Getting Started

Important - Before you install or upgrade to R81.20:

  1. Read the R81.20 Release Notes.

  2. Back up the current system. See Backing Up and Restoring.

Welcome

Thank you for choosing Check Point Software Blades for your security solution. We hope that you will be satisfied with this solution and our support services. Check Point products provide your business with the most up to date and secure solutions available today.

Check Point also delivers worldwide technical services including educational, professional, and support services through a network of Authorized Training Centers, Certified Support Partners, and Check Point technical support personnel to ensure that you get the most out of your security investment.

For additional information on the Internet Security Product Suite and other security solutions, go to https://www.checkpoint.com or call Check Point at 1(800) 429-4391.

For additional technical information, visit the Check Point Support Center.

Welcome to the Check Point family. We look forward to meeting all of your current and future network, application, and management security needs.

R81.20 Documentation

This guide is for administrators responsible for installing R81.20 on appliances and open servers that run the GaiaClosed Check Point security operating system that combines the strengths of both SecurePlatform and IPSO operating systems. Operating System.

To learn what is new in R81.20, see the R81.20 Release Notes.

See the R81.20 Home Page SK for information about the R81.20 release.

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

Disk Space

When you install or upgrade R81.20, the installation or upgrade wizard makes sure that there is sufficient space on the hard disk to install the Check Point products.

If there is not sufficient space on the hard disk, an error message is shown. The message states:

  • The amount of disk space necessary to install the product.

  • The directory where the product is installed.

  • The amount of free disk space that is available in the directory.

After there is sufficient disk space, install or upgrade the Check Point product.

Product Deployment Scenarios

There are different deployment scenarios for Check Point software products.