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| Cisco Security Portfolio | |||||
| 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 |
| Market | Small Business, Branch Office, Enterprise Teleworker | SMB and Small Enterprise | Small Enterprise | Medium Enterprise | Large Enterprise |
| Performance Summary | |||||
| Maximum firewall throughput (Mbps) | 150 | 300 | 450 | 650 | 1200 |
| Maximum 3DES/AES VPN throughput (Mbps) | 100 | 170 | 225 | 325 | 425 |
| Maximum site-to-site and remote access VPN user sessions | 10/25 | 250 | 750 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Maximum SSL VPN user sessions1 | 25 | 250 | 750 | 2,500 | 5,000 |
| Maximum connections | 10,000/25,000 | 50,000/130,000 | 280,000 | 400,000 | 650,000 |
| Maximum connections/second | 3,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 | 20,000 | 28,000 |
| Packets per second (64 byte) | 85,000 | 190,000 | 320,000 | 500,000 | 600,000 |
| Technical Summary | |||||
| Memory (MB) | 256 | 256 | 512 | 1024 | 4096 |
| Minimum system flash (MB) | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| 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 |
| Maximum virtual interfaces (VLANs) | 50/100 | 150 | 200 | 250 | |
| SSC/SSM expansion slot | Yes (SSC) | Yes (SSM) | Yes (SSM) | Yes (SSM) | No |
| SSC/SSM Capabilities | |||||
| SSC/SSMs supported | Future, SSC | CSC-SSM, AIP-SSM, 4GE-SSM | CSC-SSM, AIP-SSM, 4GE-SSM | CSC-SSM, AIP-SSM, 4GE-SSM | No |
| Intrusion Prevention | Not available | Yes (with AIP-SSM) | Yes (with AIP-SSM) | Yes (with AIP-SSM) | No |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Features | |||||
| Application-layer security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Layer 2 transparent firewalling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Security contexts (included/maximum)3 | 0/0 | 0/0 / 2/5 | 2/20 | 2/50 | 2/50 |
| GTP/GPRS inspection3 | Not available | Not available | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 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 |
| IPSec and WebVPN services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VPN clustering and load balancing | Not available | Not available | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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1. Beginning with Cisco ASA Software v7.1, SSL VPN (Web VPN) capability requires a license. Systems include 2 SSL VPN users by default for evaluation and remote management purposes |
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