Check Point 4800 Appliance
Enterprise-grade security appliance (623 SPU/11Gbps) — great multi-blade performance and 10Gb Fiber connectivity options

Overview:

The Check Point 4800 Appliance offers a complete and consolidated security solution, with leading performance in a 1U form factor. In addition to eight onboard 1 Gigabit copper Ethernet ports, the 4800 also comes with an available expansion slot which provides the option to add four or eight 1 Gigabit copper Ethernet ports, two or four 1 Gigabit fiber Ethernet ports or two 10 Gigabit fiber Ethernet ports.

With 623 SecurityPower Units, the 4800 Appliance offers superior performance for its price range with a firewall throughput of 11 Gbps and IPS throughput of 6 Gbps.

Check Point 4800 Appliance

Today the enterprise gateway is more than a firewall. It is a security device presented with an ever-increasing number of sophisticated threats. As an enterprise security gateway it must use multiple technologies to control network access, detect sophisticated attacks and provide additional security capabilities like data loss prevention and protection from web-based threats. The proliferation of mobile devices like smartphones and Tablets and new streaming, social networking and P2P applications requires a higher connection capacity and new application control technologies. Finally, the shift towards enterprise private and public cloud services, in all its variations, changes the company borders and requires enhanced capacity and additional security solutions.

Check Point’s new appliances combine fast networking technologies with high performance multi-core capabilities—providing the highest level of security without compromising on network speeds to keep your data, network and employees secure. Optimized for the Software Blades Architecture, each appliance is capable of running any combination of Software Blades—providing the flexibility and the precise level of security for any business at every network location by consolidating multiple security technologies into a single integrated solution.

Each Check Point Appliance supports the Check Point 3D security vision of combining policies, people and enforcement for unbeatable protection and is optimized for enabling any combination of the following Software Blades: (1) Firewall, (2) VPN, (3) IPS, (4) Application Control, (5) Mobile Access, (6) DLP, (7) URL Filtering, (8) Antivirus, (9) Anti-spam, (10) Anti-Bot, (11) Identity Awareness and (12) Advanced Networking & Clustering.

Key Features

• 623 SecurityPower™
• 11 Gbps of firewall throughput
• 6 Gbps of IPS throughput
• Up to 16 10/100/1000Base-T ports
• Up to 4 1GbE or 2 10GbE Fiber ports
• Lights-Out-Management (LOM)

Key Benefits

• Mid-size, enterprise-grade appliance optimized for multiple Software Blades performance
• Delivers everything you need to secure your network in one appliance
• Simplifies administration with a single integrated management console
• Ensures data security by securing remote access and site-to-site communications
• Provides comprehensive security and protects against emerging threats with Extensible Software Blade Architecture

* Optional

Key Features:

SecurityPower
Until today security appliance selection has been based upon selecting specific performance measurements for each security function, usually under optimal lab testing conditions and using a security policy that has one rule. Today customers can select security appliances by their SecurityPower ratings which are based on real-world customer traffic, multiple security functions and a typical security policy.

SecurityPower is a new benchmark that measures the capability and capacity of an appliance to perform multiple advanced security functions (Software Blades) such as IPS, DLP and Application Control in real world traffic conditions. This provides an effective metric to better predict the current and future behavior of appliances under security attacks and in day-to-day operations. Customer SecurityPower Unit (SPU) requirements, determined using the Check Point Appliance Selection Tool, can be matched to the SPU ratings of Check Point Appliances to select the right appliance for their specific requirements.

All-inclusive Security Solution
The Check Point 4800 Appliance offers a complete and consolidated security solution in a compact 1U chassis based on the Check Point Software Blade Architecture. Available with 3 software packages of 7, 8 and 10 Blades, the platform provides up-to-date and extensible security protection.

• Next Generation Firewall (NGFW): identify and control applications by user and scan content to stop threats—with IPS and Application Control.
• Secure Web Gateway (SWG): enables secure use of Web 2.0 with real time multi-layered protection against web-borne malware—with Application Control, URL Filtering, Antivirus and SmartEvent.
• Next Generation Data Protection (NGDP): preemptively protect sensitive information from unintentional loss, educate users on proper data handling policies and empower them to remediate incidents in real-time—with IPS, Application Control and DLP..
• Next Generation Threat Prevention (NGTP): apply multiple layers of protection to prevent sophisticated cyber-threats— with IPS, Application Control, Antivirus, Anti-Bot, URL Filtering and Email Security.

