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Cisco ASA 5505
400 AZN
Cisco ASA 5500 Series Model/License
Cisco ASA 5505 Base /
Security Plus Cisco ASA 5510 Base /
Security Plus Cisco ASA 5520 Cisco ASA 5540 Cisco ASA 5550
Network Location Small Business, Branch Office, Enterprise Teleworker Internet Edge Internet Edge Internet Edge Internet Edge, Campus
Performance Summary
Maximum Firewall throughput 150 Mbps 300 Mbps 450 Mbps 650 Mbps 1.2 Gbps
Maximum Firewall Connections 10,000 /
25,000 50,000 /
130,000 280,000 400,000 650,000
Maximum Firewall Connections/Second 4000 9000 12,000 25,000 36,000
Packets Per Second (64 byte) 85,000 190,000 320,000 500,000 600,000
Maximum 3DES/AES VPN Throughput 100 Mbps 170 Mbps 225 Mbps 325 Mbps 425 Mbps
Maximum Site-to-Site and IPsec IKEv1 Client VPN User Sessions 10 /25 250 750 5000 5000
Maximum AnyConnect or Clientless VPN User Sessions 25 250 750 2500 5000
Bundled SSL VPN User Session 2 2 2 2 2
Technical Summary
Memory 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Minimum System Flash 128 MB 256 MB 256 MB 256 MB 256 MB
Integrated Ports 8 port 10/100 switch with 2 Power over Ethernet (PoE) ports 5-10/100 /
2-10/100/1000, 3-10/100+4-10/100/1000, 4 SFP (with 4GE SSM) 4-10/100/1000,
1-10/100 +4-10/100/1000, 4 SFP (with 4GE SSM) 4-10/100/1000,
1-10/100 +4-10/100/1000, 4 SFP (with 4GE SSM) 8-10/100/1000,
4-SFP, 1-10/100
Maximum Virtual Interfaces (VLANs) 3 (trunking disabled) /
20 (trunking enabled) 50 / 100 150 200 400
Expansion Capabilities
SSC/SSM/ICs Expansion 1-SSC 1-SSM 1-SSM 1-SSM Not available
SSC/SSM/ICs Supported AIP, SSC CSC SSM, AIP SSM, 4GE SSM CSC SSM, AIP SSM, 4GE SSM CSC SSM, AIP SSM, 4GE SSM Not available
Intrusion Prevention Yes (with AIP SSC) Yes (with AIP SSM) Yes (with AIP SSM) Yes (with AIP SSM) Not available
Concurrent Threat Mitigation Throughput (Mbps) (Firewall + IPS Services) 75 (with AIP SSC-5) 150 (with AIP SSM-10)
300 (with AIP SSM-20) 225 (with AIP SSM-10)
375 (with AIP SSM-20)
450 (with AIP SSM-40) 500 (wth AIP SSM-20)
650 (with AIP SSM-40) Not available
Content Security (Anti-virus, Anti-Spyware, File Blocking) 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
Content Security 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
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version (latest) 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4
Application-layer Firewall Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Layer 2 Transparent Firewalling Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Security Contexts (included/maximum)1 0/0 0/0 /
2/5 2/20 2/50 2/100
GTP/GPRS Inspection1 Not available Not available Yes Yes Yes
High-availability Support2 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
SSL and IPsec VPN Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VPN Clustering and Load Balancing Not available Not available /
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Advanced Endpoint Assessment1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes