Immediate Gateway Actions

At any point during configuration or management of a gateway, you can do a number of immediate actions on the gateway. Some actions are for Provisioned gateways only, some are applicable only for SmartLSM Security Gateways, and some only for SmartLSM Security Gateways on non-Edge devices.

This section describes how to use the features available from the Actions menu.

To open the Actions menu, do one of the following:

  • From the main menu, click Actions.

  • Right-click a Provisioning Profile and select Actions.

  • Right-click a gateway and select Actions.

  • In a Gateway window, click Actions.

You can manage remote gateways with SmartProvisioningClosed Check Point Software Blade on a Management Server (the actual name is "Provisioning") that manages large-scale deployments of Check Point Security Gateways using configuration profiles. Synonyms: Large-Scale Management, SmartLSM, LSM.. You can start, stop, and restart the Check Point Security GatewayClosed Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to inspect traffic and enforce Security Policies for connected network resources. services, and you can reboot devices. This is true for all types of SmartProvisioning gateways.

Remote Actions on Check Point Services and Gateways

The CO gateway is the center of the Star VPN Community, in which SmartLSM Security Gateways are the satellites. It is important to update the CO Security Gateway when SmartLSM Security Gateways are added, deleted, or modified (such as the generation of a new IKE key, a Push Policy action, or a Push Dynamic Objects action).

To update a CO gateway:

  1. Click the Update Corporate Office Gateway toolbar button:

  2. From the Corporate Office Gateway drop-down list, select the CO Security Gateway.

  3. Click OK.

After you create the SmartLSM Security Gateway object, update the Corporate Office Security Gateway. If the VPN option was selected in the VPN Properties page, the Certificate Authority issues a certificate to the appliance. This certificate is installed on the appliance the first time that the SmartLSM Security Gateway connects to the Security Management ServerClosed 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..

If you delete a SmartLSM Security Gateway as a SmartProvisioning object, this revokes all certificates of the Security Gateway.

To delete a SmartLSM Security Gateway:

In the SmartProvisioning work space, right-click the gateway and select Delete SmartLSM Security Gateway.

You can delete provisioned gateways in SmartConsoleClosed Check Point GUI application used to manage a Check Point environment - configure Security Policies, configure devices, monitor products and events, install updates, and so on..