Obtaining The Latest Firmware; Saving A Backup Copy Of Your Preferences; Upgrading The Firmware With Current Settings - Dell NSA E5500 Getting Started Manual

Obtaining the Latest Firmware

1. To obtain a new SonicOS firmware image file for your Dell
SonicWALL security appliance, connect to your
MySonicWALL account at:
http://www.mysonicwall.com.
2. Copy the new SonicOS image file to a convenient location
on your management station.

Saving a Backup Copy of Your Preferences

Before beginning the update process, make a system backup of
the appliance configuration settings. The backup feature saves
a copy of the current configuration settings on your Dell
SonicWALL security appliance, protecting all your existing
settings in the event that it becomes necessary to return to a
previous configuration state.
In addition to using the backup feature to save your current
configuration state to the Dell SonicWALL security appliance,
you can export the configuration preferences file to a directory
on your local management station. This file serves as an
external backup of the configuration preferences, and can be
imported back into the Dell SonicWALL security appliance.
Perform the following procedures to save a backup of your
configuration settings and export them to a file on your local
management station:
1. On the System > Settings page, click Create Backup.
Your configuration preferences are saved. The System
Backup entry is displayed in the Firmware Management
table.
2. To export your settings to a local file, click Export Settings.
A popup window displays the name of the saved file.

Upgrading the Firmware with Current Settings

Perform the following steps to upload new firmware to your Dell
SonicWALL appliance and use your current configuration
settings upon startup.
Tip: The appliance must be properly registered before it can
be upgraded. Refer to
Appliance on MySonicWALL, on page 20, for more
information.
1. Download the SonicOS firmware image file from
MySonicWALL and save it to a location on your local
computer.
2. On the System > Settings page, click Upload New
Firmware.
3. Browse to the location where you saved the SonicOS
firmware image file, select the file and click the Upload
button.
4. On the System > Settings page, click the Boot icon in the
row for Upload Firmware - New!.
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