Upgrading SonicWALL SMA Firmware

The SonicWALL SMA appliance must be registered before the firmware can be upgraded. For information about registering your SMA appliance, refer to Registering SonicWALL SMA Appliances .

NOTE: Upgrading SonicWALL Aventail SMA appliances from GMS is not supported.

To upgrade the firmware of a SonicWALL SMA appliance using GMS, complete the following tasks:

1	In the left pane, select the SMA you want to upgrade.

2	In the center pane, navigate to Register/Upgrades > Firmware Upgrade. The current SMA appliance firmware is displayed under Current Status.

3	To upgrade the SMA appliance firmware using a file on the GMS server, click Upgrade firmware using files on the GMS Server.

4	To upgrade the SMA appliance firmware using a local file, enter the path and file name of the firmware file in the field next to Upgrade firmware from local file, or click Browse to locate the firmware file. Click Upgrade firmware from local file.

5	A message displays indicating that an appliance restart is necessary to complete the firmware upgrade. Click OK to continue.

6	The license agreement message displays. Read the message and click OK to agree and download the firmware, or click Cancel to disagree and cancel the firmware upgrade.