Integrated Security Management
The appliance can either be managed locally with its available integrated security management or via central unified management. Using local management, the appliance can manage itself and one adjacent appliance for high availability purposes.

Remote Access Connectivity for Mobile Devices
Each appliance arrives with mobile access connectivity for 5 users, using the Mobile Access Blade. This license enables secure remote access to corporate resources from a wide variety of devices including smartphones, tablets, PCs, Mac and Linux

Remote Platform Management and Monitoring
A Lights-Out-Management (LOM) interface provides out-of-band remote management to remotely diagnose, start, restart and manage the appliance from a remote location. Administrators can also use the LOM web interface to remotely install an OS image from an ISO file.

GAiA - The Unified Security OS

Check Point GAiA™ is the next generation Secure Operating System for all Check Point appliances, open servers and virtualized gateways. GAiA combines the best features from IPSO and SecurePlatform into a single unified OS providing greater efficiency and robust performance. By upgrading to GAiA, customers will benefit from improved appliance connection capacity and reduced operating costs. With GAiA, customers will gain the ability to leverage the full breadth and power of all Check Point Software Blades. GAiA secures IPv4 and IPv6 networks utilizing the Check Point Acceleration & Clustering technology and it protects the most complex network environments by supporting dynamic routing protocols like RIP, OSPF, BGP, PIM (sparse and dense mode) and IGMP. As a 64-Bit OS, GAiA increases the connection capacity of select appliances.

GAiA simplifies management with segregation of duties by enabling role-based administrative access. Furthermore, GAiA greatly increases operation efficiency by offering Automatic Software Updates. The intuitive and feature-rich Web interface allows for instant search of any commands or properties. GAiA offers full compatibility with IPSO and SecurePlatform command line interfaces, making it an easy transition for existing Check Point customers.

Product Comparison:

Hardware Specifications

	4200	4400	4600	4800
Performance
SecurityPower1	114	223	374	623
Firewall Throughput	3Gbps	5Gbps	9Gbps	11Gbps
VPN Throughput	0.4Gbps	1.2Gbps	1.5Gbps	2Gbps
IPS Throughput (Default / Recommended Profile)	2Gbps / 0.3Gbps	3.5Gbps / 0.7Gbps	4Gbps / 1Gbps	6Gbps / 1.5Gbps
Concurrent Sessions	1.2M	1.2M	1.2M	3.3M2
Connections per Second	25K	40K	50K	70K
VLANS	1024	1024	1024	1024
Virtual Systems
Max VS Supported (Default/Max)	3 / 3	10 / 10	10 / 10	25 / 25
Hardware Specifications
10/100/1000Base-T Ports	4 to 8	8 to 12	8 to 12	8 to 16
1000Base-F SFP Ports	0 to 4	0 to 4	0 to 4	0 to 4
10GBase-F SFP+ Ports	NA	NA	NA	0 to 2
Memory	4GB	4GB	4GB	4GB / 8GB
Storage	250GB
LOM	NA	NA	NA	Included
Enclosure	1U
Dimensions WxDxH (standard)	17.25 x 12.56 x 1.73 in.			17.25 x 16.14 x 1.73 in.
Dimensions WxDxH (metric)	438 x 319 x 44 mm			438 x 410 x 44 mm
Weight	4.0 kg (8.82 lbs.)	7.5 kg (16.53 lbs.)		7.6 kg (16.76 lbs.)
Operating Environment	Temperature: 32° to 104°F / 0° to 40°C; Relative Humidity 20% to 90% (non-condensing)
Non-Operating Environment	Temperature: 14° to 158°F / -20° to 70°C; Relative Humidity 5% to 95% (non-condensing)
Redundant Hot-Swap Power Supply	NA	NA	NA	Optional
Power Input	100~240V, 50~60Hz
Power Supply Spec (Max)	100W	250W		275W
Power Consumption (Max)	57W	90W		140W
Compliance	CB/UL/cUL/CE/FCC/TUV/VCCI/C-Tick

¹ Check Point's SecurityPower is a new benchmark metric that allows customers to select security appliances by their capacity to handle real-world network traffic, multiple security functions and a typical security policy. ²With memory upgrade and GAiA OS

