Selecting a Deployment Scenario
Before continuing, select a deployment scenario that best fits your network scheme. Reference the table below and the diagrams on the following pages for help in choosing a scenario.
Current Gateway Configuration | New Gateway Configuration | Use Scenario |
No gateway appliance | Single SonicWALL NSA as a primary gateway. | A - NAT/Route Mode Gateway |
| Pair of SonicWALL NSA appliances for high | B - NAT with State Sync Pair |
| availability. |
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Existing Internet gateway appliance | SonicWALL NSA as replacement for an existing | A - NAT/Route Mode Gateway |
| gateway appliance. |
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| SonicWALL NSA in addition to an existing | C - L2 Bridge Mode |
| gateway appliance. |
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Existing SonicWALL gateway appliance | SonicWALL NSA in addition to an existing | B - NAT with State Sync Pair |
| SonicWALL gateway appliance. |
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Scenario A: NAT/Route Mode Gateway - page 21
Scenario B: State Sync Pair in NAT/Route Mode - page 22
Scenario C: L2 Bridge Mode - page 23
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