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adding gateway licenses

Luis_Miguel_Mig — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:51:42 GMT

Could I run 8 cpu cores with 2 licenses of 4 cores in a gateway?

Re: adding gateway licenses

Chris_Atkinson — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:26:44 GMT

Which type of gateway open server or VM and which license/SKU?

In the case of typical cloud licenses in theory this is possible provided the licenses are the same type making them eligible for use as a pool.

Re: adding gateway licenses

Luis_Miguel_Mig — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:38:33 GMT

open server and basic gateway license

Re: adding gateway licenses

Chris_Atkinson — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:59:58 GMT

Run the specifics with account services but most likely you will need to take this with your local account team to find a solution.

Re: adding gateway licenses

the_rock — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:52:58 GMT

As Chris said, I would definitely verify with Account services. They will confirm all of this for you.

Andy

Re: adding gateway licenses

PhoneBoy — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:25:58 GMT

Most likely this is going to require a trade-in of some sort, which means working with your local Check Point office.

Re: adding gateway licenses

Bob_Zimmerman — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:51:46 GMT

Be aware you don't need to license all cores on a system, only the cores you want to handle traffic. If you're trying to get to eight cores because it's impossible to find good hardware with fewer today, you may not need to do that.

If you need eight cores of traffic handling performance, you will probably need to trade in the licenses for a bigger one.

Re: adding gateway licenses

the_rock — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:54:03 GMT

I actually asked Account services about this and they pretty much told me what @Bob_Zimmerman said.

Andy