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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
Associating Pre-Registered Appliances
To associate two already-registered SonicWALL security appliances so that they can use High
Availability license synchronization, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Login to MySonicWALL.
Step 2 On the main page under Most Recently Registered Products, click View all registered
products.
Step 3 On the My Products page, under Registered Products, scroll down to find the appliance that
you want to use as the parent, or Primary, unit. Click the product name or serial number.
Step 4 On the Service Management - Associated Products page, scroll down to the Associated
Products section.
Step 5 Under Associated Products, click HA Secondary.
Step 6 On the My Product - Associated Products page, in the text boxes under Associate New
Products, type the serial number and the friendly name of the appliance that you want to
associate as the child/secondary/Backup unit.
Step 7 Click Register.
Associating a New Unit to a Pre-Registered Appliance
This section describes how to add a new appliance from the My Product - Associated Products
page of an already-registered SonicWALL security appliance, and associate the two appliances
so that they can use High Availability license synchronization. You can add a new secondary
(Backup) unit to an existing Primary unit, or add a new Primary unit to an existing secondary
unit. To use this method, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Login to MySonicWALL.
Step 2 On the main page under Most Recently Registered Products, click View all registered
products.
Step 3 On the My Products page, under Registered Products, scroll down to find the appliance that
you want to use as the existing unit. You can choose any supported appliance on the list,
whether it is already an HA Primary or an HA Secondary, or neither. Click the product name or
serial number.
Step 4 On the Service Management - Associated Products page, scroll down to the Associated
Products section.
Step 5 Under Associated Products, do one of the following: