Migrating from phion netfence to Barracuda NG Firewall 5.0.3
Release version 5.0 of Barracuda NG Firewall was a switchpoint for customers that have been using phion netfence before. With release 5.0, phion netfence was replaced by Barracuda NG Firewall.
Apart from the new features and a new interface design, the usage concepts and system architecture stay the same.
If you are migrating from phion netfence 4.2.x to Barracuda NG Firewall 5.0.3 on standard hardware, you need to apply hotfix 386 before migrating from 4.2.x to 5.0.3 in order to make use of the
Please see Updating Standard Hardware from 4.2.x to 5.0.3, page 21, in this case.
Please consult the Barracuda Networks Technical Support for
Default Management IP Address and Default Password
Note that, already with release version 4.2, the default management IP address for all Barracuda NG Firewall appliances, NG Control Centers and Virtual Appliances was changed to 192.168.200.200. However, on legacy phion appliances and phion management centres, the management IP address didn’t change.
The default root password, no matter which hardware is used, was at the same time changed to
ngf1r3wall
See the Barracuda NG Firewall 5.0 Release Notes to learn more about the new features introduced with major release version 5.0 and the Barracuda NG Firewall 5.0 Migration Instructions to learn about all important issues appearing when updating from release version 4.2 to release version 5.0.
Both documents are available at http://barracuda.com/doc.
See the appropriate Appliance Installation Guide or the Quick Installation Guide for your appliance to learn more about the default settings. The latest documentation is always available at http://barracuda.com/doc .
Issues and Restrictions when Updating from phion netfence
For a detailed list of known issues and hardware restrictions appearing when updating from phion netfence to major release version 5.0 please see the Barracuda NG Firewall 5.0 Migration Instructions, downloadable at http://barracuda.com/doc.
20 Release and Migration Notes - Migrating from phion netfence to Barracuda NG Firewall 5.0.3
