Quantum Spark License – Which IP Address to Register?

[TSOL]

Hello ALL

When connecting a Quantum Spark appliance to the Infinity Portal and issuing a license, which IP address should be registered with the vendor?

• Should it be the global IP address of the site?

• Or the LAN-side IP address?

• Or, if there is a dedicated management port, should we use that IP address?

Also, if anyone knows of any official documentation or reference materials regarding this, I would really appreciate it if you could share them.

Thanks in advance for your help and any guidance you can provide.

[Alex- · Accepted solution]

If your Spark is connected to Internet, you should be able to fetch the license automatically from the License tab, also in the first-time wizard.

[G_W_Albrecht · Accepted solution]

Yes - during first-time wizard the license can be fetched with device MAC, that is the key.

[the_rock · Accepted solution]

I can also confirm what guys said, since I watched SE give presentation on this topic and thats exactly how it works.

Best,

Andy

[G_W_Albrecht]

Registering SMBs to to the Portal is shown here:

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Infinity_Portal/WebAdminGuides/EN/Quantum-Spark-Management/Cont...

[TSOL]

Thank you for the reply.

My question is that the vendor has told me a management IP address is required to register the license, and I'm wondering which IP address I should provide.
Since the global IP address on the WAN side is not static and may change, would it be acceptable to provide the LAN address, which is not expected to change?

[the_rock]

I would think LAN in that case, if it wont change.

Andy

[TSOL]

Thank you for the reply.

Do you mean that either the LAN or WAN IP is acceptable to provide to the vendor?

[the_rock]

I think either one would work, but to be sure, I would confirm with Account services.

Andy

[G_W_Albrecht]

No, this is not done with SMBs, this is some misunderstanding only ! MAC is a prominent part of the device and found on the shipping cardbord box:

On the bottom of the SMB device:

The only situation i have to use an IP address for licensing is for longer POCs/Demos or LAB demos and All-In-One EVALs. You can read all about that here: https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/SMB-Gateways-Spark/1400-1100-1200R-700-600-Appliance-Demo-Units/... - but be aware that starting with R80.20.xx firmware, only SMBs without WLAN can use them (as they do not contain the special license and country code needed for it to work), if WLAN is buildt-In, licensing is impossible.

[TSOL]

Thank you for the reply.

In Quantum Spark, is the MAC address used for license registration instead of the IP address?

[G_W_Albrecht]

Yes - look into the License in customers UserCenter:

[G_W_Albrecht]

@PhoneBoy  - can we move this to SMBs ?