Crossbeam X Series

Course Overview

This three-day course covers the Crossbeam "X" series architecture, feature and installation, covering the basic steps involved in setting up a multi security platform. In addition, it provides hands on training to configure, monitor and troubleshoot the crossbeam X series platforms

Audience

This course is designed for:

• Technical Support Engineers providing service level support
• System Engineers performing demonstrations
• Security Administrators deploying Crossbeam products

Skills Gained

Delegates attending this course will be able to:

• Understand Crossbeam Solutions architecture and how to deploy its various applications and components
• Enable, manage and effectively deploy security applications on the Crossbeam platform
• Enable High availability features on the Crossbeam platform including interface redundancy, standby VAP, application load and pre-emption priority and load balancing.
• Implement network address translation (NAT)
• Enable advanced configurations including VLANs, multiple VAP groups, flow rules and flow sequencing.
• Perform advanced recovery and upgrade tasks
• Administer and troubleshoot Crossbeam solutions

Prerequisites

Delegates should have a good working knowledge of TCP/IP protocols, routing, and security technologies, a basic knowledge of the World Wide Web, Web browsers, Web servers, Instant Messaging, and the HTTP protocol and a basic knowledge of Authentication protocols (LDAP, NTLM, Radius).

Delegates should also have a working knowledge of Check Point NGX and Smart Dashboard.

Course Outline

In the presentations and labs the delegate will gain hands-on experience in:

• X-series basic configurations
• Setting up all high availability features such as VRRP, physical interface redundancy, application processor module redundancy, control processor redundancy
• Establishing basic FireWall-1 security policies on Crossbeam platforms
• Setting up multi-applications environment such as FireWall1, Anti Virus and IDS applications on
• Crossbeam X-series platforms
• Configuring NAT
• Troubleshooting and debugging the Crossbeam Solutions
• Management of the Crossbeam Solutions (Software upgrade, GUI management)