What's New in Data Center Security 15000 and 23000 Appliances
Check Point 15000 and 23000 Appliances are designed for superior performance combining Intel's latest multi-core technologies, optimized encrypted traffic inspection and fast networking technologies - providing the highest level of security for your data, network and employees.
Optimized for Next Generation Threat Prevention security suite and the increased threat landscape of HTTPS (SSL) encrypted traffic - Check Point appliances provides the highest level of security for any business at every network location.
By consolidating multiple security technologies into a single security gateway, these appliances are designed to deliver advanced and integrated security solutions to meet all of your business security needs.
Data Center Security 15000 and 23000 Appliances Downloads
Effective February 26, 2018, Check Point R77.30 for 3000 / 5000 / 15000 / 23000 appliances image and Check Point R80.10 / R77.30 Dual Image have been replaced, resolving sk122612.
The previous images for 15000 & 23000 Appliances are still available for download in sk114513.
To connect to the command line interface of the 15000 / 23000 Appliances, a Mini USB can be used. To use the Mini USB console port, download and install the 15000 & 23000 Appliances Mini USB console driver on the console client machine (desktop/laptop).
Data Center Security 15000 and 23000 Appliances Known Limitations
The below table lists all of the 15000 and 23000 Appliances specific known limitations. Note: All Check Point R77.30 limitations are also relevant.
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Symptoms
01834483
Interface LEDs for 40GbE line cards will illuminate during reboot if a cable link is established, even if the interface is down.
01923513
When running the Hardware Diagnostic Tool twice consecutively, it always fails on the 40GbE self test in the second test. If multiple tests are required, reboot the device between tests.
01894982
In CPview Network/Interfaces, the link speed of 40GbE interfaces displays N/A instead of 40GbE.
01866405
40GbE line cards do not support auto-negotiation (although it is available in the Gaia WebUI).
01861839
When running the Hardware Diagnostic Tool with a 40GbE line card without an external loopback cable, the output is not shown on the screen. Successful tests can be validated by viewing the hardware diagnostics log in /var/log/diagnostics after reboot.
01918497
The PSU alarm sounds 90 seconds after disconnecting a power cable.
02277321
When using Solid State Drive (SSD), the local logging feature in SmartDashboard is not supported on the Security Gateway. In case of a disconnection between the Log Server and the Security Gateway, logs will automatically be saved locally on the Security Gateway.
02277318
Solid State Drive (SSD) is not supported with a Standalone Deployment (Security Management Server and Gateway on one server).
02277368
In 15600, 23500, 23800 and 23900 appliances, Solid State Drive (SSD) provides a total of 960GB storage space on the two storage devices in the system (480GB for each device). The equilvalent HDD based product provides a total of 2TB storage space on the two storage devices in the system (1TB for each device). In 15400 appliances, the default configuration contains one storage device. SSD provides a total of 480GB storage space on the storage device. The equilvalent HDD based product provides a total of 1TB storage space on the storage device. If an additional storage device is added to the appliance, the SSD will provide a total of 960GB storage space. The equivalent HDD based product provides a total of 2TB storage space on two devices.
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The size of the R80.10 / R77.30 Dual Image for these appliances exceeds the capacity of a DVD disc. Users should use the ISOmorphic Tool (build 160 and above) from sk65205.
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On 23900 appliances, Hyper Threading is hard-coded to be disabled on R77.30 and R80.10, with no impact on performance
Data Center Security 15000 and 23000 Appliances Documentation
Updated links to "Installing and Removing Expansion Line Cards" and "Installing and Removing Transceivers and DAC Cables"
15 Jul 2021
Added link to the R81.10 image
10 Jan 2021
Added links to R80.40 and R81 images
25 May 2020
Added Check Point Appliances Lights Out Management (LOM) Card Administration Guide
16 Jan 2019
Added the R80.20 image
17 Sep 2018
Modified links to Spanish and Russian Getting Started Guides
26 July 2018
Added R80.10 / R77.30 Dual Image and limitations for 23900 appliances
26 Feb 2018
Check Point R77.30 for 3000 / 5000 / 15000 / 23000 appliances image and Check Point R80.10 / R77.30 Dual Image have been replaced
18 July 2017
Added R80.10 / R77.30 Dual Image
18 July 2017
Added dynamic filter to "Known Limitations" table
Added a limitation about the size of the R80.10 / R77.30 Dual Image ISO file exceeding the capacity of a DVD disc and the need to use ISOmorphic Tool from sk65205
