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Network Protection Tailored to Your Business
Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances are easy-to-deploy solutions that integrate world-class firewall, Unified Communications (voice/video) security, SSL and IPsec VPN, intrusion prevention (IPS), and content security services in a flexible, modular product family. Designed as a key component of the Cisco Self-Defending Network, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series provides intelligent threat defense and secure communications services that stop attacks before they impact business continuity. Designed to protect networks of all sizes, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series enables organizations to lower their overall deployment and operations costs while delivering comprehensive multilayer security.
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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Model/License |
5505 Base/Security Plus |
5510 Base/Security Plus |
5520 |
5540 |
5550 |
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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version (latest) |
7.2.2 |
7.2.2 |
7.2.2 |
7.2.2 |
7.2.2 |
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Market |
Small Business, Branch Office, Enterprise Teleworker |
SMB and Small Enterprise |
Small Enterprise |
Medium Enterprise |
Large Enterprise |
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Performance Summary
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Maximum firewall throughput (Mbps) |
150 |
300 |
450 |
650 |
1200 |
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Maximum 3DES/AES VPN throughput (Mbps) |
100 |
170 |
225 |
325 |
425 |
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Maximum site-to-site and remote access VPN user sessions |
10/25 |
250 |
750 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
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Maximum SSL VPN user sessions1 |
25 |
250 |
750 |
2,500 |
5,000 |
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Maximum connections |
10,000/25,000 |
50,000/130,000 |
280,000 |
400,000 |
650,000 |
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Maximum connections/second |
3,000 |
6,000 |
9,000 |
20,000 |
28,000 |
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Packets per second (64 byte) |
85,000 |
190,000 |
320,000 |
500,000 |
600,000 |
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Technical Summary |
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Memory (MB) |
256 |
256 |
512 |
1024 |
4096 |
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Minimum system flash (MB) |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
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Integrated ports2 |
8 port 10/100 switch with 2 Power over Ethernet ports |
5-10/100 |
4-10/100/1000,
1-10/100 |
4-10/100/1000,
1-10/100 |
8-10/100/1000,
1-10/100 |
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Maximum virtual interfaces (VLANs) |
3 (trunking disabled) / 20 (trunking enabled) |
50/100 |
150 |
200 |
250 |
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SSC/SSM expansion slot |
Yes (SSC) |
Yes (SSM) |
Yes (SSM) |
Yes (SSM) |
No |
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SSC/SSM Capabilities
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SSC/SSMs supported |
Future, SSC |
CSC-SSM, AIP-SSM, 4GE-SSM |
CSC-SSM, AIP-SSM, 4GE-SSM |
CSC-SSM, AIP-SSM, 4GE-SSM |
No |
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Intrusion Prevention |
Not available |
Yes (with AIP-SSM) |
Yes (with AIP-SSM) |
Yes (with AIP-SSM) |
No |
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Concurrent threat mitigation throughput (Mbps) (firewall + IPS services) |
Not available |
150 (with AIP-SSM-10)
300 (with AIP-SSM-20) |
225 (with AIP-SSM-10)
375 (with AIP-SSM-20) |
450 (with AIP-SSM-20) |
Not available |
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Anti-X (anti-virus, anti-spyware, file blocking, anti-spam, anti-phishing, and URL filtering) |
Not available |
Yes (with CSC-SSM) |
Yes (with CSC-SSM) |
Yes (with CSC-SSM) |
Not available |
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Maximum number of users for anti-virus, anti-spyware, file blocking (CSC-SSM only) |
Not available |
500 (CSC-SSM-10)
1000 (CSC-SSM-20) |
500 (CSC-SSM-10)
1000 (CSC-SSM-20) |
500 (CSC-SSM-10)
1000 (CSC-SSM-20) |
Not available |
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CSC SSM Plus License features |
Not available |
Anti-spam, anti-phishing, URL filtering |
Anti-spam, anti-phishing, URL filtering |
Anti-spam, anti-phishing, URL filtering |
Not available |
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Features
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Application-layer security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Layer 2 transparent firewalling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Security contexts (included/maximum)3 |
0/0 |
0/0 / 2/5 |
2/20 |
2/50 |
2/50 |
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GTP/GPRS inspection3 |
Not available |
Not available |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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High availability support4 |
Not supported / Stateless A/S |
Not supported / A/A and A/S |
A/A and A/S |
A/A and A/S |
A/A and A/S |
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IPSec and WebVPN services |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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VPN clustering and load balancing |
Not available |
Not available |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | | |
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