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How is Check Point Express management licensed?
Check Point Express includes a SmartCenter management console. Depending on the number of users supported by the license, the management console can manage 1 firewall and VPN gateway (50 users), 3 gateways (100 or 250 users), or 5 gateways (500 users).
Here are a few facts to keep in mind regarding management licensing:
The users for each license are for a single location. Example: if you buy a 500 user license, it protects up to 250 users at that one location. A management console can manage the maximum number of users at each location. Example: if you buy a 250 user license, it can manage three locations with up to 250 users at each location. This is for management only, so each location still needs a firewall and VPN software license. Since these remote locations are centrally-managed, they can use the cheaper VPN-1 Gateway Add-on.
For high-availability installations, each HA gateway counts as one gateway, even though it has two computers.
If you need to manage additional locations from the same management console, purchase the Check Point Express SmartCenter Add-on.
The SmartCenter management console included with Check Point Express can also manage FireWall-1 and VPN-1 installations - including NG and 4.1 versions - as long as the user/IP address counts don't exceed the Express license. For instance, a 100 user Express license can't be used to manage a 250 or unlimited IP location.
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