Front Panel of MHO-200

Important:

This section describes the default configuration. It is possible to change the port type (Management, Uplink, and Downlink) in the Gaia OS Configuration Portal on the MHO.

Item

Description

1

Port 1 (colored green), through which you manage the Clusters (Security Groups).

To this port you connect:

  • Check Point Management Server.

  • Clients, from which you configure the Gaia OS on the Security Appliances connected to the Downlink ports (3).

2

Ports 2 - 16 (colored gray) are the Uplink ports.

To these ports you connect your external traffic and internal traffic networks.

You use DAC or Fiber cables (with transceivers)

3

Ports 17 - 30 (colored orange) are the Downlink ports.

To these ports you connect your Check Point Security Appliances.

You use DAC or Fiber cables (with transceivers).

4

Port 31 (colored yellow) is the External Synchronization port in the Dual Site configuration.

You connect a DAC cable between ports 31 on two Orchestrators MHO-200 for redundancy between different Maestro Sites.

In the Port Split mode:

  • 1st, 2nd, and 3rd splits are Downlinks.

  • 4th split is the External Sync.

Important:

It is not supported to configure this port as Uplink.

5

Port 32 (colored blue) is the Internal Synchronization port.

You connect a DAC cable between ports 32 on two Orchestrators MHO-200 for redundancy on the same Maestro Site.

Important:

It is not supported to change the default type of this port ("ssm_sync").

6

System Status LEDs.

See LEDs on the Front Panel of MHO-200.

7

Port LEDs that show the status of all ports (including the split ports).

See LEDs on the Front Panel of MHO-200.

Note:
Warning:

Only ports 1, 2, 31, and 32 support transceivers that require more than 5W (for example, CPAC-TR-100ERL4).