Installation

In This Section: Setting Up the Check Point Appliance Connecting the Cables About the PoE Deployment Types Predefining a Centrally Managed Deployment Small-scale Deployment Installation Large-scale Deployment Installation

Setting Up the Check Point Appliance

1. Remove the Check Point Appliance from the shipping carton and place it on a tabletop.
2. Identity the network interface marked as LAN1. This interface is preconfigured with the IP address 192.168.1.1.

Connecting the Cables

1. Connect the power supply unit to the appliance and to a power outlet.
   The appliance is turned on when the power supply unit is connected to an outlet.
   The Power LED on the front panel lights up. This indicates that the appliance is turned on.
   The Alert LED on the front panel starts to blink. This indicates that the appliance is booting up.
   When the Alert LED turns off, the appliance is ready for login.
2. Connect the standard network cable to the LAN1 port on the appliance and to the network adapter on your PC.
3. If you use an external modem:

   Connect the Ethernet cable to the WAN port on the appliance back panel and plug it into your external modem or router’s PC/LAN network port. The WAN Link LED on the appliance front panel lights up when the Ethernet is connected.

4. If you do not use an external modem:

   Connect the telephone cable to the DSL port on the appliance back panel and plug it into the DSL line socket. The DSL Link LED as well as the Internet Link LED remains off until you configure the appliance, including setting up the DSL as an internet connection.

About the PoE

The PoE wired model is in 1470/1490 appliances only.

The PoE switch is a type of PSE (Power Sourcing Equipment), and delivers power to the PD (Powered Devices) end point. By default, the PoE port automatically provides power when a compliant PD is connected. There are no specified management requirements.

The PoE standard model is fully supported. It is fully compliant with 802.3af (PoE) and 802.3at (PoE+). All 4 ports support 802.3af. Due to power budget limitations, only 2 ports at a time support 802.3at.

The total power dedicated for all PoE ports is 62W:

• 802.3af maximum power delivery per port is 15.4W
• 802.3at maximum power delivery per port is 31W

Deployment Types

There are two types of centrally managed deployments:

• Small-scale deployment - Where you configure between 1 and 25 Check Point Appliance gateways using SmartDashboard. Then you can manage device settings from SmartProvisioning.
• Large-scale deployment - Where you configure over 25 Check Point Appliance gateways using a SmartLSM profile and SmartProvisioning or a configuration file that is stored on a USB drive.

For both deployment types, you must configure objects and other elements in SmartDashboard and in SmartProvisioning.

Predefining a Centrally Managed Deployment

To manage the Check Point Appliance in a centrally managed deployment, you must install a Security Management Server and SmartConsole clients that operate with the Check Point Appliance.

The Check Point Appliance operates with Security Management Server versions R77.30 and higher.

For installation instructions, see the version's Release Notes.

After you install the SmartConsole clients you can define the Check Point Appliance object in SmartDashboard (in small-scale deployments) or create a SmartLSM profile (in large-scale deployments) and prepare the security policy.