License Status

You can add or delete licenses using one of these:

• Gaia Portal Web interface for the Check Point Gaia operating system. > Maintenance section > License Status page.

  Note - You must connect to the Gaia Check Point security operating system that combines the strengths of both SecurePlatform and IPSO operating systems. Portal of the applicable Security Group A logical group of Security Appliances that provides Active/Active cluster functionality. A Security Group can contain one or more Security Appliances. Security Groups work separately and independently from each other. To the production networks, a Security Group appears a single Security Gateway. Every Security Group contains: (A) Applicable Uplink ports, to which your production networks are connected; (B) Security Appliances (the Quantum Maestro Orchestrator determines the applicable Downlink ports automatically); (C) Applicable management port, to which the Check Point Management Server is connected..

• The "cplic db_add" and "cplic del" commands (see the R80.20 CLI Reference Guide).

  Notes: You must run these commands in Gaia gClish The name of the global command line shell in Check Point Gaia operating system for Security Appliances connected to Check Point Quantum Maestro Orchestrators. Commands you run in this shell apply to all Security Appliances in the Security Group. of the applicable Security Group. While all the "cplic" commands are available in Gaia, they are not grouped into a Gaia feature.

A license can be activated online or offline.

Check Point Appliances with Internet connectivity and access to the Check Point User Center, automatically fetch the license.

• A license check takes place immediately on a newly installed 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. and continues until a license is attached.

• On a Security Gateway Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to inspect traffic and enforce Security Policies for connected network resources., a license check takes place before establishing SIC Secure Internal Communication. The Check Point proprietary mechanism with which Check Point computers that run Check Point software authenticate each other over SSL, for secure communication. This authentication is based on the certificates issued by the ICA on a Check Point Management Server. with the Management Server Check Point Single-Domain Security Management Server or a Multi-Domain Security Management Server.. If the Security Gateway has Internet connectivity, a license is fetched. If no connectivity exists, automatic activation attempts continue after SIC is established until the Security Gateway is activated.