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Revision History

Date	Description
18 November 2025	Updated: Maximum Supported Items
12 November 2025	Updated: Supported Environments - Added a note "VSX Virtual System Extension. Check Point virtual networking solution, hosted on a computer or cluster with virtual abstractions of Check Point Security Gateways and other network devices. These Virtual Devices provide the same functionality as their physical counterparts. mode is not supported in Public Cloud" Supported Upgrade Methods
14 September 2025	Updated: Hardware Requirements for Open Server / Virtual Machine - Disk Space Requirements Maximum Supported Items - added "Change in IPS Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that inspects and analyzes packets and data for numerous types of risks (Intrusion Prevention System). Protections"
04 July 2025	Updated: Maximum Supported Items - added "Rules in each NAT policy"
23 June 2025	Updated: Management Server and Log Server
15 August 2024	Added: SecureXL User Mode (UPPAK)
04 June 2024	Updated: Security Gateway or Cluster Desktop SmartConsole Hardware Requirements Maximum Supported Items
22 April 2024	Updated: Supported Upgrade Paths Hardware Requirements for Open Server / Virtual Machine
05 April 2024	Updated: Gaia Portal Requirements
28 March 2024	Updated: Supported Environments Maximum Supported Items
28 February 2024	Updated: Supported Environments - added 9000, 19000, 29000 appliance models
01 January 2024	Updated: Supported Environments - The TE2000XN model supports R81.20
01 January 2024	Updated: Harmony Endpoint Management Server Requirements Supported Clients and Agents
24 December 2023	Updated: What's New: In the section "Quantum Security Management", added the new sub-section "Internal Certificate Authority (ICA Internal Certificate Authority. A component on Check Point Management Server that issues certificates for authentication.)"
30 October 2023	Updated: Supported Environments
11 September 2023	Updated: Upgrade Paths
27 August 2023	Updated: Improved formatting and document layout What's New: In the section "Clustering", added the list of Software Blades that the ClusterXL in the Active-Active mode supports In the section "CloudGuard Network Security", added New Cisco ACI Cisco® Application Centric Infrastructure. Comprehensive SDN architecture, policy-based automation solution for increased scalability through a distributed enforcement system with greater network visibility. Trademark of Cisco. resources Software Changes: Change in the Gaia Check Point security operating system that combines the strengths of both SecurePlatform and IPSO operating systems. backup file names ClusterXL MVC Upgrade Upgrade Paths - To convert the upgraded VSX Cluster Two or more Security Gateways that work together in a redundant configuration - High Availability, or Load Sharing. to VSLS, use the "`vsx_util to convert`" command Maximum Supported Items - Maximum number of Security Appliances in one Maestro Security Group A logical group of Security Appliances (in Maestro) / Security Gateway Modules (on Scalable Chassis) that provides Active/Active cluster functionality. A Security Group can contain one or more Security Appliances / Security Gateway Modules. Security Groups work separately and independently from each other. To the production networks, a Security Group appears a single Security Gateway. In Maestro, each 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. is 28
10 June 2023	Updated: Supported Environments > Management Server and Log Server > added the "Management High Availability Deployment and configuration mode of two Check Point Management Servers, in which they automatically synchronize the management databases with each other. In this mode, one Management Server is Active, and the other is Standby. Acronyms: Management HA, MGMT HA." section Scalable Platform Requirements > added the "2-Port Dual-Width 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Card"
12 February 2023	Updated: Supported Environments
09 January 2023	Improved formatting and document layout
02 December 2022	Updated: Supported Environments
27 November 2022	Updated: What's New - corrected the link to the Administration Guide for the SmartWorkflow feature
22 November 2022	Updated: Supported Environments - added the section "Quantum Maestro"
20 November 2022	First release of this document