Migrate Netshield Appliances

Last modified on 9 Oct, 2025. Revision 2
This is a guide to migrate a configuration between Netshield Appliances
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Procedure

To perform a migration of the configuration from a Netshield Appliance to another:

In this example its from a Netshield 300 to Netshield 500 Rev A

  • Take a Backup.bkp(Configuration backup) of the Netshield 300.
  • (Optional in this case) Take a Backup.bkp(Configuration backup) of the Netshield 500 Rev A. This is to be able to collect HWIdent values. Values below in Commands is from a Netshield 500 Rev A
  • Upload the backup.bkp from Netshield 300 to Netshield 500 Rev A without activate/commit.
  • Now apply the commands below.
  • Activate and commit, Easiest way via serial console since you might loose ssh due to config change.

Commands:

set EthernetDevice G1 HWIdent=pci=04:00.0
set EthernetDevice G2 HWIdent=pci=04:00.1
set EthernetDevice G3 HWIdent=pci=04:00.2
set EthernetDevice G4 HWIdent=pci=04:00.3
set EthernetDevice G5 HWIdent=pci=06:00.0
set EthernetDevice G6 HWIdent=pci=06:00.1
set EthernetDevice S1 HWIdent=pci=05:00.0  
set EthernetDevice S2 HWIdent=pci=05:00.1

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