Centralized Firewall Management

Administration Guide

April 2026

This Administration Guide provides information about the Centralized Firewall Management (SaaS) release. This guide explains how to monitor and manage firewalls using either Unified Management or NSM. When accessed through Unified Management, NSM appears as Firewall Management; however, when accessed via cloud.sonicwall.com, it retains the name NSM.

• Firewall Management Overview
• Before Starting
• Best Practices
• Setting Up SonicWall Firewall Management
• Dashboard
• Firewalls
• Templates
• Global Objects
• VPN Topology
• SD-WAN Topology
• Configuration Management
• Tenants
• CSC Users
• Reports
• Logs and Alerts
• SonicWall Support