sk168880 - Spark Firewall 1600 and 1800 Models
Spark Firewall 1600 and 1800 Models
Product: Spark Firewall
Version: R80.20.X (EOS), R81.10.X
OS: Gaia Embedded
Platform: 1600, 1800
Last Modified: 2026-05-04
Solution
Overview
Check Point's Spark Firewall security appliances are high performance, integrated devices offering Firewall, VPN, Anti-Virus, Application Control, URL Filtering, Email Security, and SandBlast Zero-Day Protection, all in a 1U form factor that is simple to configure and manage.
Spark Firewall 1600 and 1800 were designed for medium size business supporting up to 500 employees, and as such, they offer strong performance, high port capacity, 10 GbE network interface, and 2.5GbE LAN, all of which make these appliances ideal for larger branch and SMBs.
Hardware
Spark Firewall 1600 and 1800
Spark Firewall 1600 and 1800 security appliances deliver enterprise-grade security in simple, affordable, all-in-one security solutions in a 1U Rack Unit (RU) form factor to protect small to mid-size business employees.
- The 1600 has 1GbE copper or fiber options for the WAN and DMZ, and sixteen 1GbE copper ports on the LAN.
- The 1800 has 2 x 1GbE copper or fiber options for the WAN and WAN-B, and an additional DMZ – 10GbE Fiber or 5GbE copper; on the LAN side, the 1800 also has sixteen 1GbE copper LAN ports and an additional two 2.5GbE copper LAN ports.
- Both the 1600 and the 1800 support Flexi-Port (Each LAN port can be used as a WAN port).
What's New
- 1600 - Network Interfaces
- LAN: 16x1GbE
- WAN: 1x1GbE / SFP port
- DMZ: 1x1GbE / SFP port
- 1800 Network Interfaces
- LAN: 16x1GbE
- LAN: 2x2.5GbE
- WAN: 1x1GbE / SFP port
- DMZ: 1x10GbE / SFP port
- Management Port 1GbE (future support)
- Console Ports
- USB Type-C console
- RJ45
- Dual USB 3.0 Ports
- SD Card Slot
- SSD Storage - on the 1800 model
- Power Redundancy - on the 1800 model
- Fan Cooled
- Operating Temperature - 0-40 degree Celsius
Software
The 1600 and 1800 run GAIA EMBEDDED code, which is R80 aligned. As such, they are fast and easy to install. You can set them up in minutes using pre-defined security policies and a step-by-step configuration wizard, or by using Zero-touch Deployment, which enables managed service providers to provision security efficiently for small and medium-size businesses.
Comprehensive Protection
- Next Generation Firewall
- Site-to-Site VPN
- Remote Access VPN
- Application Control and Web Filtering
- Intrusion Prevention
- Anti-Virus
- Anti-Bot
- Anti-Spam
- SandBlast Threat Emulation (sandboxing)
- Device Recognition
- Remote access Two factors authentication
- Email Inspection
- Updatable objects
Management
1600 and 1800 Security Gateways are conveniently managed locally via a Web interface (offering simple and intuitive management and configuration), and centrally by Cloud-hosted SMP (Security Management Portal) which can scale to manage over 10,000 Check Point SMB Appliances. The Gateways can also be managed centrally by Check Point's central management solutions: SmartConsole, MDM, and LSM.
You can manage 1600 / 1800 Spark Firewall Appliances with these on-premises Management Servers:
- R81 and above versions
- R80.40 Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator, Take 91 and above
- R80.30 Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator, Take 227 and above
For more specific requirements, refer to:
Performance
| Performance (Mbps) | 1600 | 1800 |
|---|---|---|
| Threat Prevention | 1,500 | 2,000 |
| Next Generation Firewall | 3,200 | 5,000 |
| IPS Throughput | 3,500 | 5,500 |
| Firewall Throughput | 4,800 | 7,500 |
| Connections per Second | 55,000 | 66,000 |
| Concurrent Connections | 2,400,000 | 2,400,000 |
Software Enhancements
The 1600 and 1800 Appliances are R80 code aligned, increasing performance and bringing cutting edge enterprise grade security to your small and medium size business. Here are some of the latest features, which were introduced for the 1500/1600/1800 Spark Firewall Family.
Locally Managed Enhancements
- New Threat Prevention blade control: Unified Threat Prevention policy, easy and intuitive to set and control
- New SSL inspection enforcement: Simultaneously support light SSL and Full SSL inspection
- Improved High Availability mechanism
- VPN Two-Factor Authentication
- Geo Protection via updatable objects
- TLS Inspection and categorization (SNI support)
- SMP Cluster Management
- Security checkups
Centrally Managed Enhancements
- Policy layers and sub-policy support for centrally managed mode
- Unified access policy support for centrally managed mode (Firewall, Application Control, and URL Filtering)
- Unified Threat Prevention policy (IPS, Anti-Virus, Anti-Bot, and Threat Emulation Software Blade policies)
- Acceleration of Domain Objects, Dynamic Objects, and Time Objects for centrally managed mode
- Wildcard network object in Access Control that represents a series of IP addresses that are not sequential
- Automatic SIC renewal
Centrally and Locally Managed Enhancements
- IMAPs email inspection
- POP3s email inspection
- Automatic Device recognition and discovery
- Multicore VPN and VPN acceleration
- Secured syslog
- Additional ciphers support for HTTPS Inspection (see sk104562)
Networking Enhancements
- Link aggregation (bonding) on LAN and WAN
- Managing Bond with Cluster
- Supporting VLAN on Switch
- Alias IP
- Support for up to 100 VLANs
- Improved link monitoring
- Cluster Fast failover with dynamic routing
Downloads
- For R81.10.X versions, see sk179615 - Spark Firewall Appliances R81.10.X Releases.
- For R80.20.X versions, see sk165734 - Spark Firewall Appliances R80.20.X Releases.
Documentation
Getting Started Guides
- 1600/1800 Getting Started Guide (English)
- 1600/1800 Getting Started Guide (Portuguese-Brazil)
- 1600/1800 Getting Started Guide (Simplified Chinese)
- 1600/1800 Getting Started Guide (Traditional Chinese)
- 1600/1800 Getting Started Guide (Russian)
- 1600/1800 Getting Started Guide (Spanish)
Release Notes for R81.10.X versions
Release Notes for R80.20.X versions
Administration Guides for R81.10.X versions
- R81.10.X Spark Firewall Locally Managed Administration Guide for 1500, 1600, 1800, 1900, 2000 Appliances (English)
- R81.10.X Spark Firewall Centrally Managed Administration Guide for 1500, 1600, 1800, 1900, 2000 Appliances (English)
- R81.10.X Spark Firewall CLI Reference Guide for 1500, 1600, 1800, 1900, 2000 Appliances (English)
- R81.10.X Spark Firewall Dynamic Routing Guide for 1500, 1600, 1800, 1900, 2000 Appliances (English)
Administration Guides for R80.20.X versions
- See the R80.20.X Locally Managed Administration Guide ( 1600, 1800) for your version
- See the R80.20.X Centrally Managed Administration Guide ( 1600, 1800) for your version
- See the R80.20.X CLI Guide ( 1600, 1800) for your version
- See the R80.20.X Spark Firewall Dynamic Routing Guide for 1500, 1600, 1800 Appliances
FAQ
Known Limitations and Resolved Issues
- For R81.10.X versions:
- For R80.20.X versions:
Article Properties
Access Level: General
Status: Approved
Date Created: 2020-08-24
Last Modified: 2026-05-04