No of Gateways Managed by a Single Management Server

[LostBoY]

Hi,

How many Checkpoint GW instances can be managed by a Single Management Server Instance in AWS ? 

Thanks

[G_W_Albrecht]

That is rather a licensing question - usually, this is restricted by management license only. In VM/Cloud, mostly there is a license for managing two GWs = one cluster included.

[LostBoY]

ohk.sorry if i posted it under the wrong header.

So a Mgmt Server can only manage 2 GWs by default and beyond 2 GW a license is required ?

[Chris_Atkinson]

Per sk130372 likely 5 by default for AWS deployed Mgmt unless a different BYOL license was used.

[LostBoY]

I am using BYOL for my deployment... doesnt it support 2 by default ? post licensing is there any way to check how many GW Instance it can manage

Thanks

[Timothy_Hall · Accepted solution]

The number of gateways that an SMS can manage is technically dictated by the license container used to hold the individual blades.  The container specifies various other licensing limits:

• SMS - # managed GWs
• Firewall - # of usable cores
• Endpoint Security - Number of allowed endpoints

If you look at the SKU of an SMS license you should see something like this:

CPSM-C-X

X indicates the number of gateways that can be managed.  Note that if you started with a CPSM-C-5 and later added on more gateways for management, your license wouldn't necessarily get converted to a CPSM-C-10, but there may be two instances of CPSM-C-5 instead adding up to 10.

Also the last digit(s) of a Smart-1 product number indicates the initial licensed number of gateways it can manage, such as:

• Smart-1 405  (5 gateways)
• Smart-1 625  (25 gateways)
• Smart-1 5050  (50 gateways)

[PhoneBoy]

Output of cplic print from the management will tell you for sure.