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Redundant power supply 7000 appliance

hho — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:26:22 GMT

Just wonder if one of the two power supplies on a 7000 unit fail or loses incoming AC, the appliance will continue to function with full capacity?

Thanks

Re: Redundant power supply 7000 appliance

the_rock — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 02:02:08 GMT

For sure, it will work, like any device with redundant power supply when one fails.

Re: Redundant power supply 7000 appliance

Chris_Atkinson — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:53:44 GMT

Yes, should operate as expected provided the AC feeds are diverse of course.

http://downloads.checkpoint.com/dc/download.htm?ID=78626

Re: Redundant power supply 7000 appliance

hho — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:07:26 GMT

Great thanks, My next question is I have two 7000 in an active/standby cluster. If one of the two power supplies on the active unit loses power, does the standby unit become active?

Re: Redundant power supply 7000 appliance

the_rock — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:10:02 GMT

Definitely should not fail over if the box continues to operate normally if one power supply failed, which in 99% of the time would happen.

Re: Redundant power supply 7000 appliance

hho — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:18:57 GMT

Currently the 2 7000s are all on wall AC power without ups. So its a matter of unplugging one of the two power supplies on each 7000 and plug it to the UPS. I can do all this live without service interruption I assume. Just want to plan ahead for any surprise Thanks again

Re: Redundant power supply 7000 appliance

the_rock — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:23:40 GMT

You can, BUT, out of caution, I would do it when the box is powered off, just to be on safe side. Below is one good reference for older model:

https://dl3.checkpoint.com/paid/25/CP_4800_Replacing_Power_Supply.pdf?HashKey=1643404962_cccc1b49a861bff841dd777963de1607&xtn=.pdf