Introduction
Quantum Scalable Chassis Getting Started Guide
Introduction
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Overview of Check Point Chassis
The Check Point Chassis is a high performance, scalable, carrier class solution for Service Providers and high-end data centers.
The system provides advanced Security Gateway functionality to meet your dynamically changing security needs.
Supported Security Gateway Software Blades include:
- Firewall
- IPsec VPN
- Mobile Access
- IPS
- Threat Emulation
- Threat Extraction
- Anti-Bot
- Anti-Virus
- Application Control
- URL Filtering
- Identity Awareness
- Content Awareness
- Data Loss Prevention
- Anti-Spam
The 60000 appliances are a 14-15U chassis.
The 40000 appliances are a 6-7U chassis.
The Chassis components are:
| Components | Function |
|---|---|
| Security Gateway Modules (SGMs): - Up to 12 SGMs in 61000, 61000 N+N, and 64000 - Up to 4 SGMs in 41000 - Up to 6 SGMs in 44000 |
Runs a high performance Firewall, and other Software Blades. |
| Security Switch Modules (SSMs): - Up to 2 SSMs in 64000, 61000, 44000, and 41000 - Up to 4 SSMs in 61000 N+N |
Distributes network traffic to SGMs. |
| Chassis Management Modules (CMMs): - 2 CMMs |
Monitors the chassis, the SSMs and the SGMs with zero downtime. |
The Chassis:
- Is highly fault tolerant, and provides redundancy between chassis modules, power supplies and fans.
- For extra redundancy, you can install a Dual Chassis deployment.
- Has NEBS-ready and Non-NEBS versions.
- Includes a rich variety of CLI monitoring and management tools.
- The system can be centrally managed from a Check Point Security Management Server or Multi-Domain Server.
- Lets you install different numbers of SGMs to match the processing needs of your network.
Check Point Virtual Systems
Administrators can replicate physical security gateways with Virtual Systems with advanced protection for many networks and network segments. Virtual Systems can support up to 250 Virtual Systems on a Chassis. This gives you scalability, availability, reliability and optimal performance while minimizing hardware investment, space requirements and maintenance costs.
Network virtualization supports easy deployment and configuration of network topology with simple inter-Virtual System communication. Integrated Virtual Switches and direct links to destinations eliminate the requirement for external network switches.
Key Features:
- Consolidate many Security Gateways
- Software Blade architecture
- Gaia 64-bit operating system
- Separation of management duties
- Customized security policies per Virtual System
- Per-Virtual System monitoring of resource usage
Key Benefits:
- Easily add Virtual Systems to a VSX Gateway
- Decreased hardware cost and simplified network policy
- High performance
- Granularity with customizable policies for each Virtual System
- Better usage-based resource planning with per-Virtual System monitoring
- Better performance with multi-core CoreXL technology
In this Document
- A brief overview of necessary Chassis concepts
- A step by step guide to getting the Chassis up and running
Note - Many examples in this guide show the largest model available at the time of publication. The concepts and procedures are applicable to all models.