Introduction

Welcome

Congratulations on your new 3000 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 Check Point Support.

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

3000 Appliances Overview

The 3000 Security Gateway appliance series is built to protect branch offices from both known and unknown threats with Anti-Virus, Anti-Bot, SandBlast Threat Emulation (Sandboxing), and SandBlast Threat Extraction technologies.

The Check Point 3000 Security Gateway appliance series combines the most comprehensive security protections to safeguard your branch and small office deployments. The 3000 Security Gateway appliance series is available in a compact desktop form factor. This powerful Security Gateway appliance is optimized to deliver real-world threat prevention to secure your critical assets and environments.

The latest 3000 appliances, 3600 Base and 3800 Base, come with a first year subscription to the full SandBlast Prevention suite.

Shipping Carton Contents

This section describes the contents of the shipping carton.

Item

Description

Appliance

3100 , 3200, 3600, or 3800

Cables and Adapters

  • 1 power adapter (in 3600/3800 optional 2nd power adapter)

  • 1 standard RJ-45 network cable

  • 1 RJ-45 to DB9 serial console cable

  • 3100/3200 - 1 miniUSB to USB serial console cable
    3600/3800 - 1 USB Type-C console cable

  • 1 RJ-45 loopback adapter

  • 3100/3200 - Assembly kit bag - Contains the power adapter retaining clip accessories (clip, bracket, and screw)

Documentation

Your appliance comes with one of these sets of documentation:

  • Quick Start Guide

  • User license agreement

  • Battery Warning document

  • Image Management Guide (only applicable if the software image contains more than one release)

Or

  • Welcome to Check Point QR Page

  • Battery Warning document

Terminology

The following terms are used in this guide:

  • Security 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 Security Gateway.

  • SmartConsole: GUI applications that are used to manage various aspects of Security Policy enforcement.

  • SmartDashboard: A Legacy SmartConsole GUI application that is used by the system administrator to create and manage specific settings for some Software Blades.

  • 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 Security Gateway) are installed on the same machine.

  • Centrally Managed Deployment: When the Security Gateway and the Security Management Server are installed on separate machines.