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The following Open Servers and Devices are certified by Check Point and are recommended for use with GAiA.

Legend:

√ = certified
* = certified with remarks
— = not certified



  • We recommend validating NIC compatibility with open servers on either the NIC’s or the open server’s vendor site.
  • Before selecting an open server or a device to work with GAiA, please refer to the relevant GAiA version Release Notes for minimum requirements.
  • SecurePlatform is also supported and recommended for use on a wide range of “Secured by Check Point” appliances.
  • For more information regarding devices specifications published in the site or missing hardware, please ask check point representative to contact Solution Center.

Global Important SKs:

  • sk69621 – How to change interface naming on Open Servers running Gaia OS
  • sk168335– Open Server Recommendations and Known Limitations
  • sk108200– The required steps before installing Gaia OS on HP ProLiant Gen9 servers

Please Note:

  1. In case of using a Cascade-Lake CPU, it may not be supported by some products/parts, please be sure to check the support status with Check Point.
  2. VMtools are supported only on OVF versions R77.10 and above. Starting R77.30 OVF VMtools are supported on all forms.
  3. Security Gateway VE R76, R77 versions are supported only with Network mode.
  4. For minimum hardware requirements, refer to the release notes for the version, which include the requirements for the applicable product.
  5. Starting from R77, Security Gateway is supported with the open server ISO as well

