15000 / 23000 Appliances Hardware

In This Section:

Front Panel

The line drawing shows the front panel elements in the 23900 appliance. Differences in other appliances are described in the table.

Item	Component	Description
1	System LEDs	System power, storage device activity, power supply status, alert, and location.
2	LCD screen	Allows system monitoring and configuration.
3	Keypad	Use the buttons to control the LCD screen.
4	Service tag	A slide out card that identifies the appliance and shows its serial number and MAC address.
5	Reset	Insert a pin for 5 to 8 seconds to perform a hardware reset.
6	Expansion line card	Expansion slot (in 23500, 23800, and 23900 appliances only). This slot is assigned eth4-Ox in the OS.
7	Expansion line card	Expansion slot (in 23500 23800, and 23900 appliances only). This slot is assigned eth5-Ox in the OS.
8	Expansion line card	Expansion slot. This slot is assigned eth1-Ox in the OS.
9	Expansion line card	8 port 1 GbE RJ45 This slot is assigned eth2-Ox in the OS.
10	Expansion line card	2 port 1/10GbE SFP+ This slot is assigned eth3-Ox in the OS.
11	2 storage devices	When monitoring the storage devices with the `raid_diagnostic` command, `DiskID 0` is the top storage device, and `DiskID 1` is the bottom storage device. Note that all appliances support 2 storage devices. By default, 15400 is shipped with only one storage device.
12	Appliance ports	Use these ports to connect to the appliance.

Front Panel LEDs and Ports

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Item	Component	Description
1	USB ports	Two USB ports.
2	Mini USB console port	For a serial connection to the appliance. See Connecting to the 15000 / 23000 Appliances CLI.
3	RJ45 Console port	For a serial connection to the appliance. See Connecting to the 15000 / 23000 Appliances CLI.
4	LOM port	LOM (Lights Out Management) port to connect to the LOM card.
5	Synchronization port	Synchronize with cluster members or a High Availability peer.
6	Management port	For an Ethernet connection to a remote management computer.
7	Port activity LED	Off - No activity Slow Blink (Green) - Activity
8	Link LED	Off - No Link or 10M link On (Green) - 100M link On (Amber) - 1000M link
9	Storage device power LED	Off - Storage device power is off On (Green) - Storage device power is on
10	Storage device activity LED	Off - No storage device activity On (Amber) - Storage device activity

Front Panel LCD Screen

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Item	Component	Description

1	System power	Off - System power off On (Green) - System power on
2	Storage device activity	Off - No storage device activity On (Amber) - Read/write activity
3	Power supply status	Off - No power/no status Amber - Power supply fault detected Green - Both power supplies are functioning correctly
4	Alert	Off - No faults detected Blinking red - System fault detected
5	Location	Off - Location beacon is turned off Blinking blue - Location beacon is turned on through the Gaia WebUI software

Using the LCD Panel

The appliance has an LCD panel that you can use to do these basic management operations:

Configure the management IP address, netmask, and default gateway of the appliance
Reboot the appliance
Enter the boot menu for additional management options such as HW Diagnostics, revert to snapshot, and reset factory defaults

For more information, see the Gaia Administration Guide for your version.

Menu Options

Menu	Sub-menu	Purpose
Network
	Set Mgmt IP	Set the management interface IP address.
	Set Netmask	Set the management interface Netmask.
	Set Default GW	Set the management interface default gateway.
System
	Reboot	Reboot the appliance.

LCD Panel Buttons

To	Press
Enter the main menu	Any button
Navigate the menu	or
Change a number	or
Select a menu option
Go back to previous menu

When Entering an IP Address

To	Press
Move to the next digit
Move back to the previous digit
Approve the change	when the cursor is located on the last digit
Cancel the IP change	when the cursor is located on the first digit
Change current digit	or

Rear Panel

Below is the 15000 and 23000 Appliances rear panel.

Item	Component	Description
1	Cover screws	Loosen screws to remove the cover of the appliance.
2	Alarm Off button for power supply units	If a power supply cable is not connected to the outlet, an alarm sounds continuously. Press this button to turn off the alarm. Note that this button is functional 1-2 minutes after powering up the appliance.
3	ESD grounding plug	When servicing the appliance, connect an ESD strap to this plug.
4	Power supply units	Dual redundant power supplies that you can hot swap. Each power supply unit connects to an electric outlet.
5	LED indicator for each power supply unit	Off - Power supply is not connected to an electric outlet On (Amber) - Power off On (Green) - Power on
6	Grounding lugs	Used to connect grounding.
7	Main power switch
8	Thumb screws for cooling fan unit	Loosen screws to remove cooling fan unit from the appliance.
9	Cooling fan units	Numbered from right to left: `1`, `2`, `3`, `4`.

Lights Out Management

The Check Point Lights Out Management (LOM) card lets you use a dedicated management channel to remotely control Check Point appliances. Lights Out Management can also work when the appliance is turned off or not responding. However, the appliance must be connected to a power source.

For more about using Lights Out Management, see the Lights Out Management Administration Guide.

Dual Redundant BIOS

To ensure resilience in the event of a BIOS failure, 15000 and 23000 Appliances are equipped with dual redundant BIOS images.

If an appliance encounters a BIOS failure, it will boot up from a recovery, read-only BIOS image that enables full functionality of the appliance.

These notifications are shown in the event of a BIOS failure:

The appliance's Alert LED on the front panel will blink red.
The Gaia WebUI Maintenance > Hardware Health window shows that the BIOS sensor is Invalid and its status is Off.
An SNMP trap message (if the biosFailure trap was configured in the WebUI or through clish).

To recover from a BIOS failure, see sk108517 or contact Check Point support. The appliance is fully functional until the BIOS recovery is completed.

Replacing and Upgrading Components

The 15000 / 23000 appliance has parts that you can easily replace to minimize downtime. There are also components that you can install to upgrade the appliance. These are the parts and components that can be used with the appliance:

Telescopic rails
Line cards
Transceivers
AC and DC power supply units
Storage devices
System memory
Cooling fan units
Lights Out Management

For more information about installing these parts and components, see the appliance home page.

Unless directed to do so by Check Point technical support, you are prohibited by warranty and support agreements from replacing any parts.