Installing a Blink Image to Configure a Check Point Gateway Appliance

Blink is a Gaia fast deployment procedure. With Blink utility, you can quickly deploy clean Check Point Security Gateways on appliances that have not yet been configured with the First Time Configuration Wizard. Blink deploys within 5-7 minutes.

When Blink utility completes the installation, clean Security Gateways, Hotfixes, and updated Software Blade signatures are installed. Blink utility configures an appliance automatically in place of the manual execution of the Gaia First Time Configuration Wizard.

You can run the Blink Gaia image from a USB or download it to your appliance.

Note - For an appliance with R80.10 Take 462 or above, if you add the Blink image to a USB and insert the USB into the appliance before the First Time Configuration Wizard shows, the process begins automatically.

After the installation is complete, connect with your web browser to the Check Point appliance to complete the simplified Blink configuration.

In addition, the Blink utility lets you use a special XML file to run an unattended installation with predefined parameters for an appliance:

• Host name
• Gaia administrator password
• Network options - IP address, Subnet, Default gateway
• SIC key
• Cluster membership
• Upload to Check Point approval
• Download from Check Point approval

For complete information, see sk120193.