License Installation

1. Quantum Maestro Orchestrators do not require a license.

2. Generate a Security Gateway Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to inspect traffic and enforce Security Policies for connected network resources. license for the MAC Address of every Security Appliance you connect to a Quantum Maestro Orchestrator A scalable Network Security System that connects multiple Check Point Security Appliances into a unified system. Synonyms: Orchestrator, Quantum Maestro Orchestrator, Maestro Hyperscale Orchestrator. Acronym: MHO..

3. If the applicable license exists in the License Repository on the Check Point Management Server Check Point Single-Domain Security Management Server or a Multi-Domain Security Management Server., it installs the licenses automatically.

   • If the Check Point Management Server is connected to the Internet, it pulls the licenses from the User Center.

   • If the Check Point Management Server is not connected to the Internet, then add the licenses manually in the SmartUpdate Legacy Check Point GUI client used to manage licenses and contracts in a Check Point environment..

4. If it is necessary to install the license directly on a Security Appliance, these options are available:

   Installing the license on a specific Security Appliance from the Quantum Maestro Orchestrator

   Step	Instructions
   1	Connect to the command line on the Quantum Maestro Orchestrator. You connect through a dedicated port: In MHO-170 - the MGMT port on the front panel (top right corner). In MHO-140 - one of the ports on the rear panel.
   2	Log in to Expert mode.
   3	Connect to a specific Security Appliance with this command: member <Security Group ID>_<Member ID> See Connecting to a Specific Security Group Member (member)
   4	Run the applicable "cplic put" command.

   Installing the license in the Gaia OS of the Security Group

   Step	Instructions
   1	Connect to the Gaia Check Point security operating system that combines the strengths of both SecurePlatform and IPSO operating systems. OS of the 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..
   2	Log in to Expert mode.
   3	Connect to a specific Security Appliance with this command: member <Security Group ID>_<Member ID> See Connecting to a Specific Security Group Member (member)
   4	Run the applicable cplic put command.

   Installing the license a specific Security Appliance through the Console port

   Step	Instructions
   1	Connect to the Security Appliance through the Console port.
   2	Log in to the Gaia Clish The name of the default command line shell in Check Point Gaia operating system. This is a restricted shell (role-based administration controls the number of commands available in the shell)., or Expert mode.
   3	Run the applicable cplic put command.