Release Notes & News

The product team is pleased to announce the release of the September update for Central Switch management, which is now available in Sophos Central. The release offers the ability to configure the time settings from Central. The time settings can be ...

Overview The product team is pleased to announce the following updates for Sophos switches The first is Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) management from Sophos Central. The next is Maintenance Release (MR) 02.1.1837 for all Sophos switch hardware. STP Se...

Central Switch Stacking The product team is pleased to announce the release of Central Switch Stacking. With the introduction of switch stacking in Sophos Central, we’re giving network administrators a way to streamline management, reduce comp...

Central Switch Stacking EAP What is Central Switch Stacking? Central Switch Stacking provides a management overlay to reduce the management complexity when running Sophos switches together as a switch stack. The Switch Stacking EAP offers the followi...

Sophos Switch Support and Services Enforcement for MSP Partners and Customers Last updated: April 16, 2025 We will start the final phased enforcement process for Sophos Switch Support and Services at the end of April 2025. This process is tied t...

The New Sophos CS1010-8FP 10GbE Switch As network demands continue to grow, our new 10 gigabit switch is the perfect way to boost your connectivity to keep pace with the most data-intensive applications. With the explosion of cloud computing, video s...

Sophos Switch Firmware 02.1.1791 (MR) - Maintenance Release Overview The product team is pleased to announce the following update for Sophos Switches Maintenance Release (MR) 02.1.1791 is now available. This MR release includes the following fixes. ...

Central Switch – January Update The product team is pleased to announce the release of the January update for Central Switch management, which is now available in Sophos Central. The release offers PoE management from Central for Sophos Switch ...

Central Switch – December Update I am pleased to announce that the December update for Central Switch management is now available in Sophos Central.  New Features Loopback detection This feature prevents loops, the switch sends loopback pa...

Central Switch – September Update I am pleased to announce that the September update for Central Switch management is now available in Sophos Central.  New Features Sophos has expanded Sophos Central switch management to the following regi...

Central Switch - June Update I'm pleased to announce that the June update for Central Switch management is now available in Sophos Central.  New Features MAC Filtering - MAC address filtering may now be managed per switch and per site from ...

In this video, Raphael from Sophos Support shows you how to configure inter-VLAN routing in Sophos Firewall using a method known as “router-on-a-stick”. Watch the full video here: https://techvids.sophos.com/share/watch/bmqaFr2iZtoKcKcnLX...

Overview The product team is pleased to announce the introduction of Active Threat Response for Sophos Switch and Sophos Wireless (AP6 Series only). This new offering provides API-triggered responses to automatically isolate compromised hosts across ...

New Features MSP Monthly Billing for Switches Adaptive Threat Response Monthly Billing for Support & Services Subscriptions Customer Dashboard Users Sophos Switch Support and Services subscriptions may now billed monthly for actively mana...

Hi Sophos Community, The March update for Central Switch Management is now live. This update extends Central management to cover ARP, MAC and Neighbor discovery, giving you better visibility and control over the devices that are connected to your net...

Overview The MR4 release adds new features and fixes to the switch firmware. Centralized Administrator Authentication using Radius or TACACS+ Sophos switch can be configured to use Radius or TACACS+ for centralized authentication management for all s...

In this Techvid, we walk you through the setup and configuration of virtual local area networks on Sophos Switch. Sophos Switch provides secure, scalable Ethernet access for your devices, and puts LAN connectivity in your control. You can easily setu...

Hi Sophos Comunity, The December update for Central Switch Management is now live. This release extends Conflict Resolution to include port settings, building on the recent release of VLAN conflict detection. This will make it easier to detect and re...

Last updated: April 24, 2025 Sophos Switch Support & Services is now integrated into Sophos Central licensing, meaning that switches managed in Sophos Central should have a current Support and Services subscription for the correct model and quant...

Hi Sophos Community, The October update for Central Switch Management is now live. This release adds a adds new Central capability, and extends Central switch management to near-complete coverage of all switch port and VLAN features.  New Centr...

Hi Sophos Community, I'm pleased to announce Switch Backup Management will be available in Sophos Central on Thursday, September 21.   Key Features On-Demand backups per switch Create a backup for any switches at any time, such ...

Overview The MR3 release adds new features and fixes to the switch firmware. In parallel, we are integrating the Switch Support and Services subscription requirements for Sophos Central. About MAC Address Bypass (MAB) MAC Address Bypass (MAB) provide...

We are pleased to announce a new update to Sophos Switch management in Sophos Central. This is primarily a feature update that brings a number of layer 3 management features from the Sophos switch local management UI into Sophos Central. New Fea...

Overview In this release, we’re enhancing the features in Sophos Central and adding several new features to Sophos Switch. The key addition in this release is link aggregation in Sophos Central. This feature allows customers to configure link a...

Overview  In this release, we’re enhancing the features in Sophos Central and deploying some bug fixes.  An increasing number of customers are requesting remote switch command-line execution and management for cloud-managed network de...