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# sk106256 - "Firewall policy installation must be performed before blade-specific policy installation" message during policy installation

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk106256 |
| Date Created | 2015-06-09 |
| Last Modified | 2020-05-26 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Security Gateway, Security Management Server, SmartConsole, Multi-Domain Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.10, R82.10, R82, R81.20, R81.20, R82 |

## Symptoms

- "`Firewall policy installation must be performed before blade-specific policy installation`" message during policy installation.

## Cause

* Network Security policy was not installed yet after creating the Security Gateway / Cluster object.
* Network Security policy "`InitialPolicy`" is installed on the Security Gateway / Cluster member(s).
* Network Security policy is unloaded from the Security Gateway / Cluster member(s).

## Solution

Follow these steps:

1. In SmartDashboard / SmartConsole, install the relevant Network Security policy on the Security Gateway / Cluster.
2. Connect to the command line on the Security Gateway / each cluster member.
3. Log in to Expert mode.
4. Check that the Network Security policy was installed:  
   *\[Expert@HostName:0\]# cpstat -f policy fw \| head -n 7*

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