SonicWall NSv M appliance
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SonicWall NSv M

Four vCPUs, 9 Gbps of firewall inspection and 1.5 million connections — the first NSv with four public-cloud interfaces.

SonicOSX 89 Gbps firewall4 vCPUsVirtual appliance
  • 9 Gbps firewall inspection, 2.9 Gbps with threat prevention on
  • Four vCPUs — one management core and three for the data plane
  • 1,500,000 SPI connections and 30,000 site-to-site VPN tunnels
  • Four interfaces on AWS and Azure, against two on the XS and S
  • 2 Gbps of TLS/SSL inspection and 2,000 IPSec VPN clients
Ordering information

Hardware & subscription options

Every orderable SonicWall part number for this appliance, grouped by licensing tier. Pick the line you need and we will quote it — hardware, licence term and support in one place.

TotalSecure Editions

The appliance bundled with a year of one of the three protection suites. Essential covers the core gateway services, Advanced adds Capture ATP and DNS security, Managed adds SonicWall’s own monitoring.

SonicWall TotalSecure Editions (Appliance and subscription in one part number)

  • SonicWall NSv M Totalsecure Secure Connect Service Suite - 1 Year #03-SSC-9470
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  • SonicWall NSv M Totalsecure Essential Edition - 1 Year #03-SSC-9477
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  • SonicWall NSv M Totalsecure Advanced Edition - 1 Year #03-SSC-9474
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Secure Upgrade Plus

Replacing an older SonicWall with a Gen 8 unit, bundled with two or three years of the Advanced suite.

SonicWall Secure Upgrade Plus Renewal / Upgrade (Trade-up pricing for existing SonicWall sites)

  • SonicWall NSv M Secure Upgrade Plus - Essential Edition - 2 Year #03-SSC-9489
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  • SonicWall NSv M Secure Upgrade Plus - Essential Edition - 3 Year #03-SSC-9490
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  • SonicWall NSv M Secure Upgrade Plus - Advanced Edition - 2 Year #03-SSC-9486
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  • SonicWall NSv M Secure Upgrade Plus - Advanced Edition - 3 Year #03-SSC-9487
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Essential Protection Security Suite

The foundation bundle: gateway anti-malware, intrusion prevention, application control, content filtering and standard support.

SonicWall Essential Protection Security Suite (Service subscription - appliance required)

  • SonicWall Essential Protection Security Suite For NSv M - 1 Year #03-SSC-9459
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  • SonicWall Essential Protection Security Suite For NSv M - 2 Year #03-SSC-9461
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  • SonicWall Essential Protection Security Suite For NSv M - 3 Year #03-SSC-9463
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  • SonicWall Essential Protection Security Suite For NSv M - 4 Year #03-SSC-9465
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  • SonicWall Essential Protection Security Suite For NSv M - 5 Year #03-SSC-9467
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Advanced Protection Security Suite

Everything in Essential plus Capture ATP sandboxing, DNS security and 24x7 support.

SonicWall Advanced Protection Security Suite (Service subscription - appliance required)

  • SonicWall Advanced Protection Security Suite For NSv M - 1 Year #03-SSC-8682
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  • SonicWall Advanced Protection Security Suite For NSv M - 2 Year #03-SSC-8630
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  • SonicWall Advanced Protection Security Suite For NSv M - 3 Year #03-SSC-8643
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  • SonicWall Advanced Protection Security Suite For NSv M - 4 Year #03-SSC-8656
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  • SonicWall Advanced Protection Security Suite For NSv M - 5 Year #03-SSC-8669
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High Availability

The second appliance in an active/standby pair, plus the licence that converts one back to a standalone unit.

SonicWall High Availability (Must be paired with a standard unit)

  • SonicWall NSv M High Availability #03-SSC-9504
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Advanced Reporting and Analytics (NSM On-Prem)

Log retention and reporting against a Network Security Manager instance you run yourself, in 7-day and 365-day retention tiers.

