CoreXL Dynamic Balancing & HyperFlow

[Danny]

👨‍💻 Reviewed by Check Point
ℹ️  Supported on appliances running R80.40, R81+

SmartConsole Extension to manage sk164155 - Dynamic Balancing for CoreXL & HyperFlow.

Extension URL

https://dannyjung.de/ds.json

Dynamic Balancing Managers

• @AmitShmuel - Amit Shmuel
• @Chen_Muchtar - Chen Muchtar (TechTalk: Dynamic Workloads, Quantum Hyperflow)
• @eladni - Elad Niddam

[Guy_Maoz]

Great extension Danny!

Looking forward to the next update.

[Chen_Muchtar]

Awesome! 

[AmitShmuel]

Thanks Danny! This is super useful!

[Mark_Gurevich]

Seem to be a great tool. But I am getting "Unsupported" for all kind of appliances (obviously R80.40 )

[_Val_]

From sk164155

System requirements

• Supported Platforms: Dynamic Balancing is supported only on Check Point Appliances. 
  
  
• Supported Models: Dynamic Balancing is supported only on these models:
  
  • All models in these series: 7000, 15000, 16000, 23000, 26000 and 28000
  • 5000 series: 5600, 5800 and 5900
  • 6000 series: 6200T, 6400, 6500, 6600, 6700, 6800 and 6900
  • 3000 series: 3100, 3200, 3600 and 3800
  Note: On models with fewer than 8 cores, a GNAT port allocation feature must be enabled. Refer to sk165153.

• Supported versions: Check Point R80.40 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 25 and higher

• Supported configurations: Security Gateway (Kernel or USFW), Stand-Alone
  
  
• Supported features: IPv6, Management Data Plane Separation (MDPS), Bridge mode 
  
  
• Not supported: Check Point Appliances that run in VSX mode (regardless of the number of CPU cores), Check Point Maestro

[Mark_Gurevich]

Hi Val,

I am trying on 5000 and 26000 devices with R80.40. Non VSX

[Danny]

HI @Mark_Gurevich ,

please try my helper extension https://dannyjung.de/smx.json and check if these conditions are met:

['type'] == 'CpmiClusterMember' or 'simple-gateway'
['os-name'] == 'Gaia'
['version'] == 'R80.40' or startsWith('R81')
['hardware'].endsWith('Appliance') or ('Appliances')

[Mark_Gurevich]

Hi Danny,

Thanks for quick reply.

Not sure how, but after upgrading the SmartConsole to the latest build, everything started to work

BR

[pnormanmtvh]

HI,

I have a quick query re: the extension. I have added it and it works to a point. I have to 'Load' it; approve the script commit, the look at the task results. In other words I don't see the output in the window as shown in my attached screenshot. I am running the 80.40 SmartConsole Build 416.

Thanks

Paul Norman

[Neil_Deane]

Hi Danny,

I'm trying the CoreXL balancing extension., and getting error: Loading Error: ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT

New to these addons and I only added the extension to SmartConsole, is there any other basic pre-reqs for extensions to work ? Any requirement to reboot SMC or gateways ?

Cheers,

Neil.

[Danny]

There are not other requirements. Which SmartConsole version and build are you using? Does your SmartConsole has direct internet access or is there a proxy in between? Where exactly does the error message appear?

[Neil_Deane]

Hi Danny,

Its SmartConsole R80.40 Build 416. There is indeed a proxy in between. (Isn't this a security community, why would we let a random connection get to the Internet unchecked ... 🙂

The error appears in extension panel on SmartConsole, see snip.

Cheers,

[Danny]

Troubleshooting SmartConsole Extensions - sk166932 <- set UseDefaultWebProxy=true and it should work.

[Neil_Deane]

Excellent - that worked, thanks.

For me I had to add UseDefaultWebProxy=true in SmartConsole.exe.config. Then I had to add the proxy Ip in the GUI clients on the SMC.

On one SMC I found the API service had crashed 😟 so had to restart it. ( More work, I suspect possible memory leak in 80.40 JHFA Take 91 for management)

That SK was hard to find, perhaps pin to Extensions forum, very useful

Anyway, extension now working. Great tool and thanks again

[FelipeTropeia]

Hi Guys,

I'm also trying to enable it in our env, however, when I click on load button nothing happens. We are using R80.40 GA 118 take, no proxy involved and smartconsole 416 build. 

@Danny Cheers after our meeting everything is working as we expected. The smartconsole has been updated to 428 version as well. 

[Mario_Zuker]

Awesome! thanks Danny

[Timothy_Hall]

Very nice visualization of what is going on from a performance perspective, looks like the days of figuring out what obscure command to run to see what is going on is finally past!  Nicely done!