Running an Unattended USB Installation of Gaia on Check Point Appliances

You can install a Gaia Operating System on Check Point appliances and Open Servers using an ISO on a removable USB drive.

To prepare a USB drive, see sk65205.

Important - Always use the latest available build of the ISOmorphic Tool. If you use an outdated build, the installation can fail.

On Check Point appliances, for versions R77.20 and above, the ISOmorphic tool lets an administrator run an unattended installation.

In an unattended installation, an experienced Check Point system administrator:

Step	Description
1	Prepares the USB with these pre-configured settings for a specified network interface: IP address Network mask Default gateway
2	Sends the USB drive to an administrator, who inserts the drive into the appliance and reboots it. The tool installs R77.20 (or above) and configures the appliance with the predefined settings. The LCD indicates a successful installation and interfaces blink in round-robin fashion.
3	The first administrator then: Connects to the Gaia Portal and runs the First Time Configuration Wizard, or Opens a command line to the appliance for further operating system level configuration

Step

Description

Prepares the USB with these pre-configured settings for a specified network interface:

Sends the USB drive to an administrator, who inserts the drive into the appliance and reboots it.

The tool installs R77.20 (or above) and configures the appliance with the predefined settings.

The LCD indicates a successful installation and interfaces blink in round-robin fashion.

The first administrator then:

Connects to the Gaia Portal and runs the First Time Configuration Wizard, or
Opens a command line to the appliance for further operating system level configuration

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