Martin Frlicka

Check Point R81 Firewall Security Gateway performance tests

In this article I will carry out empirical network throughput performance tests of the Checkpoint R81 Open Server Security Gateway with different configuration of Threat Prevention Software Blades realized in VMware ESXi Testlab. In this Testlab are up and running only the four hosts from prerequisites section on one dedicated Hardware with 20 CPU Cores. […]

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Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual Install – How to Tutorial

In this Tutorial will be deployed Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual Appliance in Testlab, running on ESXi Host. I will go step by step with both types of management – locally and remotely with FMC. These steps could also be used for production environment install.   Prerequisites: VMware ESXi host Cisco FTD – Firepower Threat

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Cisco Firepower Management Center Virtual Install – How to Tutorial

In this Tutorial will be deployed Cisco FMC – Firepower Management Center Virtual Appliance in Testlab, running on VMware ESXi host. These steps could also be used for production environment install. Prerequisites: VMware ESXi host Cisco FMC – Firepower Management Center image Network Diagram: Steps: 1. Download the Firepower Management Center Virtual 2. Create VMware

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Check Point R81 Firewall HA Cluster configuration with existing Security Gateway – How to Tutorial

There are two most common options how Check Point Security Gateways can be configured as ClusterXL members:   installing Security Gateways from the beginning as part of the ClusterXL and creating Cluster Object with those new Gateways (in first time wizard – Clustering – unit is part of the cluster, type: ClusterXL) creating Cluster Object

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