For New Check Point Customers

New Check Point customers can access the Check Point User Center to:

• Manage users and accounts
• Activate products
• Get support offers
• Open service requests
• Search the Technical Knowledge Base

Guide to Installation and Upgrade Procedures

• Find the package you need in the Software Download Matrix on the applicable Home Page SK:
  • R77.30 home page
  • R77.20 home page
  • R77.10 home page
  • R77 home page
• See Upgrading Prerequisites before you start the upgrade procedure.

Downloading R77

You can download the R77 software images from the R77 home page. There are different software images for each operating system.

To use a software image, download it and copy it to the media in one of these ways:

• Create a removable USB device (for installing SecurePlatform or Gaia).
• Burn it to a DVD.

USB Installation

You can install a Gaia appliance or open server using an ISO on a removable USB drive. To prepare a USB drive, see: sk65205.

For version R77.20 and higher, the ISOmorphic tool lets an administrator run an unattended installation. In an unattended installation (appliances only):

1. An experienced Check Point system administrator prepares the installation media (USB) with these pre-configured settings for specified network interface:
   • IP address
   • Network mask
   • Default gateway
2. Sends the USB drive to an inexperienced administrator who inserts the drive into the appliance and reboots it.

   The tool installs R77.20 (or higher) and configures the appliance with the predefined settings. The LCD indicates a successful installation and interfaces blink in round-robin fashion.

3. The experienced administrator then:
   • Connects to the Portal and runs the First Time Configuration Wizard, or
   • Opens a command line (SSH) connection to the appliance for further OS level configuration

Note: The ISOmorphic tool does not support unattended installation on open servers.

Compatibility Tables

If the existing Check Point implementation contains products that are not supported by R77, the installation process terminates. For a list of compatible products by platform, see the R77 Release Notes.