CloudGuard Controller

CloudGuard Controller Admin Guide

GAiA and Secure Platform Hardware Compatibility List

  • Open Servers
  • Add-on Devices
  • Virtual Machines
  • Supported
  • Archive
  • Cisco
  • UCSC C220 M5L
  • UCSC C220 M5L
  • Cisco
  • UCS C240 M4S
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • UCS C240 M4S
  • Dell
  • PowerEdge R350
  • PowerEdge R350
  • Dell
  • PowerEdge R650
  • PowerEdge R650
  • Dell
  • PowerEdge R450
  • PowerEdge R450
  • Dell
  • PowerEdge R750
  • PowerEdge R750
  • Dell
  • PowerEdge R640
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PowerEdge R640
  • Dell
  • PowerEdge R620
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PowerEdge R620
  • Dell
  • PowerEdge R720
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PowerEdge R720
  • Kontron
  • Cobalt 901
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • Cobalt 901
  • Lenovo
  • ThinkSystem SR650 V2
  • ThinkSystem SR650 V2
  • Open Servers
  • Add-on Devices
  • Virtual Machines
  • Supported
  • Archive
  • End Of Life Hardware
  • Unsupported Check Point Os Versions
  • IBM
  • xSeries 346
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • xSeries 346
  • IBM
  • xSeries 206
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • xSeries 206
  • IBM
  • xSeries 336
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • xSeries 336
  • IBM
  • xSeries 306
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • xSeries 306
  • Sun
  • Fire x4150
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • Fire x4150
  • Sun
  • Fire X4170
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • Fire X4170
  • Sun
  • Fire x4450
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • Fire x4450
  • Sun
  • X2100
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • X2100
  • Sun
  • X2100 M2
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • X2100 M2
  • Sun
  • X2200 M2
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • X2200 M2
  • Sun
  • X4100
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • X4100
  • Sun
  • X4200
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • X4200
  • Sun
  • X4200 M2
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • X4200 M2
  • Toshiba
  • Magnia 2200R
    • R80.20 M1 and up
  • Magnia 2200R
  • Open Servers
  • Add-on Devices
  • Virtual Machines
  • Supported
  • Archive
  • End Of Life Hardware
  • Unsupported Check Point Os Versions
  • Vendor
  • Model
    • Security Gateway & Security Management
    • R70
    • R71
    • R75
    • R76
    • R77
    • R77.10
    • R77.20
    • R77.30
  • Open Servers
  • Add-on Devices
  • Virtual Machines
  • Supported
  • Archive
  • Cisco
  • UCSC-PCIE-ID40GF V01
  • PCI-E
  • 40 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 2
  • UCSC-PCIE-ID40GF V01
  • Cisco
  • UCSC-PCIE-ID25GF V01
  • PCI-E
  • 10/25 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 2
  • UCSC-PCIE-ID25GF V01
  • Cisco
  • UCSC-PCIE-IQ10GF V01
  • PCI-E
  • 10 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 2
  • UCSC-PCIE-IQ10GF V01
  • Cisco
  • UCSC-MLOM-IRJ45= I350
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • UCSC-MLOM-IRJ45= I350
  • Dell
  • PRO/1000 PT Quad
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 PT Quad
  • Dell
  • Pro/1000 EF Dual
  • PCI-E
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • Pro/1000 EF Dual
  • Dell
  • PRO/1000 Dual 82546GB
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 Dual 82546GB
  • Dell
  • PRO/1000 PT Dual UTP
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 PT Dual UTP
  • Fujitsu
  • Fujitsu LAN Adapter D2745
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • Fujitsu LAN Adapter D2745
  • HP
  • ProLiant DL380 Gen 10 Plus
  • PCI-E
  • 10 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 2
  • ProLiant DL380 Gen 10 Plus
  • HP
  • NC360T
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NC360T
  • HP
  • NC320T
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NC320T
  • HP
  • NC110T
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NC110T
  • HP
  • NC325m Quad Port
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NC325m Quad Port
  • HP
  • NC364T
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NC364T
  • HP
  • PRO/1000 PT
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 PT
  • HP
  • NC373F
  • PCI-E
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NC373F
  • HP
  • PRO/1000 PT Dual
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 PT Dual
  • HP
  • PRO/1000 PF Dual
  • PCI-E
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 PF Dual
  • HP
  • PRO/1000 PF
  • PCI-E
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 PF
  • HP
  • NC373T
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NC373T
  • HP
  • NC373m Dual Port
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NC373m Dual Port
  • IBM
  • 10 Gigabit CX4
  • PCI-E
  • 100/1000/10000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • 10 Gigabit CX4
  • IBM
  • 10 Gigabit AT
  • PCI-E
  • 100/1000/10000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • 10 Gigabit AT
  • Intel
  • Intel X550-T2
  • PCI-E
  • 100/1000/10000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • Intel X550-T2
  • Lenovo
  • ThinkSystem SR650 V2
  • PCI-E
  • 10/25 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 2
  • ThinkSystem SR650 V2
  • Open Servers
  • Add-on Devices
  • Virtual Machines
  • Supported
  • Archive
  • End Of Life Hardware
  • Unsupported Check Point Os Versions
  • HP
  • NC7170
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NC7170
  • HP
  • NC340T
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NC340T
  • IBM
  • NetXtreme 1000T
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NetXtreme 1000T
  • IBM
  • NetXtreme 1000T Dual
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • NetXtreme 1000T Dual
  • Intel
  • Pro/100 S Dual
  • PCI
  • 10/100 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • Pro/100 S Dual
  • Intel
  • Pro/100 S
  • PCI
  • 10/100 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • Pro/100 S
  • Intel
  • PRO/10GbE SR
  • PCI-X
  • 10 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/10GbE SR
  • Intel
  • PRO/10GbE LR
  • PCI-X
  • 10 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/10GbE LR
  • Intel
  • PRO/10GbE CX4
  • PCI-X
  • 100/1000/10000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/10GbE CX4
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 XF
  • PCI-X
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 XF
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 MT Quad
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 MT Quad
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 MT Dual
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 MT Dual
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 MT
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 MT
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 MF Quad
  • PCI-X
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 4
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 MF Quad
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 MF Dual
  • PCI-X
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 2
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 MF Dual
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 MF (LX)
  • PCI-X
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 MF (LX)
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 MF
  • PCI-X
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 MF
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 GT Quad
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • PRO/1000 GT Quad
  • Sun
  • GBE 10G 5544A
  • PCI-X
  • 10 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • GBE 10G 5544A
  • Sun
  • Quad Gigabit X4445A
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • R80.20 M1 and up
  • Quad Gigabit X4445A
  • Open Servers
  • Add-on Devices
  • Virtual Machines
  • Supported
  • Archive
  • End Of Life Hardware
  • Unsupported Check Point Os Versions
  • Vendor
  • Model
  • Bus
  • Speed
  • Media
  • No. of Ports
    • Security Gateway & Security Management
    • R70
    • R71
    • R75
    • R76
    • R77
    • R77.10
    • R77.20
    • R77.30
  • Dell
  • PRO/1000 PT Quad
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • PRO/1000 PT Quad
  • HP
  • NC110T
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • NC110T
  • HP
  • NC364T
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • NC364T
  • HP
  • NC360T
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • NC360T
  • HP
  • NC320T
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • NC320T
  • HP
  • NC325m Quad Port
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • NC325m Quad Port
  • HP
  • NC373F
  • PCI-E
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • NC373F
  • HP
  • PRO/1000 PT
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • PRO/1000 PT
  • HP
  • PRO/1000 PT Dual
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • PRO/1000 PT Dual
  • HP
  • NC373T
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • NC373T
  • HP
  • PRO/1000 PF
  • PCI-E
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • PRO/1000 PF
  • HP
  • NC373m Dual Port
  • PCI-E
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • NC373m Dual Port
  • HP
  • NC340T
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • NC340T
  • HP
  • NC7170
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • NC7170
  • IBM
  • 10 Gigabit CX4
  • PCI-E
  • 100/1000/10000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • 10 Gigabit CX4
  • IBM
  • 10 Gigabit AT
  • PCI-E
  • 100/1000/10000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • 10 Gigabit AT
  • IBM
  • NetXtreme 1000T
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • NetXtreme 1000T
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 XF
  • PCI-X
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • PRO/1000 XF
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 GT Quad
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • PRO/1000 GT Quad
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 MF
  • PCI-X
  • 1 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • PRO/1000 MF
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 MT
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • PRO/1000 MT
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 MT Dual
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • PRO/1000 MT Dual
  • Intel
  • PRO/1000 MT Quad
  • PCI-X
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 4
  • PRO/1000 MT Quad
  • Intel
  • PRO/10GbE LR
  • PCI-X
  • 10 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • PRO/10GbE LR
  • Intel
  • PRO/10GbE CX4
  • PCI-X
  • 100/1000/10000 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • PRO/10GbE CX4
  • Intel
  • Pro/100 S Dual
  • PCI
  • 10/100 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 2
  • Pro/100 S Dual
  • Intel
  • Pro/100 S
  • PCI
  • 10/100 Mbps
  • Copper
  • 1
  • Pro/100 S
  • Intel
  • PRO/10GbE SR
  • PCI-X
  • 10 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • PRO/10GbE SR
  • Sun
  • GBE 10G 5544A
  • PCI-X
  • 10 Gbps
  • Fiber
  • 1
  • GBE 10G 5544A
  • Open Servers
  • Add-on Devices
  • Virtual Machines
  • Supported
  • Archive

