Registering A Second Appliance As A Backup - SonicWALL NSA 2400 Getting Started Manual

4. To license a product of service, do one of the following:
• To try a Free Trial of a service, click Try in the Service
Management page. A 30-day free trial is immediately
activated. The Status page displays relevant
information including the activation status, expiration
date, number of licenses, and links to installation
instructions or other documentation. The Service
Management page is also updated to show the status
of the free trial.
• To purchase a product or service, click Buy Now.
5. In the Buy Service page, type the number of licenses you
want in the Quantity column for either the 1 year, 2 year, or
3 year license row and then click Add to Cart.
6. In the Checkout page, follow the instructions to complete
your purchase.
The MySonicWALL server will generate a license key for the
product. The key is added to the license keyset. You can use
the license keyset to manually apply all active licenses to your
SonicWALL appliance.
For more information, see Registration Next Steps

Registering a Second Appliance as a Backup

To ensure that your network stays protected if your SonicWALL
appliance has an unexpected failure, you can purchase a
license to associate a second SonicWALL of the same model
as the first in a high availability (HA) pair. You can purchase the
Page 12 Registering and Licensing Your Appliance on MySonicWALL
license associate the two appliances as part of the registration
process on MySonicWALL. The second SonicWALL will
automatically share the Security Services licenses of the
primary appliance.
To register a second appliance and associate it with the
primary, perform the following steps:
1. Login to your MySonicWALL account.
2. On the main page, in the Register A Product field, type the
appliance serial number and then click Next.
3. On the My Products page, under Add New Product, type
the friendly name for the appliance, select the Product
Group if any, type the authentication code into the
appropriate text boxes, and then click Register.
4. On the Product Survey page, fill in the requested
information and then click Continue. The Create
Association Page is displayed.
5. On the Create Association Page, click the radio button to
select the primary unit for this association, and then click
Continue. The screen only displays units that are not
already associated with other appliances.
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6. On the Service Management - Associated Products page,
scroll down to the Associated Products section to verify
that your product registered successfully. You should see
the HA Primary unit listed in the Parent Product section, as
well as a Status value of 0 in the Associated Products /
Child Product Type section.
7. Although the Stateful High Availability Upgrade and all the
Security Services licenses can be shared with the HA
Primary unit, you must purchase a separate ViewPoint