Mellanox Has Gained Over a Million Ethernet Ports

 Mellanox Technologies from Yokneam, Israel, said that the integration of its Ethernet switches into  Check Point Software’s “Maestro” security platform, announced in January 2019, has propelled Ethernet switch shipments past the one million port milestone. Check Point has selected Mellanox Spectrum-based Ethernet switches for its next generation Maestro platform – the industry’s first truly hyperscale network security solution.

Check Point Maestro is a revolutionary new hardware-software security suite based on a new architecture to enable cyber defense against “Generation V” threats.  Its HyperSync patented technology allows customers to enjoy full redundancy within a system, by utilizing all hardware resources. Maestro leverages the Mellanox 10, 25 and 100Gbps Spectrum based Ethernet switches.

The Spectrum-based Open Ethernet platform enables Check Point to allow Gaia, its operating system for security applications, to run on the switch. Gaia provides the feature set and interfaces that are familiar to security administrators worldwide, and delivers secure updates via IPSO and Secure Platform.

Mellanox’ Spectrum family of Ethernet switches are purpose built for Software Defined Datacenters. The Spectrum product family includes a broad portfolio of Top-of-Rack (TOR) and aggregation switches that range from 16 to 128 physical ports, with Ethernet data rates of 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, 100GbE, 200GbE and 400GbE per port. Utilizing an Open Ethernet architecture allows a choice of operating systems, including Mellanox Onyx, Cumulus Linux, SONiC, Switchdev and others.

Itai Greenberg, VP Product Management at Check Point, said that Check Point’s decision “Came After a careful evaluation of the various offerings. We selected the Mellanox Spectrum family of switches as the best solution to meet our needs and deliver unmatched security platforms to our customers. We look forward to continuing the technology collaboration with Mellanox for product generations to come.”