Check Point L-71, Administration Manual

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Appliance Configuration
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The Home Tab
Viewing System Information
The Home > System page shows an overview of the Check Point Appliance.
The Check Point Appliance requires only minimal user input of basic configuration elements, such
as IP addresses, routing information, and blade configuration. The initial configuration of the
Check Point Appliance can be done through a First Time Configuration Wizard. When initial
configuration is completed, every entry that uses http://my.firewall shows the WebUI
Home
>
System page.
• System Information - Shows the appliance model, installed software version, name, MAC
address, system date and time (with the GMT setting), and system uptime.
•
Network
- Shows Internet information and wireless network/radio status
If applicable, click the links to configure Internet and Wireless options.
•
Statistics
- Shows live data graphs of packet rate and throughput.
Controlling and Monitoring Software Blades
The Home > Security Dashboard page shows you the active blades and lets you quickly navigate to
the blade configuration page.
It also gives you:
• Access to the basic settings of the blades with the Settings button (cogwheel icon) and lets you
activate the blades.
•
Access to statistics for each blade (graph icon)
• Alerts you if there are blades that are missing licenses, service blades which are not
up-to-date, and active blades which require additional configuration (for example, site-to-site
VPN where the user did not configure any sites). When applicable, there is a triangle in the
upper right hand corner of the specified blade.
The software blades are shown in these groups on this page based on where they are configured
in the WebUI:
• Access Policy
- Contains the Firewall, Applications & URL Filtering, User Awareness, and QoS
blades.
• Threat Prevention - Contains the Intrusion Prevention (IPS), Anti-Virus, Anti-Bot, Threat
Emulation, and Anti-Spam blades.
• VPN
- Contains the Remote Access and Site to Site VPN blades. It also contains certificate
options.
You can click the tab name link or software blade link to access the tab for further configuration.
To turn a software blade on or off:
Slide the lever of the specified blade to the necessary ON or OFF position. When you turn off the
Firewall blade, click
Yes
in the confirmation message.