SonicOS 8 NSv Getting Started Guide for ESXi

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Obtaining the OVA from SonicWall Unified Management

Refer to your purchase confirmation email for more information about downloading the OVA files.

For accessing SonicWall Unified Management, see Accessing SonicWall Unified Management.

To perform initial registration and obtain the OVA file for deployment

  1. In a browser, log in to your Unified Management account.

  2. Navigate to Inventory > Products > All Products.

  3. Click Provision > Product.

  4. Select the Tenant from the Tenant List drop-down under which you want to register the product.

  5. Fill in the Serial Number / Activation key / Assign token, Authentication Token and Friendly Name.

    On successful validation of the entered product details, you will get an option to set the management settings.

  6. Select Management Settings and click Register Product and Exit.

  7. On the Product Inventory page, select your NSv model.

    You are now given access to the OVA file for your NSv model.

  8. Select Firmware tab to download the OVA file and save it to your management computer.