Registering Your SRA Appliance from System Status

Register with MySonicWALL to get the most out of your SRA appliance. Complete the steps in the following sections to register.

Before You Register

Verify that the time, DNS, and default route settings on your Dell SonicWALL SRA are correct before you register your appliance. These settings are generally configured during the initial SRA appliance setup process. To verify or configure the time settings, navigate to the System > Time page. To verify or configure the DNS setting, navigate to the Network > DNS page. To verify or configure the default route, navigate to the Network > Routes page. For more information about time and DNS setting configuration, refer to Setting the Time , Configuring DNS Settings and Configuring a Default Route for the SRA Appliance .

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NOTE: You need a MySonicWALL account to register the Dell SonicWALL SRA.
Creating a MySonicWALL Account from System > Licenses
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On the System > Licenses page, click Activate, Upgrade, or Renew services. The License Management page is displayed.
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If you do not have a MySonicWALL account or if you forgot your user name or password, click the https://www.mysonicwall.com link at the bottom of the page. The MySonicWALL User Login page is displayed.

Do one of the following:

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If you forgot your user name, click the Forgot Username? link.
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If you forgot your password, click the Forgot Password? link.
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If you do not have a MySonicWALL account, click the Not a registered user? link.
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Follow the instructions to activate your MySonicWALL account.

Registering with MySonicWALL

There are two ways to register your SRA appliance:

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Log into your MySonicWALL account directly from a browser or click the Dell SonicWALL link on the System > Status page to access MySonicWALL, enter the appliance serial number and other information there, and then enter the resulting registration code into the field on the System > Status page. This manual registration procedure is described in this section.
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Use the link on the System > Licenses page to access MySonicWALL, then enter the serial number and other information into MySonicWALL. When finished, your view of the System > Licenses page shows that the appliance has been automatically synchronized with the licenses activated on MySonicWALL. This procedure is described in Registering the SRA Appliance from System > Licenses .
To register your SRA appliance:
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If you are not logged into the Dell SonicWALL SRA management interface, log in with the username admin and the administrative password you set during initial setup of your SRA appliance (the default is password). For information about configuring the administrative password, refer to the Dell SonicWALL SRA Getting Started Guide.
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If the System > Status page is not automatically displayed in the management interface, click System in the left-navigation menu, and then click Status.
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Record your Serial Number and Authentication Code from the Licenses & Registration section.
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Do one of the following to access the MySonicWALL Web page:
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Click the Dell SonicWALL link in the Licenses & Registration section.
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Type http://www.mysonicwall.com into the Address or Location field of your Web browser.

The MySonicWALL User Login page is displayed.

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Enter your MySonicWALL account user name and password.
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NOTE: If you are not a registered MySonicWALL user, you must create an account before registering your SonicWALL product. Click the Not a registered user? link at the bottom of the page to create your free MySonicWALL account.
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Navigate to Products in the left hand navigation bar.
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Enter your Serial Number and Authentication Code in the appropriate fields.
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Enter a descriptive name for your SRA appliance in the Friendly Name field.
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Select the product group for this appliance, if any, from the Product Group drop-down list.
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Click the Register button.
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When the MySonicWALL server has finished processing your registration, the Registration Code is displayed along with a statement that your appliance is registered. Click Continue.
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On the System > Status page of the SRA appliance management interface, enter the Registration Code into the field at the bottom of the Licenses & Registration section, and then click Update.