CloudGuard For Private Cloud / Security Gateway / Security Management

  • KVM
  • RHEL 7 / CentOS 7
  • KVM
  • RHEL 8.6 / CentOS 8 / CentOS Stream 9
  • KVM
  • Ubuntu Server 20.04
  • MS Hyper-V
  • Windows 2012 R2
  • MS Hyper-V
  • Windows 2016
  • MS Hyper-V
  • Windows 2019
  • MS Hyper-V
  • Windows 2022
  • VMware vSphere
  • 6.5/6.7
  • VMware vSphere
  • 7
  • VMware vSphere
  • 8
  • Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV/AOS)
  • AOS 5.15.4 LTS, 5.20 LTS, 6.5.x, 6.10 LTS / AHV 20170830.434, 20201105.2030, 20201105.30398, 20230302.102001
  • Azure Stack HCI

CloudGuard Service Insertion

  • Vendor
  • Controller/ Product
  • Ver.
    • Security Gateway
    • CloudGuard R81
    • CloudGuard R81.10
    • CloudGuard R81.20
    • CloudGuard R82
  • VMware
  • NSX-T
  • 3.0.x/3.1
  • VMware
  • NSX-T
  • 3.1/3.2/4.0/4.1
  • Nutanix
  • Nutanix Flow
  • AOS 5.15.4 LTS, 5.20 LTS, 6.5.x LTS / AHV 20170830.434, 20201105.2030, 20201105.30398

