Re: [fw1-gurus] Somebody knows if SPLAT NGX R65 will run on an HP ProLiant DL385 G5p ?

[Chris Campbell <chris.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Re: [fw1-gurus] Somebody knows if SPLAT NGX R65 will run on an HP ProLiant DL385 G5p ?

From: Eric Janz <eric.janz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:11:08 +0100
To: FireWall-1 Gurus Mailinglist <fw1-gurus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [fw1-gurus] Somebody knows if SPLAT NGX R65 will run on an HP ProLiant DL385 G5p ?

Hi,

We are planning to upgrade our current Checkpoint deployment from R55 NG
with AI to NGX R65. My question is hardware related.

We would like to buy two HP ProLiant DL 385p but in the Checkpoint
hardware compatibility list at
http://www.checkpoint.com/services/techsupport/hcl/vpn1.html lists only
the HP ProLiant DL 385 G5. ¿ Somebody has used SecurePlatform NGX R65 on
this hardware ?

The reason to use this HP model is that it seems that the 385 G5 does
not support the last AMD Opteron Processor 2384 but we would like to
have the higher performance from the 2384.

Comparison between AMD Opteron 2356 and 2384:
http://products.amd.com/en-us/OpteronCPUSideBySide.aspx?id=419&id=494


Thanks in advance for any advice,
Best Regards

Eric Janz


It all comes down to support. If you use the newer hardware and you run into a problem, Check Point aren’t going to be able to support you if its a driver/hardware issue. You are best off sticking with what the hardware compatibility list says or asking your reseller for the most up to date list.


Chris.



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