SonicWall Advanced Reporting and Analytics (NSM On-Prem) (Service subscription - appliance required)

  • SonicWall NSM On-Prem 365 Day Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 1 Year #03-SSC-8823
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  • SonicWall NSM On-Prem 365 Day Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 2 Year #03-SSC-8825
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  • SonicWall NSM On-Prem 365 Day Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 3 Year #03-SSC-8827
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  • SonicWall NSM On-Prem 365 Day Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 4 Year #03-SSC-8829
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  • SonicWall NSM On-Prem 365 Day Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 5 Year #03-SSC-8831
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Advanced Reporting and Analytics (SaaS)

The same reporting hosted by SonicWall, in 7, 30, 90 and 365-day retention tiers. The retention period is part of the part number, so check it against the retention your auditor asks for.

SonicWall Advanced Reporting and Analytics (SaaS) (Service subscription - appliance required)

  • SonicWall 7 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 1 Year #03-SSC-8679
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  • SonicWall 7 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 2 Year #03-SSC-8627
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  • SonicWall 7 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 3 Year #03-SSC-8640
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  • SonicWall 7 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 4 Year #03-SSC-8653
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  • SonicWall 7 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 5 Year #03-SSC-8666
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  • SonicWall 30 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 1 Year #03-SSC-8677
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  • SonicWall 30 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 2 Year #03-SSC-8625
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  • SonicWall 30 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 3 Year #03-SSC-8638
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  • SonicWall 30 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 4 Year #03-SSC-8651
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  • SonicWall 30 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 5 Year #03-SSC-8664
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  • SonicWall 90 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 1 Year #03-SSC-8853
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  • SonicWall 90 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 2 Year #03-SSC-8855
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  • SonicWall 90 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 3 Year #03-SSC-8857
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  • SonicWall 90 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 4 Year #03-SSC-8859
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  • SonicWall 90 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 5 Year #03-SSC-8861
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  • SonicWall 365 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 1 Year #03-SSC-8852
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  • SonicWall 365 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 2 Year #03-SSC-8854
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  • SonicWall 365 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 3 Year #03-SSC-8856
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  • SonicWall 365 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 4 Year #03-SSC-8858
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  • SonicWall 365 Days Of Advanced Reporting And Analytics For NSv M - 5 Year #03-SSC-8860
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Secure Connect Security Suite

The suite built around Cloud Secure Edge: the gateway services plus SonicWall’s private-access connector, for a virtual firewall whose job is remote and site-to-site access rather than a physical perimeter.

SonicWall Secure Connect Security Suite (Service subscription - licence required)

  • SonicWall Secure Connect Security Suite For NSv M - 1 Year #03-SSC-8674
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  • SonicWall Secure Connect Security Suite For NSv M - 2 Year #03-SSC-8622
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  • SonicWall Secure Connect Security Suite For NSv M - 3 Year #03-SSC-8635
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  • SonicWall Secure Connect Security Suite For NSv M - 4 Year #03-SSC-8648
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  • SonicWall Secure Connect Security Suite For NSv M - 5 Year #03-SSC-8661
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Technical specifications

SonicWall NSv M Specifications

SonicWall published maximums, measured under the test conditions noted below.

Firewall General

NSv M — Firewall General specifications
Operating SystemSonicOSX 8
Supported HypervisorsVMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM (Ubuntu/CentOS), Proxmox
Supported Public CloudsAWS and Microsoft Azure, including the AWS and Azure US Government regions (US East and West)
Supported AWS Instance Typesc5.xlarge, c5n.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m5n.xlarge
Supported Azure Instance TypesStandard_D4_v4, Standard_D4s_v4, Standard_D4d_v4, Standard_D4ds_v4
LicensingBYOL and PAYG (PAYG is currently available on AWS only)
Maximum Supported vCPUs4
Interface Count (ESXi / Hyper-V / KVM / Proxmox / AWS / Azure)8 / 8 / 8 / 8 / 4 / 4
Management and Data Plane Cores1 management / 3 data plane
Minimum Memory8 GB (with jumbo frames disabled)
Maximum Memory10 GB (with jumbo frames enabled; not supported on Azure or AWS)
Supported IP Addresses / NodesUnlimited
Minimum Storage60 GB
Single Sign-On Users10,000
LoggingAnalyzer, local log, Syslog
High AvailabilityActive/Passive. Available on VMware ESXi, KVM, Azure, Microsoft Hyper-V and Proxmox; the NSv S uses a D3v2 VM size. Not supported on AWS.

