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• Check Point offers a wide range of SMB appliances like 700, 900, 1400, 1500, 1600 & 1800.
• All of these appliances work on specific firmware which is designed on Embedded Gaia.
• Appliances like 700, 900 & 1400 work on the R77.20.x series of OS which offer many services but fewer features compared to higher-range devices. Appliances like 1500, 1600, & 1800 work on R80.20.x & R81.10.xx series of OS offers many features compared to Gaia appliances.
• The process of firmware upgradation is simple in SMB appliances. You need to have WEBUI access to the device.
• Upgradation can be done in 2 ways. Online and Offline.
• Before upgradation, it is always advised to create a system backup first.

WEBUI --> Device --> System Operation --> Create a Backup file --> Wait --> Download it on your system

• In the Online process, the device should connect to check point user centre. The device will download the image automatically and the admin needs to trigger the process.
• In the Offline process, you have to download the firmware images from the support centre.

For R77.20.x --> sk153433 Recommended version R77.20.87.

For R80.20.x --> sk174683 Recommended version R80.20.50.

For R81.10.x --> sk174683 Recommended version sk179004 & sk179797.

WEBUI --> Device --> System Operation --> Manual Upgrade --> Upload the Image --> Let it validate --> Next --> Next --> Complete the process.

• Post completing the upgrade you can import your system configuration on the new Image so you can have the same configuration.
• This process needs to be performed in the maintenance window only.