Software Blade	NGFW	NGDP	NGSWG	NGTP	NGTX
Firewall
Identity Awareness
IPSec VPN
Advanced Networking & Clustering
Mobile Access 1			*
IPS			*
Application Control
DLP	*		*	*	*
URL Filtering	*	*
Antivirus	*	*
Anti-Spam & Email Security	*	*	*
Anti-Bot	*	*	*
Threat Extraction	*	*	*	*
http://wcms.us.checkpoint.com/products/21000-appliances/	*	*	*	*
Management Blades
Network Policy Management
Logging and Status
SmartEvent	*	*		*	*
SmartWorkflow	*	*	*	*	*
Monitoring	*	*	*	*	*
Management Portal	*	*	*	*	*
User Directory	*	*	*	*	*
SmartProvisioning	*	*	*	*	*
SmartReporter	*	*	*	*	*
Endpoint Policy Management	*	*	*	*	*
Compliance	*	*	*	*	*
NGFW  = Next Generation Firewall;    NGDP  = Next Generation Data Protection;   NGTP = Next Generation Threat Prevention; NGSWG = Next Generation Secure Web Gateway - Included * - Optional 1 Five users are included in default package

Technical Specifications:

Base Configuration 8 x 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 ports 4 GB memory 250 GB hard disk drive One AC power supply Slide rails (22" to 32") LOM card Network Expansion Slot Options (1 slot) 4 x 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 ports 8 x 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 ports 2 x 1000Base-F SFP ports 1 4 x 1000Base-F SFP ports 2 x 10GBaseF SFP+ ports 4 x 10/100/1000Base-T Fail-Open NIC 4 x 1000Base-F SX or LX Fail-Open NIC 2 x 10GBase-F SR or LR Fail-Open NIC Max Configuration 16 x 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 ports 8 x 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 + 4 x 1000Base-F SFP ports 8 x 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 + 2 x 10GBase-F SFP+ ports 8 GB memory Two redundant hot-swappable power supplies Production Performance1 623 SecurityPower 5.8 Gbps firewall throughput 850 Mbps firewall and IPS throughput RFC 3511, 2544, 2647, 1242 Performance Tests (LAB) 11 Gbps of firewall throughput, 1518 byte UDP 2 Gbps of VPN throughput, AES-128 6 Gbps of IPS throughput, Default IPS profile, IMIX traffic blend 1.5 Gbps of IPS throughput, Recommended IPS profile, IMIX traffic blend 1.7/3.32 million concurrent connections, 64 byte HTTP response 70,000 connections per second, 64 byte HTTP response Network Connectivity IPv4 and IPv6 1024 VLANs 256 VLANs per interface 802.3ad passive and active link aggregation Layer 2 (transparent) and Layer 3 (routing) mode

High Availability Active/Active - L3 mode Active/Passive - L3 mode Session synchronization for firewall and VPN Session failover for routing change Device failure detection Link failure detection ClusterXL or VRRP Virtual Systems Max VSs: 20 (w/4GB), 25 (w/8GB) Dimensions Enclosure: 1U Standard (W x D x H): 17.25 x 16.14 x 1.73 in. Metric (W x D x H): 438 x 410 x 44 mm Weight: 7.6 kg (16.76 lbs.) Power Requirements AC Input Voltage: 100 - 240V Frequency: 47-63 Hz Single Power Supply Rating: 275 W Power Consumption Maximum: 140 W Maximum thermal output: 425.6 BTU Operating Environmental Conditions Temperature: 32° to 104°F / 0° to 40°C Humidity: 20% - 90% (non-condensing) Storage Conditions Tem perature: –4° to 158°F / –20° to 70°C Humidity: 5% - 95% @ 60°C (non-condensing) Certifications Safety: CB, UL/cUL, CSA, TUV, NOM, CCC, IRAM, PCT/GoST Emissions: FCC, CE, VCCI, C-Tick, CCC, ANATEL, KCC Environmental: RoHS

¹Maximum production performance based upon the SecurityPower benchmark. Real-world traffic, Multiple Software Blades, Typical rule-base, NAT and Logging enabled. Check Point recommends 50% SPU utilization to provide room for additional Software Blades and future traffic growth. Find the right appliance for your performance and security requirements using the Appliance Selection Tool.
²With GAiA OS and memory upgrade

Documentation:

Download the Check Point 4800 Appliance Datasheet (PDF).

Download the Check Point Appliance Comparison Chart (PDF).

Download the Check Point New Appliances Brochure (PDF).