topic Re: File edit $FWDIR/conf/fwaffinity.conf in Hyperscale Firewall (Maestro)

File edit $FWDIR/conf/fwaffinity.conf

B1gh1p0 — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 10:42:19 GMT

Dear All,

I want to assign specific CPU's to an VS. On the fly this can be accomplished via

To configure the affinities of Virtual Systems:
fw ctl affinity -s -d [-vsid <VSID ranges> ] -cpu <CPU ID ranges>

However this does not survive a Hardware reboot and $FWDIR/conf/fwaffinity.conf need to be edited.

The Admin guide is not so clear to me as it defines only:

The configuration file $FWDIR/conf/fwaffinity.conf controls CoreXL affinity settings.

Each line in this plain-text file uses the same format: <type> <id> <cpu_id>

DataAllowed ValuesDescription

<type>	i	Configures the affinity of an interface.
	n	Configures the affinity of a Check Point daemon.
	k	Configures the affinity of a CoreXL Firewall instance.
<id>	Name of Interface	If <type> = i.
	Name of Daemon	If <type> = n.
	ID of CoreXL Firewall instanceFirewall instance	If <type> = k.

Can someone please help me how to achieve this ?

Thanks
Hipo

the_rock — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:16:20 GMT

I believe below may help

Andy

B1gh1p0 — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:47:45 GMT

How should I understand this ?

After r80.40 it's not needed to edit the file ?? Only need to be done in earlier versions ( r80.20 ; r80.30).

the_rock — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:50:51 GMT

Correct, it does not need to be done, but definitely not required R80.40 and above.