Quantum Spark 1500/1600/1800 appliances - R81.10.05 EA program

Zachi_Schnieder — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 19:36:44 GMT

Hi All,

The EA firmware of Quantum Spark R81.10.05 is now available for tests, and we are looking for participants to join the EA program (locally, centrally managed and SMP).

This version includes many new and important features, along with stability and performance fixes and improvments.

Below is the list of planned features:

Configure Dynamic Routing using the WebUI (BGP + OSPF + route redistribution)
Official support for IPv6
Smart Accel
- By asset type
- By MAC
- UDP port acceleration for conference
Cluster
- Scopelocal – set cluster using one IP
- Cluster underload – avoid cluster failover underload
- Easier cluster configuration – configuration sync between cluster members
- Disable connection table sync
Support Harmony connect
Ability to configure Default route on the LAN interface
Failover between LAN – WAN
SDWAN Centrally (as EA)
IoT for Centrally managed SMB
MFA
- 2FA SMS open worldwide
- 2FA Email Authentication
Auto SSL certificate update on locally
Cipher utility tool
Remote Access VPN – Strongswan
Updatable objects and FQDN in rule bases of locally managed mode (NAT/SSL/TP)
SSL inspection per device type
IDA collector for locally managed
TACACS+ authentication
Doctor SMB – new diagnostic tools available through the WebUI
Doctor Load – new diagnostic tool to monitor load and device’s performance
SSH inspection
Support IOC feeds (centrally managed)
Blade offline updates
Notifications
- VPN Certificate expiration
- VPN tunnel down/up
- Partition full

If you are interested to take part in the EA program, please access the below link and update the short survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FTQFS7Y

Once we’ll have the required info, we will contact you to continue the process.

Thanks,

Zachi Schnieder

zachis@checkpoint.com

Re: Quantum Spark 1500/1600/1800 appliances - R81.10.05 EA program

G_W_Albrecht — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 07:21:19 GMT

Still waiting for testing HW, but should come soon 😞

Official support for IPv6

Will this include IPv6 prefix selection mode Advanced Setting ?

Re: Quantum Spark 1500/1600/1800 appliances - R81.10.05 EA program

andrezmolina247 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:55:05 GMT

Hi,

Was the below implemented or there is a way to have different subnet between physical and virtual IP on SMB 2000

Scopelocal – set cluster using one IP

Re: Quantum Spark 1500/1600/1800 appliances - R81.10.05 EA program

PhoneBoy — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:08:00 GMT

Yes, as of R81.10.05.
It's covered in the Product Documentation: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/SMB_R81.10.X/AdminGuides_Locally_Managed/EN/Content/Topics/Configuring-High-Availability.htm

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