Upgrade from a Management Server

This section explains how you can upgrade the appliance from your Security Management Server A 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. / Domain Management Server A Check Point Security Management Server or a Multi-Domain Security Management Server..

You can install a firmware package in:

• SmartConsole 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.

• SmartUpdate

• SmartProvisioning

Upgrading in SmartConsole

If you manage your appliance directly in SmartConsole (and not in SmartProvisioning), then you can install a firmware package in SmartConsole.

See the Quantum Security Management Administration Guide for your version > Chapter "Managing Gateways" > Section "Central Deployment of Hotfixes and Version Upgrades."

1. Disconnect an external storage from the USB port of the appliance.

2. Connect with SmartConsole to the Security Management Server / Domain Management Server.

3. From the left navigation panel, click Manage & Settings view > Package Repository, and add the applicable package to the Package Repository.

4. From the left navigation panel, click Gateways & Servers.

5. Select the target Security Gateways for deployment.

6. From the toolbar menu, click Actions and select Install Hotfix/Jumbo.

7. In the Hotfix/Jumbo section, select Install a Specific Hotfix/Jumbo.

8. In the Gateways section, you see the targets for the selected package.

9. In the Advanced section, select Automatic.

10. At the bottom, click Verify.

11. At the bottom, click Install.

Upgrading in SmartUpdate

If you manage your appliance directly in SmartConsole (and not in SmartProvisioning), then you can install a firmware package in SmartUpdate.

See the Quantum Security Management Administration Guide for your version > Chapter "Using Legacy SmartUpdate."

To upload the required firmware package and push it:

1. Get the firmware package for SmartUpdate.

2. Open the SmartUpdate GUI client

3. Click Menu > View > Menu Bar

4. At the top, click the Package Management tab

5. Click the Packages menu > View Repository.

6. Upload the firmware package to the Package Repository.

   1. Click Packages menu > Add > From File.

   2. Select the firmware package > click Open.

   3. The Operation Status window must show:

      "Package was successfully added to the repository"

   4. The firmware package must appear in the Package Repository window

7. Verify the firmware package:

   In the Package Repository window, right-click the firmware package > click Pre-Install Verifier.

8. Distribute the firmware package in one of these ways:

   • In the top pane, in the Machines column, right-click the applicable Quantum Spark Appliance > click Distribute Package > select the applicable firmware package.

   • In the Package Repository window, right-click the firmware package > click Distribute > select the applicable Quantum Spark Appliances.

9. Close the SmartUpdate GUI client.

Accessing SmartUpdate

Step	Instructionss
1	Open the SmartUpdate in one of these ways: In SmartConsole, in the top left corner, click Menu > Manage licenses & packages. On the SmartConsole client, run this executable file directly: On Windows OS 32-bit: C:\Program Files\CheckPoint\SmartConsole\<Rxx>\PROGRAM\SmartDistributor.exe On Windows OS 64-bit C:\Program Files (x86)\CheckPoint\SmartConsole\<Rxx>\PROGRAM\SmartDistributor.exe
2	In the top left corner, click Menu > View > Menu Bar. The menu names appear at the top of the GUI.

Upgrading in SmartProvisioning

If you manage your appliance in SmartProvisioning using a SmartProvisioningProfile, then you can install a firmware package in SmartProvisioning.

See the SmartProvisioning Administration Guide for your version >Chapter "Security Profiles for Small Office Appliances Gateways" > Section "Creating a Small Office Appliances Gateway in SmartProvisioning" > Section "Configuring Firmware in a Provisioning Profile for Small Office Appliances".