: Upgrade or Downgrade Considerations in Prisma SD-WAN ION Device Release 6.0.1
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Upgrade or Downgrade Considerations in Prisma SD-WAN ION Device Release 6.0.1

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Upgrade or Downgrade Considerations in Prisma SD-WAN ION Device Release 6.0.1

Learn about the device upgrade or downgrade considerations for Release 6.0.1.
The following table lists the new features that have upgrade or downgrade impact. Make sure you understand all upgrade/downgrade considerations before you upgrade to or downgrade from Prisma SD-WAN release 6.0.1.
FeatureUpgrade ConsiderationsDowngrade Considerations
Unified App-IDs
Before upgrading to device version 6.0.x, unbind unsupported applications from policy rules. Use only supported applications in the policy rules, otherwise you will see the following error message and the upgrade will fail.
Click View policy set to view policy rules that have For sites below 6.0.1 in the Apps field.
Edit the policy rule, remove these applications from the policy rule and save the policy rule or delete the policy rule. Try to upgrade your device to version 6.0.x.
See the list of Prisma SD-WAN deprecated applications.
Unsupported applications configured in a QoS set using a default QoS policy template are exempt from this rule. If you have created a QoS policy set using the default template (Create From Template option) without any modifications and it has legacy or unsupported applications, you can still upgrade your device to 6.0.1 or later without removing these applications from the policy rules.
PANW-only applications will not be supported once you downgrade to a version lower than 6.0.x.
Before downgrading to a device version lower than 6.0.x, unbind PANW applications from policy rules. If you do not unbind PANW applications, you will see the following error.
After downgrading to a software version lower than 6.0.x, you can use the legacy applications which are not supported in versions 6.0.x.
WAN Multicast
To downgrade branch ION device software from 6.0.x to 5.6.1 or 5.6.3
  • If you have configured more than 8 RPs, ensure that there are only 8 RPs and delete the extra RPs.
  • If you have configured more than 240 multicast groups, ensure that there are only 240 multicast groups and delete the extra multicast groups.
  • Ensure that there are no overlapping group prefixes.
To downgrade branch ION device software from 6.0.x.
  • Disable BSM before you downgrade your device.
    When you downgrade, the multicast profile on the device is wiped out.
To downgrade data center ION device software from 6.0.x.
  • Disable multicast on all interfaces, disable BSM, and remove static RPs.
Original Network and Security Policies
If you have configured original or legacy policies, you have to migrate original policies to stacked policies before you can upgrade your device to Release 6.0.1.
Remove the security stack binding, then downgrade your device to a version lower than 6.0.x, and then bind to an original or legacy security policy.
Support for IPv6
Remove the IPv6 addresses and then downgrade your device to a version lower than 6.0.x.