topic Re: Open servers in Firewall and Security Management

Open servers

Andreas_Ahrnby — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:01:24 GMT

Hi,

I know checkpoint support HP DL360 Gen10 but have anyone tried with AMD cpu?

DL365

DL385

Best regards,

Andreas

Re: Open servers

_Val_ — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:30:46 GMT

Both are not supported. You can only use models available here: https://www.checkpoint.com/support-services/hcl/

AFAIK, AMD is not supported at all.

Re: Open servers

kaanyenilmez — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 15:14:54 GMT

Hello Everybody,

I couldn't find any official documentation about AMD support but on my test environment I have successfully installed standalone R80.40 gateway.

There is only one warning message appeared before installation started;

"Warning: AMD Processor - this hardware has not undergone testing by Red Hat and might not be certified. Please consult https://hardware.redhat.com for certified hardware"

Re: Open servers

Dolev — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 10:32:10 GMT

As @_Val_ mentioned we do not support AMD Processors, only Intel.

Re: Open servers

kaanyenilmez — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:37:18 GMT

Thank you for your response.

Nowadays we started to have AMD powered servers in our data-centers, mostly used for virtualization.

In some cases we keep the Checkpoint management on ESXi Servers, in this case if server has AMD CPU are we going to have issues?

"Not Supported" meaning it is not going to work properly or we cannot get any support in case we open a case?

Re: Open servers

G_W_Albrecht — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:54:24 GMT

An AMD CPU should be no issue with ESXi.