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Security Administration - Lab Setup Guide
 Check Point Software Technologies
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March 3, 2017

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Configuring the Lab Environment
The Check Point Security Administration class topology was designed as a “sandbox” environment . All
student machines have the same set of IP addresses. The virtual machines connect to the Internet using a
NAT connection through the host machine. Internet connectivity is required for each host machine used by
students attending the course.
Follow the steps below to configure the virtual machines needed for the students to perform all Security
Administration labs. ATCs may use whatever virtualization software they choose, but Check Point assumes
most Virtual Machines will be created in either a VMware Workstation or an ESX environment. Our tests
were all performed on VMware Workstation 12.
A Special Note about Licensing
The built-in 15 day evaluation licenses are no longer used in this classroom configuration. All Check
Point servers at the Alpha site are required to have a license before the students begin this class. The Bravo
license will be added during a specific lab by the students and should not be preloaded. To get 6-month BCK
licenses provided to you for use in this and other Check Point classes, contact your ATC coordinator.
Configuring Virtual Machine Settings
All virtual machines should be configured with the following options:
 Snapshots – Power off
 VMware Tools – Installed
 Floppy – Remove from the Hardware Settings
 Time Synchronization – Synchronization between Guest and Host should be active.
LDAP Information
Configure the virtual machines on the Alpha Internal network to be in the alpha.cp domain. All users
should log into the domain and not the local virtual machine.

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Lab Topology
Configure each student machine with the following virtual environment:

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