topic Re: Spinning up Virtual on 5400/5600 - Licensing and Resource Allocation. in Firewall and Security Management https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Spinning-up-Virtual-on-5400-5600-Licensing-and-Resource/m-p/62134#M9665 <P>VSX is very flexible and scalable technology allowing virtual security gateways (called Virtual Systems), virtual switches or even virtual routers (not very common). The number of VSs in a platform depends on the license, hardware platform, amount of traffic and enabled software blades.</P> <P>As Phoneboy mentioned discuss with your local Check Point team about the best solution for your needs.</P> Sat, 07 Sep 2019 02:14:57 GMT Lari_Luoma 2019-09-07T02:14:57Z Spinning up Virtual on 5400/5600 - Licensing and Resource Allocation. https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Spinning-up-Virtual-on-5400-5600-Licensing-and-Resource/m-p/61543#M9662 <P>Hi, I am considering replacing couple of 4400's with 5400s/5600's.&nbsp; Keen to create virtual route domains on the appliance/cluster to help improve on the design. (Vsys?)</P><P>I believe the platform itself supports upto 20 virtuals but not able to establishing licensing or resource allocation methods/process .&nbsp;</P><P>Appreciate if you could help.</P><P>Regards.&nbsp;</P> Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:40:07 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Spinning-up-Virtual-on-5400-5600-Licensing-and-Resource/m-p/61543#M9662 Senthil-Krishna 2019-08-30T10:40:07Z Re: Spinning up Virtual on 5400/5600 - Licensing and Resource Allocation. https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Spinning-up-Virtual-on-5400-5600-Licensing-and-Resource/m-p/61556#M9663 <P><BR />There are licensing considerations on both gateway and management for Virtual Systems (see the datasheet). Typically more memory is also advantageous in such systems (gateway).<BR /><BR />CoreXL instances &amp; Connection table values within Dashboard help manage your available resources (cpu/men) at a basic level,more advanced config available via CLI but typically only useful in systems with more cores.</P> Sat, 31 Aug 2019 10:24:24 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Spinning-up-Virtual-on-5400-5600-Licensing-and-Resource/m-p/61556#M9663 Chris_Atkinson 2019-08-31T10:24:24Z Re: Spinning up Virtual on 5400/5600 - Licensing and Resource Allocation. https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Spinning-up-Virtual-on-5400-5600-Licensing-and-Resource/m-p/62129#M9664 If you just want virtual route domains and you're running OSPF, you don't need VSX as R80.20 supports this.<BR />This will be much more lightweight than VSX which creates multiple virtual security gateways on the same hardware.<BR />If you really need 20 VSes, a 5400 or 5600 may not be adequate.<BR />Highly recommend you reach out to your local Check Point SE to discuss your exact requirements in detail. Fri, 06 Sep 2019 23:08:55 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Spinning-up-Virtual-on-5400-5600-Licensing-and-Resource/m-p/62129#M9664 PhoneBoy 2019-09-06T23:08:55Z Re: Spinning up Virtual on 5400/5600 - Licensing and Resource Allocation. https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Spinning-up-Virtual-on-5400-5600-Licensing-and-Resource/m-p/62134#M9665 <P>VSX is very flexible and scalable technology allowing virtual security gateways (called Virtual Systems), virtual switches or even virtual routers (not very common). The number of VSs in a platform depends on the license, hardware platform, amount of traffic and enabled software blades.</P> <P>As Phoneboy mentioned discuss with your local Check Point team about the best solution for your needs.</P> Sat, 07 Sep 2019 02:14:57 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Spinning-up-Virtual-on-5400-5600-Licensing-and-Resource/m-p/62134#M9665 Lari_Luoma 2019-09-07T02:14:57Z