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23500 SECURITY GATEWAY

Ready to battle any threat, from small to the fifth generation large scale and multi-vector attacks, our
security gateways provide superior threat prevention and a unified security management. Check Point
23500 Next Generation Firewall combines the most comprehensive protections with data center-grade
security and hardware to maximize uptime and performance for securing large enterprise and data
center environments.

The Most Advanced Full Security Designed to Secure

Threat Prevention Uncompromising Performance Encrypted Traffic
Protection from unknown threats and Highly optimized with up to 11 Gbps of Powerful platforms for inspection
zero-day attacks threat prevention throughput of SSL traffic

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Gen II Security Gen III Security Gen V Security
Firewall NGFW1 Threat Prevention + SandBlast2
52 Gbps 13.75 Gbps 11 Gbps

Performance measured with enterprise testing conditions. Additional performance details on page 4. 1. Includes Firewall, Application Control,
and IPS. 2. Includes Firewall, Application Control, URL Filtering, IPS, Antivirus, Anti-Bot and SandBlast Zero-Day Protection.

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23500
Data center grade security, performance and reliability
The Check Point 23500 Next Generation Security Gateway combines the most comprehensive
security protections with data center grade hardware to maximize uptime while safeguarding
enterprise and data center networks.

The 23500 is a 2U Next Generation Security Gateways with five I/O expansion slots for high port
capacity, redundant AC or DC power supplies and fans, a 2x 1TB (HDD) or 2x 480GB (SSD) RAID1
disk array, and Lights-Out Management (LOM) for remote management. If you’re ready for 25, 40 or
100 GbE, so is the 23500 Next Generation Security Gateway - with its 40 and 100/25 GbE IO card
options.

Key Features & Benefits

Advanced Threat Prevention ….… 1st time prevention of known and zero-day threats
Uncompromising Performance .… Achieve up to 11 Gbps of threat prevention throughput
Secure Encrypted Traffic ………... Consolidate SSL inspection into one integrated security platform

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SPOTLIGHT
1 2
23500 SECURITY GATEWAY
1 Graphic LCD display
2 2 x 1TB (HDD) or 2x 480GB (SSD) RAID1
3 Five network card expansion slots
4 USB ports for ISO installation
5 Console port
6 Lights-Out Management port
7 Sync 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45
4 6 8
8 Management 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 3 5 7

All-inclusive Security Solutions

Prevent Known and Zero-day Threats
Check Point 23500 Next Generation
Zero-day protection offering network
Security Gateway offers a complete and
security with evasion-resistant malware
consolidated security solution available
detection and complete protection from
in two complete packages:
the most advanced attacks, ensuring
 Threat Prevention
quick delivery of safe content to users.
 Threat Prevention + SandBlast

Inclusive High Performance Package 100, 40 and 25 GbE Connectivity

Purchase the affordable High If you’re ready to move from 10 to 25,
Performance Package (HPP). This 40 or 100 GbE, so is the 23500 Next
includes the base system plus two 4x Generation Security Gateway. The
10GbE SFP+ interface cards, 23500 Security Gateway lets you
transceivers and 64 GB of memory for connect your 10 GbE server uplinks to
high connection capacity. your core network.

DATA CENTER GRADE PLATFORM

1 10 40 100/25 Redundant Redundant

Memory LOM
GbE GbE GbE GbE Storage Power
Base 10 2 0 0 16 GB
23500

HPP 10 10 0 0 64 GB
Maximums 42 20 10 10 128 GB

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Performance Content Security (continued)

