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G_W_Albrecht
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R81.10.x0 Smart Accel feature

In the new SMB folders, a new SMB feature is presented:

  • Smart Accel 30% performance improvement of low risk, high bandwidth apps

But Smart Accel is only available in WebGUI when locally managed - what about central management ? From CLI, i can see that it is enabled:

eighteen> show smart-accel-services 
mode: true
selected-services: 15
logs-enabled: false

CLI commands are present, but i can find no mention of Smart Accel in central management admin guide...

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Chris_Atkinson
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sk131852 which talks to the updatable object portion suggests it is only supported for locally managed appliances at this time.

Will enquire if this is planned for the next release/JHF etc.

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G_W_Albrecht
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According to the CLI commands, Smart Accel is active on centrally managed SMBs. As i did configure it as locally Managed first, i am not sure if Smart Accel is enabled automatically when central management is used, but it seems logical. You can configure  it using CLI, too !

I do not think that sk131852 suggests it is only supported for locally managed appliances at this time. According to marketing, this makes the Pro series faster, and it would be a very serious drawback if central management is slower than local management by 30% !

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G_W_Albrecht
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Any comments by @Amir_Ayalon @Zachi_Schnieder ?

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Ruan_Kotze
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I just ran this on a Spark device (81.10.5) managed via Infinity Portal.  By default it's disabled, I've enabled it via "set smart-accel-services true".

It shows as enabled, but enabled services are zero.  Need to do some RTFM'ing to figure out how to enable it for all supported services.

 

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Ruan_Kotze
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Further testing shows if I enable it via CLI, the option appears in the management portal.  I can select services but get an error when trying to apply the firewall policy.

PhoneBoy
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Local Management only currently.
This was covered during our SMB Masters session yesterday: https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/SMB-Gateways-Spark/SMB-Masters-2-EMEA-and-APAC-Video-and-Materia...

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G_W_Albrecht
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Oh oh - i did overhear that yesterday, sorry ! So better not use the new SmartAccel benchmarks for central managed SMBs 😎

But CLI shows it as enabled - maybe a leftover from local management mode ?

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Chris_Atkinson
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sk178604 has been updated to document the status of Smart Accel.

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G_W_Albrecht
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Very good ! Any ETA for support on central managed SMBs ? Hard to explain up to 30% performance loss when used with central management.

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G_W_Albrecht
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What i do not understand is why Smart Accel Services are listed in R81.20 Dashboard Updateable Objects and can be used in TP Exclusions:

SmartAccelpng.pngAs also policy install is possible on GAiA and GAIA Embedded i can not really understand the comment above - if it is only EA for locally managed SMBs, why the detailed listing is provided in Dashboard Updateable Objects ?

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Chris_Atkinson
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Clearly there is some shared infrastructure there, I wouldn't read much more into it. When it's ready for production use on centrally managed it will be documented in the applicable versions release notes / what's new.

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