SonicWALL manual SonicSetup, 313

SonicSetup

A P PAE N D I X

Using the SonicSetup Diagnostic and Recovery Tool

SonicSetup

SonicSetup provides improved diagnostic and initial setup capabilities for SonicWALL security appliances. It demonstrates that a SonicWALl security appliance is in a functional state at the hardware, ROM, firmware, and user-interface levels, and that the SonicWALL security appliance can be successfully reached, administered, and configured.

SonicSetup is a diagnostic and recovery tool, not a provisioning tool. It is intended to recover from unknown or corrupt states due to ROM, firmware, or preference file corruption, and to automate the synchronization of network addressing between the SonicWALL security appliance and the management workstation.

SonicSetup has two components: A SonicWALL ROM component, and a Win32 executable.

The recommended configuration for SonicSetup is direct connection between the SonicWALL appliance’s LAN port and the management workstation using a cross-over cable. SonicSetup uses layer 2 broadcasts to discover a SonicSetup-capable SonicWALL security appliance, but as a security measure, SonicSetup only makes changes to the configuration if the LAN port is the only active link on the SonicWALL security appliance; this is intended to prevent the use of SonicSetup on a production SonicWALL security appliance.

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