You run "cat/proc/smt_status" on your security gateway and the output shows 'Soft Disable'. How is your system configured in reference to hyper-threading?

What is the default setting and minimum value of the Sync tick timer?

You have users complain that they have no Internet access. Additionally, you have different Policy Layers configured to control Network Access, Web Filtering and Content. From the SmartLog you notice drop logs with the reason CPEarlyDrop. What is the main cause of this?

Consider a Check Point Security Gateway under high load. What mechanism can be used to confirm that important traffic such as control connections are not dropped?

In order to test ClusterXL failovers which command would you use on one of the ClusterXL nodes to initiate a failover?