CloudGuard Controller

  • Vendor
  • Ver.
    • Supported version of Security Management
    • CloudGuard R81
    • CloudGuard R81.10
    • CloudGuard R81.20
    • CloudGuard R82
  • Amazon AWS
  • N/A
  • Microsoft Azure
  • N/A
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • N/A
  • Cisco ACI
  • Supported up to 6.0v
  • Cisco ISE
  • Supported up to 3.2v
  • Kubernetes
  • 1.12 and higher
  • Nutanix
  • 5.15.4, 5.20, 6.5.x, 6.10
    • Supported as a private HF. See sk173224
  • OpenStack
  • Ussuri
  • Oracle Cloud
  • N/A
  • VMware NSX-T
  • 2.5, 3.0, 3.1.x, 3.2.1, 4.0, 4.1
  • VMware vCenter
  • 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.0
  1. Refer to the CloudGuard controller admin guide for version-specific documentation including prerequisites, limitations and supported resource types.​
  2. ​CloudGuard Controller for Nutanix supported as a private HF for R81, see sk173224.​
  3. NSX-V reached EOL. The support of minor versions of NSX-V depend on VMware’s carrying-forward policy for version compatibility. Check Point support for discontinued or EOL versions will be handled under best-effort support policy.​
  4. Support for NSX-T Manager v4.0 added to versions up to R81.20 as part of Jumbo hotfixes​
  5. VSphere 6.5 and 6.7 reached EOS. The Support of minor versions of vSphere depend on VMware’s carrying-forward policy for version compatibility. It may not mean all subsequent versions.​
  6. ​Support of NSX-T, OpenStack and Nutanix versions depends on vendors’ carrying-forward policy for version compatibility. It may not mean all subsequent versions. Check Point support for discontinued or EOL versions will be handled under best-effort support policy
  7. RHEL 7 and CentOS 7 reached EOL. The Support of minor versions depend on Red Hat carrying-forward policy for version compatibility. It may not mean all subsequent versions.​
  8. Check Point support for discontinued or EOL versions will be handled under best-effort support policy.

Quantum Edge

  • Vendor
  • Appliance
  • Ver.
  • VNF Ver.
  • VMware
  • VeloCloud 520v
    VeloCloud 840
  • 3.3.2
  • Gaia Embedded OS 77.20.x
  • VMware
  • VeloCloud 520v, 620, 640, 680, 840
  • 4.0
  • Gaia Embedded R80.20.5/10
  • Cisco
  • Cisco Enterprise Network Compute System 5000
  • 3.3.2
  • Gaia Embedded R77.20.87

 

  • Open Servers
  • Add-on Devices
  • Virtual Machines
  • Supported
  • Archive

CloudGuard For Private Cloud / Security Gateway / Security Management

  • KVM
  • RHEL 7 / CentOS 7
  • KVM
  • RHEL 8.6 / CentOS 8 / CentOS Stream 9
  • KVM
  • Ubuntu Server 20.04
  • MS Hyper-V
  • Windows 2012 R2
  • MS Hyper-V
  • Windows 2016
    • (64bit Only)
    • (64bit Only)
  • MS Hyper-V
  • Windows 2019
  • MS Hyper-V
  • Windows 2022
  • VMware vSphere
  • 6.5/6.7
  • VMware vSphere
  • 7
  • VMware vSphere
  • 8
  • Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV/AOS)
  • AOS 5.15.4 LTS, 5.20 LTS, 6.5.x, 6.10 LTS / AHV 20170830.434, 20201105.2030, 20201105.30398, 20230302.102001
    • (3.10 Kernel)
  • Azure Stack HCI

CloudGuard Service Insertion

  • Vendor
  • Controller/ Product
  • Ver.
    • Security Gateway
    • CloudGuard R80.10
    • CloudGuard R80.20
    • CloudGuard R80.30
    • CloudGuard R80.40
  • VMware
  • NSX-T
  • 3.0.x/3.1
  • VMware
  • NSX-T
  • 3.1/3.2/4.0/4.1
  • Nutanix
  • Nutanix Flow
  • AOS 5.15.4 LTS, 5.20 LTS, 6.5.x LTS / AHV 20170830.434, 20201105.2030, 20201105.30398

CloudGuard Controller

  • Vendor
  • Ver.
    • Supported version of Security Management
    • CloudGuard R80.40
  • Amazon AWS
  • N/A
  • Microsoft Azure
  • N/A
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • N/A
  • Cisco ACI
  • Supported up to 6.0v
  • Cisco ISE
  • Supported up to 3.2v
  • Kubernetes
  • 1.12 and higher
  • Nutanix
  • 5.15.4, 5.20, 6.5.x, 6.10
  • OpenStack
  • Ussuri
  • Oracle Cloud
  • N/A
  • VMware NSX-T
  • 2.5, 3.0, 3.1.x, 3.2.1, 4.0, 4.1
  • VMware vCenter
  • 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.0
 

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