Viewing System Information

The Home view > Overview section > System page shows an overview of the Quantum Spark Appliance.

Starting in R81.10.15, when you access the System page, a popup shows what is new in the latest upgrade.

The Quantum Spark Appliance requires only minimal user input of basic configuration elements, such as IP addresses, routing information, and blade configuration. The initial configuration of the Quantum Spark Appliance can be done through a First Time Configuration Wizard. After the initial configuration is completed, every entry that uses http://my.firewall shows the WebUI Home > System page.

The System page shows these sections:

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Section

Description

1

Top section

This section shows these fields:

  • Model

    The Quantum Spark appliance model.

    Example: 1900/2000 Appliance

  • Version

    The firmware version and build.

    Example: R81.10.10 (996002845)

  • MAC address

    The MAC address of the WAN port.

    Example: 00:1C:7F:B6:91:53

  • Management

    The management type - Centrally Managed or Locally Managed.

    Example: Local

  • License

    The installed license.

    Example: Trial license

  • Capabilities

    Additional important hardware features.

    Example: SSD

In addition, this section shows the link WatchTower mobile app to connect the Check Point WatchTower to this Quantum Spark appliance.

2

Internet connections

This section shows:

  • The names of the configured Internet connections

  • The link "Internet connections" that opens the Device view > Network section > Internet page.

  • The status of the wireless connection.

3

Interactive front panel view

Notes:

  • This section appears in R81.10.15 and higher versions.

  • This section is displayed on Locally Managed appliances only.

This section shows an image of the front panel and the status of each physical port - network ports, USB ports, console ports.

The status of all ports is refreshed every 2 seconds.

If a cable (or USB device) is connected to a port to a configured port, or disconnected from a configured port, then it shows a corresponding icon (see the Status sub-section at the bottom).

Hover the mouse cursor over the physical network port with a connected cable to see the applicable information:

  • Status

  • Operation

  • IPv4 address

  • Cluster IPv4 address

  • Cluster mode

  • Assignment

  • Throughput

In a cluster configuration, you can click the link More information to see a popup with a summary information for each cluster member (some of these are links to the corresponding page in WebUI):

  • Appliance name

  • Version

  • MAC address

  • Uptime

  • Sync method

  • Role / Status

  • High Availability mode

  • Blade license status

  • Enabled blades

  • Throughput

  • Connections

  • Assets

This section shows these sub-sections at the bottom:

  • Status - Shows the legend for port icons.

  • Operation - Show the Quantum Spark Gateway operation mode.

  • Relation (click to view)

4

Assets

This section shows the infected devices on the internal networks.

This section shows the links to these pages:

  • Manage assets - Home view > Monitoring section > Assets page.

  • IoT - Access Policy view > Firewall section > IoT page.

    This link appears in R81.10.10 and higher versions.

5

Monitoring

This section shows live data graphs for throughput and packet rate.

This section shows the links to these pages:

  • Internet - Device view > Network section > Internet page.

  • SD-WAN - Access Policy view > Firewall section > SD-WAN page.

    This link appears in R81.10.05 and higher versions.

6

Notifications

This section shows system and security events, and their severity.

The link All notifications opens the Home view > Monitoring section > Notifications page.

To monitor your device's internet connection from your mobile device, you must first configure this on the WebUI Home > System page.

To configure connection monitoring:

  1. In the WebUI, go to Home > System > Internet connections and click Edit.

    The Edit Internet Connection window opens.

  2. In the Connection Monitoring tab, check or clear:

    • Automatically detect loss of connectivity to the default gateway. This pings the default gateway to detect if connectivity is lost.

    • Monitor connection state by sending probe packets to one or more servers on the Internet. This uses other methods and servers to detect connectivity loss.

      Important - In versions R81.10.10 and higher, it is supported to disable probing in an Internet connection only if you clear the option, "This Internet connection will be a part of SD-WAN" (on the "Advanced" tab > section "SD-WAN Settings").

  3. If you selected Monitor connection state, select the connection probing method:

    • Probe DNS servers

    • Ping addresses

  4. If you selected Ping addresses, enter the IP address(es).

  5. Select the settings for:

    • Recovery time (seconds)

    • Max latency allowed (milliseconds)

    • Probing frequency for active connections (seconds)

  6. Click Apply

When you log in to your appliance for the first time after completing the First Time Configuration Wizard, the Sending Data to Check Point pop up window appears, with these checkboxes:

  • Help us improve product experience by sending data to Check Point - The data sent includes session durations, how long the system is running, logs, etc.

    Note - Check Point does not upload data that contains private or sensitive information.

  • Help us improve product stability by getting critical updates from Check Point - Pushes critical updates outside of the regular update notification and upload schedule.

    Available starting from R81.10.08.

Selecting these checkboxes is optional, but highly recommended.