Firewall and VPN Performance

NSv M — Firewall and VPN Performance specifications
Firewall Inspection Throughput9 Gbps
Threat Prevention Throughput2.9 Gbps
IPS Throughput6 Gbps
TLS/SSL Inspection and Decryption Throughput (DPI SSL)2 Gbps
VPN Throughput3.5 Gbps
Connections per Second37,270
Maximum Connections (SPI)1,500,000
Maximum Connections (DPI)1,500,000
Maximum Connections (DPI SSL)20,000

VPN and Remote Access

NSv M — VPN and Remote Access specifications
Site-to-Site VPN Policies6,000
Site-to-Site VPN Tunnels30,000
IPSec VPN Clients2,000 (4,000 maximum)
SSL VPN Clients Included2
Encryption / AuthenticationDES, 3DES, AES (128, 192, 256-bit) / MD5, SHA-1, Suite B Cryptography, Common Access Card (CAC)
Key ExchangeDiffie Hellman Groups 1, 2, 5, 14v
Route-Based VPNRIP, OSPF, BGP
SSL VPN Clients (Maximum)200

Security Services

NSv M — Security Services specifications
Deep Packet Inspection ServicesGateway anti-virus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, TLS/SSL/SSH decryption and inspection
Content Filtering ServiceReputation-based Content Filtering Service (CFS 5.0), URL filtering, proxy avoidance, keyword blocking, policy-based filtering, HTTP header insertion
DNS SecurityDNS filtering and DNS proxy
Application Identification and ControlApplication control, application bandwidth management, custom application signatures, data leakage prevention, reporting over NetFlow/IPFIX
Capture Advanced Threat ProtectionReal-Time Deep Memory Inspection, cloud multi-engine analysis, virtualized sandboxing, hypervisor-level analysis, full system emulation, block until verdict
SD-WAN and ZTNASecure SD-WAN with intelligent routing, auto-provision VPN, Secure Private Access to Cloud Secure Edge

Networking

NSv M — Networking specifications
IP Address AssignmentStatic, DHCP, internal DHCP server and DHCP relay (DHCP server and relay are supported on private cloud, not on public cloud)
NAT Modes1:1, many:1, 1:many, flexible NAT (overlapping IPs), PAT
Logical VLAN and Tunnel Interfaces128 maximum. VLAN interfaces are not supported on Azure or AWS.
Routing ProtocolsBGP, OSPF, RIPv1/v2, static routes, policy-based routing
QoSBandwidth priority, max bandwidth, guaranteed bandwidth, DSCP marking, 802.1
AuthenticationXAUTH/RADIUS, Active Directory, SSO, LDAP, Novell, internal user database, Terminal Services, Citrix
Local User Database2,500
Notes

Figures are SonicWall’s published NSv XS/S/M/L specifications (datasheet, August 2026). Throughput is measured per RFC 2544 with default settings; actual performance depends on the host and on which services are enabled.

Public cloud is not the same deployment as private: VLAN interfaces are unavailable on AWS and Azure, jumbo frames are unsupported on both, high availability is unavailable on AWS, and the interface count is lower on the XS, S and M.

Overview

NSv M

Four vCPUs, 9 Gbps of firewall inspection and 1.5 million connections — the first NSv with four public-cloud interfaces.

Where the NSv M fits

The jump from S to M is the largest in the range and it is not throughput: connection capacity goes from 225,000 to 1,500,000, site-to-site tunnels from 1,500 to 30,000, and VPN policies from 75 to 6,000. It is the model for a hub that terminates branches or a segmented cloud estate. It is also the first to get four interfaces on AWS and Azure rather than two, which matters as soon as the design needs more than one inside zone.

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