Controlling ISP Redundancy from CLI

You can control the ISP Redundancy behavior from CLI.

Force ISP Link State

Use the "fw isp_link" command to force the ISP link state to Up or Down.

Use this to test installation and deployment, or to force the Security Group A logical group of Security Gateway Modules that provides Active/Active cluster functionality. A Security Group can contain one or more Security Gateway Modules. Security Groups work separately and independently from each other. To the production networks, a Security Group appears a single Security Gateway. to recognize the true link state if it cannot (the ISP link is down, but the Security Group detects it as up).

• You can run this command on the Security Group in the Expert mode:

  g_fw isp_link <Name of ISP Link in SmartConsole> {up | down}

• You can run this command on the Security Management Server Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to manage the objects and policies in a Check Point environment within a single management Domain. Synonym: Single-Domain Security Management Server.:

  fw isp_link <Name of Security Gateway Object> <Name of ISP Link in SmartConsole> {up | down}

For more information, see the R80.20 CLI Reference Guide > Chapter Security Gateway Commands > Section fw > Section fw isp_link.