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Hi ,

there is any step by step procedure o best practice to replace a gateway with a new model?

old gateway is 6600 with R80.40 and the plan is to replace it with 6900 with R80.40 / R81.10
the target is to preserve all the current states and configurations from the old firewall to the new firewall. the SMS is on other VM.
my plan is this procedure:

1. Backup old firewall and restore the backup on the new firewall.
2. Manually backup DHCP configuration file and IP Assignments file.
3. Upgrade new firewall to R81.10
4. Move the cables from the old firewall to the new firewall
5. Re-Establish SIC and edit gateway object propertie
6. Install Policy

what do you think about this plan? i missed any step?

Thank you in advance,

Yossi