You have just acquired new licenses for your Check Point security Gateway. You need to attach the new license. What is the object in the Security Console where you can attach the license for a…

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• ASecurity Blade
• BHardware Blade
• CSoftware Container
• DSoftware Blade

• A
  5% (2)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  91% (40)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

In Check Point's SmartConsole, a Software Container is the gateway or management object that acts as a logical "holder" for all Software Blades running on it - and it is the object to which you attach licenses. Licenses are bound to the container (the gateway host), not to individual blades, because the container defines the platform scope for blade entitlements.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Security Blade - Not a real Check Point object type; a likely confusion with "Software Blade."
• B. Hardware Blade - Refers to physical blade modules in chassis appliances; software licenses are not attached to hardware components.
• D. Software Blade - Software Blades are the features being licensed (Firewall, IPS, etc.), but you attach the license to the container that hosts them, not to the blade itself.

Memory tip: Think of the Software Container like a license plate holder on a car - the plate (license) goes on the holder (container), not on any individual part of the engine (blade). One container, many blades, one place to attach the license.

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