewall Management, allows to perform advanced functions on the firewalls.

The tabs in Firewall View are described in details under the SonicOSAdministration Guide.

The SonicOS Administration Guide is a collection of guides that detail the features represented by each of the main menu items in the Firewall View. Within each guide, you can find topics covering commands in that menu group, along with procedures and in-depth information.

To help you understand how the books align with the features and commands, the following figure shows the books organized like the Firewall View interface.

The SonicOS Administration Guides, along with related documentation are available on the https://www.sonicwall.com/support/technical-documentation/.

To access the Firewall View

  1. Navigate to Manager View | Home > Firewalls > Inventory page.
  2. Click on the firewall for which you want to access the Firewall View for. For more information, refer to Switching to Firewall View.

 

The Firmware Auto Update feature present in SonicOS 7.1 and above can conflict with the Upgrade Firmware feature available in Firewall Management. To avoid these conflicts, Download new firmware automatically when available and Automatically install downloaded firmware options under Device > Firmware and Settings > Settings > Firmware Auto Update are disabled in Firewall Management if the device is managed by Firewall Management.