Dell SonicWALL Secure Mobile Access 8.5
Administration Guide
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Emailing New Settings
You can select Automatically email new settings upon generation to have emails sent to you of the newest
settings after they are generated.
Managing Firmware
The Firmware Management section of System > Settings provides the administrator with the option to be
notified when new firmware becomes available. It provides the configuration options for firmware images,
including uploading new firmware and creating a backup.
These tasks are described in the following sections:
• Setting Firmware Notification on page 102
• Creating a Backup on page 102
• Downloading Firmware on page 102
• Booting a Firmware Image on page 102
• Uploading New Firmware on page 103
Setting Firmware Notification
The administrator can be notified by email when a new firmware build is available.
To be notified when new firmware is available, select Notify me when new firmware is available.
Creating a Backup
To create a system backup of the current firmware and settings, click Create Backup. The backup might take
up to two minutes. When the backup is complete, the Status at the bottom of the screen displays the message,
“System Backup Successful.”
Downloading Firmware
To download firmware, click the download icon next to the Firmware Image version you want to
download.
Booting a Firmware Image
You can boot up (restart) the appliance with any firmware image that appears in the Firmware Management
table on the System > Settings page. You have the choice of keeping current configuration settings or reverting
to factory default settings.
To boot a firmware image:
1 Click the boot icon in the row for the Firmware Image version that you want to run on the SMA/SRA
appliance.
2 To reboot the image with factory default settings, select Boot with factory default settings. If this
option is not selected, current configuration settings are kept.
3 The pop-up message is displayed: Are you sure you wish to boot this firmware? Click OK.
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