Enterprise Testing Conditions Dynamic User-based Policy
• 11 Gbps of Threat Prevention1 • Integrates with Microsoft AD, LDAP, RADIUS, Cisco pxGrid,
• 13.75 Gbps of NGFW2 Terminal Servers and with 3rd parties via a Web API
• 14.45 Gbps IPS • Enforce consistent policy for local and remote users on
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and Apple iOS platforms
• 52 Gbps of firewall throughput
Ideal Testing Conditions Network
• 116 Gbps of UDP 1518 byte packet firewall throughput Network Connectivity
• 26 Gbps of AES-128 VPN throughput
• Total physical and virtual (VLAN) interfaces per appliance:
• 310,000 connections per second, 64 byte response3 1024/4096 (single gateway/with virtual systems)
• 6.4/25.6/51.2M concurrent connections, 64 byte response3 • 802.3ad passive and active link aggregation
1: Includes Firewall, Application Control, URL Filtering, IPS, Antivirus, Anti-Bot and SandBlast • Layer 2 (transparent) and Layer 3 (routing) mode
Zero-Day Protection. 2: Includes Firewall, Application Control and IPS. 3: Performance High Availability
measured with default/HPP/maximum memory with R80.10.
• Active/Active L2, Active/Passive L2 and L3
• Session failover for routing change, device and link failure
Additional Features
• ClusterXL or VRRP
Highlights
IPv6
• 2x CPUs, 20x physical cores, 40x virtual cores (total)
• NAT66, NAT64, NAT46
• 2x 1TB HDD or 480GB SSD RAID1 storage
• CoreXL, SecureXL, HA with VRRPv3
• 16, 64 and 128 GB memory options
• Lights-Out-Management card is Included Unicast and Multicast Routing (see SK98226)

• Virtual Systems (base/HPP/max mem): 60/250/250 • OSPFv2 and v3, BGP, RIP
Network Expansion Slot Options (3 of 5 slots open) • Static routes, Multicast routes
• 8x 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 port card, up to 40 ports • Policy-based routing
• 4x 1000Base-F SFP port card, up to 20 ports • PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, PIM-DM, IGMP v2, and v3
• 4x 10GBase-F SFP+ port card, up to 20 ports
• 2x 40G QSFP+ port card, up to 10 ports
Physical
Power Requirements
• 2x 100/25G QSFP28 port card, up to 10 ports
Fail-Open/Bypass Network Options • Single Power Supply rating: 800W

• 4x 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 port card • AC power input: 90 to 264V (47-63Hz)

• 2x 10GBase-F SFP+ port card • DC input current: -40.5V/24A -48V/19.2A, -60V/16.0A

• Power consumption avg/max: AC222/383W, DC324.8/376W
Content Security • Maximum thermal output: 1306.9 BTU/hr.
First Time Prevention Capabilities Dimensions
• CPU-level, OS-level and static file analysis • Enclosure: 2RU
• File disarm and reconstruction via Threat Extraction • Dimensions (WxDxH): 17.4x20.84x3.5 in. (442x529x88mm)
• Average emulation time for unknown files that require full • Weight: 34.8 lbs. (15.8 kg)
sandbox evaluation is under 100 seconds Environmental Conditions
• Maximal file size for Emulation is 100 MB • Operating: 0° to 40°C, humidity 5% to 95%
• Emulation OS Support: Windows XP, 7, 8.1, 10 • Storage: –20° to 70°C, humidity 5% to 95% at 60°C
Applications Certifications
• Use 8,000+ pre-defined or customize your own applications • Safety: UL, CB, CE, TUV GS
• Accept, prevent, schedule, and apply traffic-shaping • Emissions: FCC, CE, VCCI, RCM/C-Tick
Data Loss Prevention
• Environmental: RoHS, WEEE, REACH1, ISO140011
• Classify 700+ pre-defined data types 1. factory certificate

• End user and data owner incident handling

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ORDERING 23500 SECURITY GATEWAYS

