Required equipment

This section describes the equipment that is required to update the BIOS version on an SN3100 firewall.

  • A monitor fitted with an HDMI port and an HDMI/HDMI cable,

  • A USB keyboard,

  • A blank USB flash drive formatted to FAT32,

  • An SN3100 model firewall running in BIOS version R1.06.


This operation can also be performed with the following equipment:

  • A computer on which a terminal emulator is installed, e.g. PuTTy with a baud rate of 115200,

  • An RJ45 to DB9F serial cable (provided with the firewall) and an RS232 to USB-A cable,

  • A blank USB flash drive formatted to FAT32,

  • An SN3100 model firewall running in BIOS version R1.06.