topic Re: Smart-1 205 Upgrade in General Topics

Smart-1 205 Upgrade

JayM1 — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:29:21 GMT

Hi All,

We have a Chackpoint Smart-1 205 physical appliance running R81 used as a secondary log management server.

Can this be upgraded to R81.20 using CPUSE ? What is the name of package I can download to upgrade ?

Re: Smart-1 205 Upgrade

Lesley — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:36:29 GMT

If the device is able to reach internet you can see all the software via the web gui.

Under CPUSE you can see the software you can download. You will see jumbo takes for R81.10 but also images for R81.20

Re: Smart-1 205 Upgrade

PhoneBoy — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 19:19:26 GMT

The last version supported on the Smart-1 205 (end of support as of 2022) is R80.40: https://www.checkpoint.com/support-services/support-life-cycle-policy/
Early versions of R81 may have allowed installation on unsupported hardware.
Upgrading past this release on this hardware is not possible.

Re: Smart-1 205 Upgrade

the_rock — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 19:57:19 GMT

Phoneboy is 100% correct, it actually states all that in the link he provided. So, not only is device unsupported since 2 years ago now, but cannot run past R80.40. If you are currently on R81 version on it, TAC would probably not assist you with that either.

Andy

Re: Smart-1 205 Upgrade

JayM1 — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:45:21 GMT

Thank you for the update as this is a physical appliance what recommended upgrade options ? Can I migrate to a virtual server instead ?

Re: Smart-1 205 Upgrade

the_rock — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 21:05:31 GMT

Hey Jay,

You can probably follow below, works well, I used it many times, plus, it does support from R81 to R81.20.

Andy

https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk135172

Re: Smart-1 205 Upgrade

PhoneBoy — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:52:42 GMT

Yes you can, but it will require a new license or appliance.
The license on the Smart-1 205 is not transferrable to other hardware/software.
For VM/Open Server usage, look at NGSM licenses.