Introduction

In This Section:

Welcome

Congratulations on your new 16000 appliance. We hope that you will be satisfied with this Security Gateway and our support services. Check Point products provide your business with the most up to date and secure solutions available today.

Check Point also delivers worldwide technical services including educational, professional and support services through a network of Authorized Training Centers, Certified Support Partners and Check Point technical support personnel to ensure that you get the most out of your security investment.

For additional information on the Internet Security Product Suite and other security solutions, refer to the Check Point web site, or call Check Point at 1(800) 429-4391. For additional technical information about Check Point products, consult the Check Point Support Center.

Welcome to the Check Point family. We look forward to meeting all of your current and future network, application and management security needs.

16000 Appliances Overview

Check Point Appliances pioneer Gen V Cyber Security equipped with Intel’s latest multi-core technologies, increased encrypted traffic inspection performance, and lightning fast networking technologies – all optimized to provide the highest security effectiveness and performance for mid to large size enterprise security networks.

Strengthening Check Point Infinity Architecture, the new 16000 series appliances deliver consolidation and security across any network, cloud, and mobile environment with full threat visibility and control.

Ready to battle any threat, from small to the fifth generation large scale and multi-vector attacks, our security gateways provide superior threat prevention and a unified security management. Check Point 16000 Next Generation Firewalls combine the most comprehensive protections with data center-grade security and hardware to maximize uptime and performance for securing large enterprise and data center environments.

Shipping Carton Contents

This section describes the contents of the shipping carton.

Item	Description

Appliance	16000 Turbo/Plus	16000 Base
Rack Mounting	Telescopic rails Rack mounting screws Ear bracket kit and screws	Telescopic rails Rack mounting screws Ear bracket kit and screws
Cables and Adapters	2 power cables 1 RJ45 Network Cable 1 RJ45 Console Cable 1 RJ45 loopback adapter 1 Fiber loopback adapter 1 USB Type-C cable 8 SFP+ 1G/10G Transceiver	2 power cables 1 RJ45 Network Cable 1 RJ45 Console Cable 1 RJ45 loopback adapter 1 Fiber loopback adapter 1 USB Type-C cable
Documentation	Quick Start Guide Installing the Telescopic Rails Guide Software License Agreement (EULA)	Quick Start Guide Installing the Telescopic Rails Guide Software License Agreement (EULA)

Terminology

The following terms are used in this guide:

Gateway: The security engine that enforces the organization’s security policy and acts as a security enforcement point.
Security Policy: The policy created by the system administrator that regulates the flow of incoming and outgoing communication.
Security Management Server: The server used by the system administrator to manage the security policy. The organization’s databases and Security Policies are stored on the Security Management Server and downloaded to the gateway.
SmartConsole: GUI applications that are used to manage various aspects of Security Policy enforcement.
SmartDashboard: A SmartConsole GUI application that is used by the system administrator to create and manage the security policy.
Locally Managed Deployment: When all Check Point components responsible for both the management and enforcement of the Security Policy (the Security Management Server and the gateway) are installed on the same machine.
Centrally Managed Deployment: When the gateway and the Security Management Server are installed on separate machines.