It's important to periodically export a settings file from the sonicwall and store it in a safe place. perform the following to save a backup of your configuration settings and export them to a file on your local management station: login to the sonicwall firewall and navigate to manage in the top navigation menu. click firmware & backups.. To import a previously saved preferences file into the sonicwall security appliance, follow these instructions: 1. click import settings to import a previously exported preferences file into the sonicwall security appliance. the import settings window is displayed. 2. click browse to locate the file which has a *.exp file name extension. 3.. To make matters worse, sonicwall will not allow you to download their firmware file until you login to mysonicwall.com with a registered product serial number. just like the admin password, nobody knows the username and password to login to mysonicwall.com.
Firmware management table on the system > settings page. 2. on the system > settings page, click the button and save the preferences file to your local machine. the default preferences file is named sonicwall.exp. you can rename the file but you should keep the .exp extension.. The dell sonicwall sra 7.5.1.0 firmware provides user-based licensing on dell sonicwall sra appliances and note: for sra virtual appliances, image files for new deployments have an .ova file extension, and image files for upgrades have a .sig file extension. exporting a copy of your configuration. I have a few sonicwall pro 2040's and i am trying to figure out how to convert the config files to a readable file so that i can audit them with having to do so on the live boxes..