SFM for v16 Release Date

Hi Jose,

It is in pipeline but as of now picture is not clear. I will update you in near future.

Ravi

Hi Jose,

Compatibility for SFOS V16 Build 16.01.1.202 in SFMv15 will be release by end of October-2016.

Once the compatibility has been released, User can push SFOS V16 new feature configuration though SFM/CFMv15 from device level only. User is not able to push configuration of new feature of SFOS v16 though SFM/CFMv15 from Group level.

Ravi

Hi Richard,

Change Synchronization mode to Central Management will push config changes to the device & check device get sync in SFM or not.

Ravi

Hi Ravi,

Tried it earlier and it didnt do much apart from site there spinning the synchronising wheel. Now trying again and its been sat there spinning. If I do a test connection, it immediately times out.

Rich.

Hi Richard,

It should work in PUSH mode if SF and SFM devices are in same LAN and directly reachable.

Can you email (ravi.b.patel@sophos.com) me SFM/SF device admin login credential & SSH access to check issue further.

Ravi

Hi Richard,

As per our troubleshooting session, SF connection on port 4444 was getting failed from SFM. We have disable the firewall rule in SF which blocking the port 4444  traffic to resolve the issue.

Ravi

Hi All,

SFM v16 firmware has been release. Please refer below community post for detail about release.

https://community.sophos.com/products/xg-firewall/b/xg-blog/posts/sophos-firewall-manager---sfmos-v16-rc1-released

Ravi

Hi Ravi,

I see v16 was just released for SFM, but when will our SCFM instances get updated to v16?

Seems strange to roll out the v16 firmware for SFM without updating the cloud hosted SCFM instances as well?

Kind regards,
Stuart Mitchell

Hi Stuart,

SCFM v16 will be released in March-2017

Ravi

Hi Ravi,

Excellent! Thanks for the update :)

Kind regards,
Stuart Mitchell

Hi Ravi

It's nearly end of March... When is Sophos going to publish the final version of SFM v16 (or direct 16.05? :))? I've compatibility problems with SFOS 16.01.4 MR-3.

Regards Roman

Hi,

SFM v16 and SFM v16.5 version release is in-progress but i don't have timeline detail for the same. Once i get the timeline i will update you.

SFOS 16.01.4 MR-3 is not GA version of SFOS .It is released to specific customers and partners. Compatibility is not added for SFOS 16.01.4 MR-3 version with SFM/SCFM.

Ravi

Hi,

SFM v16 and SFM v16.5 version release is in-progress but i don't have timeline detail for the same. Once i get the timeline i will update you.

SFOS 16.01.4 MR-3 is not GA version of SFOS .It is released to specific customers and partners. Compatibility is not added for SFOS 16.01.4 MR-3 version with SFM/SCFM.

Ravi

Hi Ravi

Thanks for your fast answer. Then we will wait for the final release.

Ok and where can I see, that the release 16.01.4-342 isn't a GA release? That's an important information, which I can't see on "Firmeware Updates" on my sophos.com account under "Network Protection"... Can you please look that that will be better displayed?

Regards Roman

Hi Roman,

Currently there is no way to see in a nice and quick way that particular release is GA or not. 16.01.4 MR3 is a special release which release to 16.01.3 MR2 customers only and only via MySophos.

Please upgrade your XG device to latest SFOS release firmware version 16.05.2.160.

Ravi

Hi Ravi

Yes I'll do that in the next two weeks. ;)

Regards Roman

Hi Ravi

Do you have now an update for us? Soon it's end of april and no final or next RC release for SFM v16.

Regards Roman

Hi Roman,

Still i am awaiting timeline detail for SFM v16 and SFM v16.5 version release. Once i get the timeline i will update you.

Ravi

Just wanted to ask once more about the GA Release? It seems, Sophos does not have this product in their Focus at all... 

SanketHanda 

Please answer customer query.

Hi Huber. SFM v16 is already available as v16 RC-1. We will be releasing SFM v16.5 going forward.

Please let me know if you are looking for any specific functionalities.

The problem is that support requires you to be on the latest version, yet SFM doesnt support the latest versions. SFM updates should be released AT THE SAME TIME as the XG OS updates. Every update seems to render our SFM uselss, and when you manage many XG devices, it becomes a huge issue.

Hi Jonathan. The compatibility of the new SFOS release to support it in SFM is generally done on the same day. SFOS 16.05 MR-4 is supported on SFM. One can use SFM to manage the XG box with 16.05 MR-4, and also upgrade firmware of SFOS boxes to MR-4. One can apply templates to the SFOS v16.05 MR-4 devices, but cannot create a template from new SFOS v16.05 release.