Upgrade Using a USB Drive

This section explains how you can upgrade the appliance with a USB drive without a console connection to the appliance. It is possible to manually choose from a console the specific file you wish to use for the upgrade. For more information, see Upgrade Using Boot Loader.

Note - The USB drive must be formatted in FAT32.

Installing a new firmware image from a USB drive

Check Point releases new firmware images every so often. You can reburn the appliance using the image file and a USB drive. Note that you can also upgrade through the WebUI. If the new image supports it, you do not lose your previous settings. When you reburn a new image with a USB drive, the appliance deletes your previous settings and creates a new factory default image.

As this operation removes your previous settings, refer to the Getting Started Guide and reconfigure your appliance with the First Time Configuration Wizard.

Note - When you upgrade with a USB drive, you also replace the saved factory default image of the appliance as this method reburn the appliance.

Installing a new Boot-Loader from a USB drive

Check Point releases new Boot Loader rarely. This usually comes with a new image. To upgrade to a new U-Boot or Firmware image, you must boot the appliance.

Replace the Boot Loader before you upgrade to a new image.

To replace Boot-Loader:

  1. Disconnect your Check Point appliance from the power source.

  2. Place the Boot loader file on a USB drive in the top folder. Do not rename the file.

  3. Make sure the top folder of the USB drive does not contain any previous Boot loader or Firmware images (u-boot*.ubt files or fw1*.img files).

  4. Connect the USB drive to one of the appliance USB ports. If the operation does not succeed, this may be because the USB port does not recognize all USB drives. Some USB drives also use a different file system and those are not supported.

  5. Connect the appliance to the power source. When the appliance is turned on, the Power LED on the front panel lights up in red for a short period.

    The LED then turns blue and starts to blink. This shows a boot is in progress and firmware is being installed.

    When the LED turns a solid blue, the appliance is ready for login.

    Note – The LED is red if there is an alert or error.

  6. Remove the USB drive and disconnect the appliance from the power source.

  7. If you need to install a new firmware image, refer to the firmware image installation section before you reconnect the appliance to the power source.

To upgrade to a new firmware image from a USB drive:

  1. Disconnect the Check Point appliance from the power source.

  2. Place the firmware image file on a USB drive in the top folder. Do not rename the file.

  3. Make sure the top folder of the USB drive does not contain any previous Boot loader or Firmware images (u-boot*.bin files, or fw1*.img files).

  4. Connect the USB drive to the USB port on the Check Point appliance.

  5. Connect the appliance to the power source.

    When the appliance is turned on, the Power LED on the front panel lights up in red for a short period.

    The LED then turns blue and starts to blink. This shows a boot is in progress and firmware is being installed.

    When the LED turns a solid blue, the appliance is ready for login.

    Note – The LED is red if there is an alert or error.

  6. Remove the USB drive.

  7. As this operation removes your previous settings, refer to the Getting Started Guide and reconfigure your appliance with the First Time Configuration Wizard.

Note - When you upgrade with a USB drive, you also replace the saved factory defaults image of the appliance as this method reburns the appliance.

Note - Uboot update from a USB drive is currently not supported in 1500 appliances.