topic R81.10 Upgrade Tools in Firewall and Security Management

R81.10 Upgrade Tools

ESpataro — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 07:31:36 GMT

Dell Poweredge R650 with a PERC H755 raid controller and is not supported in the R81.10. I believe there is a R81.20.early release which may support it. Does anyone know if it is possible to get access to this ?

Re: R81.10 Upgrade Tools

G_W_Albrecht — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 08:07:03 GMT

Why do you believe that there is a R81.20 ea release ? If CP had a Dell Poweredge R650 with a PERC H755 raid controller for testing, would they use the latest beta or the latest current version ?

As you can download and test R81.20 EA, testing is possible - or ask your local CP SE about future hardware support...

Re: R81.10 Upgrade Tools

Hugo_vd_Kooij — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 08:11:38 GMT

Any public EA version can be found on https://usercenter.checkpoint.com/usercenter/portal/media-type/html/role/usercenterUser/page/default.psml/js_pane/ProductsTabId,EarlyAvailabilityId

However I would advise to contact your SE to get details about new hardware support.

Re: R81.10 Upgrade Tools

G_W_Albrecht — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 08:32:13 GMT

I know, i know...

Re: R81.10 Upgrade Tools

PhoneBoy — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:05:54 GMT

As R81.20 includes a newer version of the Linux kernel (it's still 3.10, but it's a newer version from the upstream RHEL), it's entirely possible it will also support newer hardware as a result.
You can try the public EA that others have pointed you at and see if it works.

Generally, requests to support new Open Server hardware are treated as RFEs that need to go through your Check Point SE.

Re: R81.10 Upgrade Tools

Chris_Atkinson — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:15:14 GMT

As the others have said until it's documented on this list (HCL) it isn't supported for production use:

https://www.checkpoint.com/support-services/hcl/