topic Re: LOM Compatibility in Firewall and Security Management

LOM Compatibility

DennisTheManace — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:45:21 GMT

Hello,

for an End of Sale but still HW supported Gateway CPAP-SG5200 I want to Purchase a LOM Card.

According to Datasheet it needs to be an CPAC-LOM-B which is not listed in Product Catalog anymore.

Can I instead buy and insert an CPAC-LOM-C which is currently available or is LOM-C not compatible to SG5200 ?

Regards,

Dennis

Re: LOM Compatibility

PhoneBoy — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 18:52:08 GMT

Generally, no.
Accessories for End of Sale appliances may still be available.
Your Check Point partner should be able to acquire with us directly on availability.

Re: LOM Compatibility

the_rock — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 19:42:26 GMT

Answer is yes, you can try, but 100% not supported and probably would void the warranty, so I would take phoneboy's advice.

Re: LOM Compatibility

DennisTheManace — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 08:10:16 GMT

Hi Phoneboy,

thanks for Answering, in Fact I am a Partner and asking for one of my customers. It took a week but now one Distri answered that LOM-B can be ordered from CP. But, Listprise is nearly twice as much as LOM-C, awesome. Good to know that here is qualified Help available. Local Channel SE had no ANswer, TAC has no ANswer and needs to ask R&D, Account Services does not know and points to lacal Channel SE, ... it took me one week to get result 😄

Re: LOM Compatibility

DennisTheManace — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 08:12:15 GMT

Interesting Point, I will ask the customer if he wants to gamble and buy cheaper LOM-C and just give it a try or instead use more money to get legacy but supported LOM-B.
I would think driver support is included in GAiA the only thing I could have imagined that the PCI Interfaces changed in anyway, from PCI 8x to 16x or such things...

Re: LOM Compatibility

the_rock — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:14:41 GMT

Thats fair, but as long as they know its not officially supported, so there are no surprises : )

Re: LOM Compatibility

Dolev — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:45:57 GMT

Hi,

CPAC-LOM-C and CPAC-LOM-B have different mechanical FF, see attached images.

You can also check the LOM installation guide https://downloads.checkpoint.com/dc/download.htm?ID=46024 - See the difference installation between 5200 and 7000 (for example).

P.S

Seen an internal question that was raised, if the SE is Martin J. please check again with him as he received a reply.

Regards,

Dolev

Re: LOM Compatibility

DennisTheManace — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:58:05 GMT

Many Thanks, very good Answer. We came to the point trying to get an LOM-B here as we are not wanting to make Experiments in Productive Environment.