Deployment Options

There are different deployment scenarios for Check Point software products.

• Standalone Deployment - The Security Management Server and the Security Gateway are installed on the same computer or appliance.

	Item	Description
	1	Standalone computer
		Security Gateway component
		Security Management Server component

• Distributed Deployment - The Security Gateway and the Security Management Server are installed on different computers or appliances.

	Item	Description
	1	Security Management Server
	2	Network connection
	3	Security Gateway
		Security Gateway component
		Security Management Server component

• Standalone Full HA - Security Management Server and Security Gateway are each installed on one appliance, and two appliances work in High Availability mode.

	Item	Description
	1	Primary appliance
	2	Direct appliance to appliance connection
	3	Backup appliance
		Security Gateway component
		Security Management Server component

• Bridge Mode - Add a Security Gateway to an existing environment without changing IP Routing.

	Item	Description
	1 and 2	Switches
		Security Gateway Firewall bridging Layer-2 traffic over the one IP address, with a subnet on each side using the same address.