Cisco ASA 5500-X Seri es Next-Generation Firewall s

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With Cisco ASA firewalls, you can integrate multiple enterprise-class, next-generation network
security services without sacrificing performance. Cisco ASA combines the most deployed
stateful inspection firewall in the industry with next-generation firewall capabilities.
Read more about the ASA 5500 and ASA 5500-X Series for small and branch offices.
Cisco ASA
Model
ASA 5505
/ Security
Plus
ASA 5510 /
Security Plus
ASA 5512-X /
Security Plus
ASA 5515-X
End-Of-
Life/End-of Sale
(9/16/13)
X
Stateful
Inspection
throughput
(max
1
)
Up to 150
Mbps
Up to 300 Mbps 1 Gbps 1.2 Gbps
Stateful
Inspection
throughput
(multiprotocol
2
)
- - 500 Mbps 600 Mbps
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Next-Generation
throughput
3
(multiprotocol )
- - 200 Mbps 350 Mbps
IPS throughput
4
Up to 75
Mbps with
AIP SSC-5
Up to 150 Mbps
with AIP SSM-10;
300 Mbps with AIP
SSM-20
250 Mbps
(Extra hardware
module not
required)
400 Mbps
(Extra hardware
module not
required)
Concurrent
sessi ons
10,000
/25,000
50,000 /130,000 100,000 250,000
Connections
per second
4,000 9,000 10,000 15,000
Packets per
second (64
byte)
85,000 190,000 450,000 500,000
3DES/AES VPN
throughput
5
100 Mbps 170 Mbps 200 Mbps 250 Mbps
Site-to-site and
IPsec IKEv1
client VPN user
sessi ons
10/25 250 250 250
AnyConnect or
clientless VPN
user sessions
6
(AnyConnect
l icense
requi red)
25 250 250 250
Cisco Cloud
Web Securi ty
users
25 75 100 250
VLANs 3 (trunking
disabled) /
20
(trunking
enabled)
50 / 100 50 / 100 100
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High-avai labili ty
support
7
Not
available
Not available; A/A
and A/S
Not available; A/A
and A/S
A/A and A/S
Integrated I/O 8-port FE
with 2
Power
over
Ethernet
(PoE)
ports
5-port FE / 2-port
10/100/1000,
3-port FE
6-port
10/100/1000
6-port
10/100/1000
Expansion I/O Not
available
4-port
10/100/1000 or
4-port GE (SFP)
6-port
10/100/1000 or
6-port GE (SFP)
6-port
10/100/1000 or
6-port GE (SFP)
Dual power
supplies
Not
available
Not available Not available Not available
Power AC/DC AC/DC AC/DC AC/DC
1
Maximum throughput with UDP traffic measured under ideal test conditions
2
Multiprotocol =Traffic profile consisting primarily of TCP-based protocols/applications like
HTTP, SMTP, FTP, IMAPv4, BitTorrent, and DNS
3
Throughput was measured using ASA CX Software Release 9.1.1 with multi-protocol traffic
profile with both Application Visibility Control (AVC) and Web Security Essentials (WSE). Traffic
logging was enabled as well.
4
Firewall traffic that does not go through IPS service can have higher throughput.
5
VPN throughput and sessions count depend on the ASA device configuration and VPN traffic
patterns. These elements should be taken into consideration as part of your capacity planning.
Maximum throughput numbers are based on IPsec IKEv1 Remote Access VPN Connectivity.
6
2 AnyConnect Premium User Licenses are included by default
7
A/A =Active/Active; A/S =Active/Standby
Borderless Networks Information For Support About Cisco
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