This article describes these Threat Emulation Appliances: TE2000XN-28VM, TE2000XN-56VM, and TE250XN.

Table of Contents

Overview
Downloads
Limitations
Documentation
Revision History

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TE2000XN-56VM and TE2000XN-28VM	TE250XN

Overview

The SandBlast TE2000XN and TE250XN appliances provide zero-day protection preventing infections from undiscovered exploits and advanced targeted attacks. It incorporates Threat Extraction and evasion-resistant malware detection with the Threat Emulation sandbox. The appliance delivers Check Point's industry leading SandBlast service on premise. The SandBlast TE Appliance may be used to provide emulation and extraction services to Check Point NGTX gateways, to SandBlast Agent on endpoints and to any system via the SandBlast API. The product may also be deployed as a standalone solution when covered by an NGTX license.

Product Benefits

Prevent new and unknown attacks in documents and executable files
Makes it virtually impossible for hackers to evade detection
Reduces costs by leveraging existing security infrastructure
Maximize protection through unified management, monitoring, and reporting
Increase security with automatic sharing of new attack information with ThreatCloud™

Key Features

Identify new malware hidden in over 40 files types, including: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, Java, Flash, executables, and archives
Protect against attacks targeting multiple Windows OS environments
The range of available appliances covers any performance need
Threat Extraction removes exploitable content to deliver clean files without delay
Unique CPU-Level technology catches malware before it has an opportunity to deploy and evade detection

Downloads

Note: To download these packages, you will need to have a Software Subscription or Active Support plan.

Supported downloads for the TE2000XN-56VM/28VM model

Version	Clean Install	Gaia Fast Deployment	Upgrade	Comment
R82	N / A	N / A	N / A	The R82 release does not support the TE2000XN model.
R81.20	See sk173903			These updated R81.20 images include the fix against CVE-2024-24919 (see sk182336).
R81.10	N / A	N / A	N / A	The R81.10 release does not support the TE2000XN model.
R81	(ISO)	(TGZ)	N / A	These R81 default images (released before 03 June 2024) are vulnerable to CVE-2024-24919. To protect against this vulnerability, you must install these packages from sk182336: R81 Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator Take 92. The required hotfix.

Supported Downloads for the TE250XN model

Version	Clean Install	Gaia Fast Deployment	Upgrade	Comment
R82	N / A	N / A	N / A	The R82 release does not support the TE250XN model. Support for the TE250XN model is planned for the R82 Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator. This SK article will be updated accordingly.
R81.20	N / A	N / A	N / A	The R81.20 release does not support the TE250XN model.
R81.10	N / A	N / A	N / A	The R81.10 release does not support the TE250XN model.
R81	(ISO)	N / A	N / A	These updated R81 images include the fix against CVE-2024-24919 (see sk182336). To protect against this vulnerability on the default R81 image that was released before 03 June 2024, you must install these packages: R81 Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator Take 92. The required hotfix.

Notes:

In the TE250XN appliances, to connect to the command line interface, you can use a USB Type-C console port.
To use it, download and install the TE250XN USB Type-C console driver on the console client machine (desktop/laptop).
In the TE250XN appliances, the R81 version is exclusively supported for security fixes even after its official End of Support in Oct 2024. Threat Emulation support in the TE250XN appliances continues with updates to engines and signatures.

Limitations

The R81 release is officially supported on the TE250XN appliance model until a higher version is released that supports this model as well. R&D are working on adding the support for the TE250XN model in the R82 Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator. This SK will be updated accordingly.
The R81.20 release supports only the TE2000XN appliance model.
The R81.10 release does not support these appliance models - neither TE2000XN, nor TE25XN.
The R81.00 Jumbo Hotfix supports the TE2000XN and TE250XN appliance models starting only in Take 89 and higher.

Documentation

Overview Documents

Threat Emulation Appliances datasheet

TE2000 and TE250XN Appliances Quick Start Guide

TE2000XN Documents

TE2000XN Appliances Getting Started Guide

TE2000XN Appliances Installing the Telescoping Rails

TE2000XN Appliances Installing and Removing Memory

TE2000XN Appliances Replacing AC Power Supply Units

TE2000XN Appliances Replacing DC Power Supply Units

TE2000XN Appliances Replacing LOM Card

TE250XN Documents

TE250XN Appliances Getting Started Guide

TE250XN Appliances Installing and Removing Storage Devices

TE250XN Appliances Replacing AC Power Supply Units

TE250XN Appliances Replacing DC Power Supply Units

TE250XN Appliances Installing the Telescoping Rails

TE250XN Appliances Replacing LOM Card

Common Guides

Check Point Lights Out Management (LOM) HTML5-based Card Administration Guide for QLS, 6000, 7000, 16000, 26000, 28000, TE2000XN, and TE250XN Appliances

Check Point Appliances Replacing Transceivers Guide

Revision History

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Date	Description
23 Feb 2025	Updated the "Documentation" section - links to the TE2000XN documents
13 Nov 2024	Updated the "Downloads" section: The latest supported version on TE2000XN is R81.20 The latest supported version on TE250XN is R81
27 Oct 2024	Updated the "Downloads" section with R82 support for TE2000XN only.
22 Oct 2024	Updated the "Downloads" section with R82 support.
03 June 2024	Updated the "Downloads" section with the information about CVE-2024-24919 (see sk182336).
13 Mar 2024	Updated the "Limitations" section - the R81 release supports TE250XN until a higher version is released that supports this model as well.
29 Jan 2024	Updated the "Limitations" section - the R81.20 release supports only the TE2000XN appliance model.
23 Jan 2024	Updated the "Limitations" section.
1 May 2023	Updated the "Documentation" section - the Transceivers Guide link.
30 Apr 2023	Updated the "Documentation" section - removed the Memory FRU guide link from the TE250XN (SandBlast) Appliances sub-section - if a DIMM is faulty, it is necessary to start an RMA process for the entire appliance.
14 Dec 2022	Added the section "Limitations": It is not supported to install the R81 Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator on top of this special R81 release. It is not supported to upgrade to the R81.10 / R81.20 releases, or install these releases from scratch. Added the section "Revision History".
23 Nov 2022	Added the note "The R81.10 and R81.20 releases do not support these appliance models".
24 Aug 2022	Added the "TE250XN" model.
31 Aug 2021	First release of this article.