Sophos XG Firewall : How to download V18 Early Access Program (EAP)

Overview

• This article will guide you how to download V18 Early Access Program (EAP) for Sophos XG Firewall with a host of cool features.

What to do?

• Firstly, you can access the website https://events.sophos.com/v18eap.
• Fill out the online form and you’ll have access to the v18 EAP firmware download.

• After you fill out online form, Proceed to download firmware tab will appear, you just need to select the firmware that you want.

• New tab will appear, you fill out online form and click Submit.

• The download process will begin.

Things to Know Before Upgrading

Before upgrading to v18 EAP 1 from an earlier version, there are a few things to note:

• You can upgrade to v18 from v17.5 MR6 or later MR versions of v17.5.
• Rollback and firmware switch are supported as usual. You can roll back to v17.5 MRx if you experience any issues during the v18 EAP.
• Backup and restore are supported as usual. SG Firewalls running SFOS, Cyberoam firewalls and XG Firewall backups can be restored on v18.
• Due to a minimum memory requirement of 4GB of RAM, XG 85 and XG 105 models cannot upgrade to v18 and must remain on a 17.x version.
• v18 firmware is not supported on Cyberoam models. However, Cyberoam firewall backups can be restored on an XG Firewall running v18.