Firewall Model-Specific Golden Template

Firewall model-specific golden template is an enhancement of SonicWall Firewall Management golden template feature. This model utilizes the same functionality with few guardrails to avoid any commit failures which can occur because of the following:

• Golden Template modification leads to incompatible firewall configurations.
• Firewall models are not the same, so interface settings don't match.
• Destination firewalls on which the golden template is applied are not running on the same SonicOS version.

Firewall model-specific golden template provides the solution to the above problems.

• Once the firewall model-specific golden template is created, it can’t be edited. Interface settings will be auto-populated with Template Variables, which must be resolved before applying the Template.
• The Firewall model-specific golden template can only be applied to the same firewall model from which the golden template is created.
• The Firewall model-specific golden template should be deployed on a factory-defaulted firewall of the same firewall model from which it was created.
• The destination firewall must run the same SonicOS minor version or one of its maintenance releases as the source firewall from which this firewall model-specific golden template was created. Example: 8.0.0-X or 8.0.1-Y.
• The destination firewall must have the same licenses as the source firewall from which this firewall model-specific golden template was created.

 

• Firewall Model-Specific Template
• Resolving and Applying a Firewall Model-Specific Template
• Applying the Firewall Model-Specific Template to Device Groups or Devices