Lots of you’re taking benefit of our unique affords to improve your soon-to-be end-of-life XG Sequence firewall home equipment to the XGS Sequence.
By refreshing your {hardware} with XGS, you get unbeatable financial savings in your {hardware} and software program buy. However that’s not all: you additionally profit from the newest Xstream structure, which options important efficiency positive aspects, improved TLS inspection, and expanded connectivity choices. And naturally, there’s no studying curve in any respect as your new firewall affords the identical consumer expertise.
To make sure a seamless improve expertise, we’ve not too long ago launched new instruments you need to use to assist make this improve fast and simple.
Watch this two-minute video for a fast overview or learn on for extra data.
Transferring your configuration
In just some clicks, our enhanced backup-restore performance lets you simply switch your configuration out of your present XG Sequence firewall to your new XGS equipment.
- We’ve eliminated any earlier restrictions so you possibly can migrate a configuration between home equipment with a distinct variety of ports, restore a wi-fi machine to an XGS Sequence machine with out built-in wi-fi, and rather more
- You may simply choose how you can map your present {hardware} ports to your new equipment utilizing the port mapping assistant
- When you’ve got many firewalls to improve, you possibly can even use a single configuration template from a digital equipment and apply it to all of your new home equipment, regardless of which kind issue ({hardware}/digital/software program), decreasing the time to finish the deployment considerably
Make the most of the brand new improve compatibility instrument to make sure your explicit improve is supported.
Watch the detailed how-to video for the backup-restore assistant.
Full step-by-step video guides
The Sophos TechVids group has created some complete step-by-step movies to stroll you thru all the XG to XGS improve course of, whether or not you might have a person equipment or an HA deployment.
In your previous XG Sequence, it actually is so simple as clicking, “Backup Now” in your previous machine and downloading the backup file with a full copy of your firewall’s configuration.
In your new XGS Sequence, simply select your file, enter the encryption password, and add and restore the file to activate the brand new assistant with the port mapping choices. That’s it!
Watch the complete video for upgrading a single equipment.
For prime availability deployments, the method is an identical, with the important thing addition being the configuration of the HA hyperlink, which must be utilizing an identical port sort on each the previous and new.
Watch the complete video for upgrading an HA configuration.
To be taught extra concerning the XGS Sequence and our unique affords for XG clients, attain out to your native Sophos Accomplice or gross sales consultant. An XGS mannequin overview is obtainable at Sophos.com/Examine-XGS.