BASE CONFIGURATION 1 SKU
23500 Next Generation Security Gateway Base Configuration, includes 10x1GbE copper ports, 2x 10GbE SFP+ CPAP-SG23500-NGTP
ports + 2 SR transceivers, 16GB RAM, 2 HDD, 2 AC Power Units, Lights Out Management (LOM), 2 Virtual
Systems, Next Generation Threat Prevention (NGTP) Subscription Package for 1 Year
23500 SandBlast Next Generation Security Gateway Base Configuration, includes 10x1GbE copper ports, 2x CPAP-SG23500-NGTX
10GbE SFP+ ports + 2 SR transceivers, 16GB RAM, 2 HDD, 2 AC Power Units, Lights Out Management (LOM),
2 Virtual Systems, SandBlast (NGTX) Subscription Package for 1 Year
HPP CONFIGURATION 1 SKU
23500 Next Generation Security Gateway with High Performance Package, includes10x1GbE copper ports, CPAP-SG23500-NGTP-HPP
10x10Gb SFP+ ports, 10 SR transceivers, 64 GB RAM, 2 HDD, 2 AC Power Units, Lights Out Management
(LOM), 2 Virtual Systems, Next Generation Threat Prevention (NGTP) Subscription Package for 1 Year
23500 Next Generation Security Gateway with High Performance Package, includes10x1GbE copper ports, CPAP-SG23500-NGTX-HPP
10x10Gb SFP+ ports, 10 SR transceivers, 64 GB RAM, 2 HDD, 2 AC Power Units, Lights Out Management
(LOM), 2 Virtual Systems, Next Generation Threat Extraction (SandBlast) Subscription Package for 1 Year
INTERFACE CARDS AND TRANSCEIVERS SKU
8 Port 10/100/1000 Base-T RJ45 interface card CPAC-8-1C-B
4 Port 1000Base-F SFP interface card; requires additional 1000Base SFP transceivers CPAC-4-1F-B
SFP transceiver module for 1G fiber ports - long range (1000Base-LX) CPAC-TR-1LX-B
SFP transceiver module for 1G fiber ports - short range (1000Base-SX) CPAC-TR-1SX-B
SFP transceiver to 1000 Base-T RJ45 (Copper) CPAC-TR-1T-B
4 Port 10GBase-F SFP+ interface card CPAC-4-10F-B
SFP+ transceiver module for 10G fiber ports - long range (10GBase-LR) CPAC-TR-10LR-B
SFP+ transceiver module for 10G fiber ports - short range (10GBase-SR) CPAC-TR-10SR-B
2 Port 40G QSFP+ interface card CPAC-2-40F-B
QSFP+ transceiver module for 40G fiber ports - short range (40GBase-SR) CPAC-TR-40SR-QSFP-
300m
QSFP+ transceiver module for 40G fiber ports - long range (40GBase-LR) CPAC-TR-40LR-QSFP-10K
Bi-directional QSFP+ transceiver for 40G fiber ports - short range (40GBase-SR-BiDi) CPAC-TR-40SR-QSFP-BiDi
2 Port 100/25G QSFP28 interface card CPAC-2-100/25F
SFP28 transceiver module for 25G fiber ports with QSFP28 adaptor - short range (25GBase-SR) CPAC-TR-25SR-ADP
SFP28 transceiver module for 25G fiber ports with QSFP28 adaptor - long range (25GBase-LR) CPAC-TR-25LR-ADP
QSFP28 transceiver module for 100G fiber ports - short range (100GBase-SR4) CPAC-TR-100SR
QSFP28 transceiver module for 100G fiber ports - long range (100GBase-LR4) CPAC-TR-100LR
4 Port 1GE copper Bypass (Fail-Open) network interface card (10/100/1000 Base-T) CPAC-4-1C-BP-B
2 Port 10GE short-range Fiber Bypass (Fail-Open) network interface card (10GBase-SR) CPAC-2-10-FSR-BP-B
MEMORY SKU
Memory upgrade kit from 16GB to 64GB for 23500 appliance CPAC-RAM48GB-23500
Memory upgrade kit from 16GB to 128GB for 23500 appliance CPAC-RAM112GB-23500
Memory upgrade kit from 64GB to 128GB for 23500 appliance CPAC-RAM64GB-23500
SPARES AND MISCELLANEOUS SKU
Additional/Replacement 1 TB hard drive for 15000 and 23000 appliances CPAC-HDD-1TB-B
Replacement AC power supply for 23000 appliances CPAC-PSU-AC-23000
Dual DC power supplies for 15000 and 23000 appliances CPAC-PSU-DC-Dual-
15000/23000
Replacement fan cartridge for 15000 and 23000 appliances CPAC-FAN-B
Slide rails for 15000 and 23000 Appliances (22” - 32”) CPAC-RAIL-L
Extended slide rails for 15000 and 23000 Appliances (24” - 36”) CPAC-RAIL-EXT-L
1 2 and 3 year and Virtual Systems packages also available in the online product catalog

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