https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Attention-HyperThreading-SMT-support-for-Open-Servers-got/m-p/104968#M8310 <P>Whoa, thanks for the update!&nbsp; Will make a note in my book addendum thread...</P> Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:48:39 GMT Timothy_Hall 2020-12-10T12:48:39Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Attention-HyperThreading-SMT-support-for-Open-Servers-got/m-p/104962#M8308 <P>In case you run HyperThreading on Open Servers, which was supported until this morning, you might want to note that Check Point just recalled support for it.</P> <P><STRONG><A class="entry-link" title="Open Server Recommendations and Known Limitations" href="https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&amp;solutionid=sk168335" target="_blank">Open Server Recommendations and Known Limitations</A></STRONG><BR /><TIME>10.12.2020, 10:43:13</TIME></P> <P><STRONG><A class="entry-link" title="SMT (HyperThreading) Feature Guide" href="https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&amp;solutionid=sk93000" target="_blank">SMT (HyperThreading) Feature Guide</A></STRONG><BR /><TIME>10.12.2020, 10:41:44</TIME></P> <P>Until this morning, <A href="https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&amp;solutionid=sk93000" target="_self">sk93000</A> showed:</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="image.png" style="width: 553px;"><img src="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9644iE532082A3FAA22E4/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="image.png" alt="image.png" /></span></P> <P>Now it just shows:</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="image.png" style="width: 635px;"><img src="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9647i0D93A689E02E0444/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="image.png" alt="image.png" /></span></P> Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:28:00 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Attention-HyperThreading-SMT-support-for-Open-Servers-got/m-p/104962#M8308 Danny 2020-12-10T11:28:00Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Attention-HyperThreading-SMT-support-for-Open-Servers-got/m-p/104968#M8310 <P>Whoa, thanks for the update!&nbsp; Will make a note in my book addendum thread...</P> Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:48:39 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Attention-HyperThreading-SMT-support-for-Open-Servers-got/m-p/104968#M8310 Timothy_Hall 2020-12-10T12:48:39Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Attention-HyperThreading-SMT-support-for-Open-Servers-got/m-p/105415#M8349 <P>Hi,</P> <P>Check Point did not withdraw its support of SMT/Hyperthreading on open server.</P> <P>We do have a limitation in our current versions which do not allow turning SMT/Hyperthreading on/off via a simple CLI command which is highly important for SMT support. &nbsp;</P> <P>It will be introduced in a future release, and the relevant sk will then be updated with clear instructions on how to enable/disable SMT</P> Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:21:01 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Attention-HyperThreading-SMT-support-for-Open-Servers-got/m-p/105415#M8349 shais 2020-12-14T21:21:01Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Attention-HyperThreading-SMT-support-for-Open-Servers-got/m-p/105435#M8350 <P><a href="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/44392">@shais</a>&nbsp;</P> <P>there should be too a statement regarding the licensing of CPU cores on open server platform. There are different informations available here in the community, from distribution partner and from Check Point account team.</P> <P>Following&nbsp;<SPAN>sk156793 it's no problem with R80.40 to enable SMT and double your CPUs with the same license, but how about R81 and future releases?</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Wolfgang</SPAN></P> Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:32:29 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Attention-HyperThreading-SMT-support-for-Open-Servers-got/m-p/105435#M8350 Wolfgang 2020-12-15T07:32:29Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Attention-HyperThreading-SMT-support-for-Open-Servers-got/m-p/105456#M8352 <P>I think that was a copy and past mistake in the article.&nbsp;The description in item 4 has been in SK for years. I think that was not properly revised.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:36:13 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Attention-HyperThreading-SMT-support-for-Open-Servers-got/m-p/105456#M8352 HeikoAnkenbrand 2020-12-15T11:36:13Z