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Revision History

Date	Description
21 February 2025	Updated: Dual Site - aded the "Best Practice" note for direct connection
30 December 2024	Updated: Getting Started Quick Start with MHO-140 - Single Site with Two Orchestrators
21 October 2024	Updated: Quick Start with MHO-140 - Single Site with Two Orchestrators MHO-140 Front Panel Quantum Maestro Orchestrator Ports and Gaia OS Interfaces
18 July 2024	Updated: Hardware Components - on MHO-175, it is not supported to configure ports 17-31 as Uplink
12 June 2024	Updated: Hardware Components MHO-175 Front Panel MHO-170 Front Panel MHO-140 Front Panel
10 June 2024	Updated: Changing the QSFP mode and the default type of an Orchestrator port updated the table to show the type "`management`" only for the correct ports (MHO-175 - only Port 1, MHO-170 - only Ports 1-2, MHO-140 - only Ports 1-4) MHO-175 Front Panel added a warning "Only ports 1, 2, 31, and 32 support transceivers that require more than 5W (for example, CPAC-TR-100ERL4)." added a clarification that only Ports 1-2 support the port type "management" MHO-170 Front Panel added a clarification that only Ports 1-2 support the port type "management" MHO-140 Front Panel added a clarification that only Ports 1-4 support the port type "management"
16 January 2024	Added: Internal IP Addresses Updated: MHO-175 Specifications - RAM and Storage Hardware Components - added the 25 Gbps speed on ports and updated port descriptions MHO-175 Front Panel - added the 25 Gbps speed on ports MHO-170 Front Panel - added the 25 Gbps speed on ports MHO-140 Front Panel - added the 25 Gbps speed on ports Dual Site with two Switches - added the Gaia Clish command to change the VLAN ID 3951 and VLAN ID 3952 Dual Site with four Switches - added the Gaia Clish command to change the VLAN ID 3951 and VLAN ID 3952
28 May 2023	Added: Quick Start with MHO-140 - Single Site with Two Orchestrators Updated: Getting Started
02 March 2023	Updated: MHO-175 Front Panel
02 February 2023	Updated: Quantum Maestro Orchestrator Ports and Gaia OS Interfaces
20 December 2022	Updated: MHO-170 Front Panel - only ports 1, 2, 31, and 32 support transceivers that require more than 5W
12 July 2022	Updated (in HTML version): Introduction - added an overview video Getting Started - added demonstration videos Connecting Cables to MHO-140 - added demonstration video for Downlink ports Interfaces on the Quantum Maestro Orchestrator used to connect to Check Point Security Appliances. You use DAC cables, Fiber cables (with transceivers), or Breakout cables to connect between the Downlink ports and Security Appliances. The Check Point Management traffic (policy, logs, synchronization, and so on) co-exists with the data (user) traffic on the Downlink ports. Bandwidth is guaranteed for the Check Point Management traffic (portion of the downlink bandwidth). These ports form the system backplane (management, data plane, synchronization).
15 May 2022	Updated: Getting Started - added the steps for configuring the IP address on the MGMT port Console Port - corrected the Baud Rate from 115200 to 9600
13 March 2022	Added: About This Guide Updated: Getting Started - added new workflow steps Mounting the Quantum Maestro Orchestrator MHO-175 in a Rack - removed steps that already appear in the Getting Started workflow Mounting the Quantum Maestro Orchestrator MHO-140 and MHO-170 in a Rack - removed steps that already appear in the Getting Started workflow
23 February 2022	Updated: Getting Started - added a step to activate the Quantum Maestro Orchestrators A scalable Network Security System that connects multiple Check Point Security Appliances into a unified system. Synonyms: Orchestrator, Quantum Maestro Orchestrator, Maestro Hyperscale Orchestrator. Acronym: MHO. R81.10 or higher
20 February 2022	Improved formatting and document layout Added: Getting Started
13 February 2022	Improved formatting and document layout