topic Re: Slot and Line Card Mapping in Firewall and Security Management

Slot and Line Card Mapping

prashanth — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:33:38 GMT

Hi There,

I wish to know if there is a way to check the Security Gateway's slot and line card mapping.

>show assets all output displays the installed line cards, but don't have the slot they have been plugged into.

Thank You

Re: Slot and Line Card Mapping

Danny — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:21:10 GMT

Please let us know if you find a solution so I can add the info to this tool.

Re: Slot and Line Card Mapping

prashanth — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 23:15:22 GMT

@Danny Thank you for sharing the tool.
I saw the output depicts the line card model and the type. I also need the slot the line card is connected to.

Does the script provide that information by any chance?

Thank You

Re: Slot and Line Card Mapping

emmap — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 01:24:18 GMT

The line cards are listed in the slots they are in, as in 'Line Card 1' is in slot 1.

Line card 1 model: CPAC-4-10F-B
Line card 1 type: 4 ports 10GbE SFP+ Rev 2.0
Line card 2 model: CPAC-8-1C-B
Line card 2 type: 8 ports 1GbE RJ45 Rev 1.0
Line card 3 model: CPAC-2-10F-B
Line card 3 type: 2 ports 1/10GbE SFP+ Rev 2.0
Line card 4 model: CPAC-4-10F-B
Line card 4 type: 4 ports 10GbE SFP+ Rev 2.0
Line card 5 model: CPAC-2-40F
Line card 5 type: 2 ports 40GbE QSFP+

Re: Slot and Line Card Mapping

JozkoMrkvicka — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 06:49:31 GMT

If the line card is correctly installed to the appliance, system will recognize the line card with specific number of ports.

For example eth4-05 means, the line card is inserted into slot 4. Port number 5. Where exactly within the appliance the slot 4 is located, can be seen within Check Point Appliances Documentation, specifically in Getting Started Guide (section Appliance Hardware, subsection "Front Panel").

Example of 19000 and 29000 appliances: :

In the Gaia OS on the appliance, these interface names are assigned:

In 19200:

The bottom row of slots (from left to right):

eth1-0X, eth2-0X, eth3-0X, and eth4-0X.

In 29100 / 29200:

The top row of slots (from left to right):

eth5-0X, eth6-0X, and eth7-0X.
The bottom row of slots (from left to right):

eth1-0X, eth2-0X, eth3-0X, and eth4-0X.