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Sonicwall Firewall NSv qemu compatibility

Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:45 pm
by Fernando Aguiar
Hi guys.

I got the Sonicwall Virtual Firewall (NSv 200) and I converted to qemu image.
the firewall boots up, but after inicial boot the error attached appears:

Does anyone know how can i solve this, please?

Re: Sonicwall Firewall NSv qemu compatibility

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:53 am
by 51089701
where can I get the Sonicwall Virtual Firewall (NSv 200)?
I will try.

Re: Sonicwall Firewall NSv qemu compatibility

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:53 am
by Fernando Aguiar
51089701 wrote:
Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:53 am
where can I get the Sonicwall Virtual Firewall (NSv 200)?
I will try.
Only available to partners.

Re: Sonicwall Firewall NSv qemu compatibility

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:56 am
by 51089701
Got it.

Re: Sonicwall Firewall NSv qemu compatibility

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:01 pm
by matrix5000
Did you resolve issue ?

Re: Sonicwall Firewall NSv qemu compatibility

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:06 pm
by Uldis (UD)
yes
but a but tricky steps...

1. Originally downloaded image OVA I imported to my esxi first, booted and then stopped
2. Exported vmdk file from my esi
WARNING: file is about 5.2 Gb large
3. created image folder

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mkdir /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/sonicwall-NSv-200-R253
4. copied SonicWall_NSv-disk1.vmdk file into it
5. coverted it to hda.qcow2

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qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 SonicWall_NSv-disk1.vmdk hda.qcow2
6. removed raw vmdk file

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rm SonicWall_NSv-disk1.vmdk
7. Add node on topology, BUT change settings for it:
CPU=2
RAM=4096M
ethernets=8
Qemu Version 2.12.0
Qemu NIC=vmxnet3
and qemu string
-machine type=pc,accel=kvm -nographic -rtc base=utc -cpu host
Voila
Uldis

Re: Sonicwall Firewall NSv qemu compatibility

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:58 am
by kelp200
thank for shared very much!

Re: Sonicwall Firewall NSv qemu compatibility

Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 4:38 am
by kaizen_15
Hi Uldis,

Good day!

How do you access the sonicwall NSv webpage?


Thanks,
Kaize

Re: Sonicwall Firewall NSv qemu compatibility

Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 3:54 pm
by Uldis (UD)
Https from another host