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At-A-Glance

	ASA5520-SSL500-K9	6621351	Cisco ASA 5520 SSL/IPsec VPN Edition, 750 IPsec VPN and 500 SSL VPN peers, firewall services, 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 1 Fast Ethernet interface
	ASA5540-K8	6605511	Cisco ASA 5540 Firewall Edition, 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports + 1 Fast Ethernet interface, 5000 IPsec VPN and 2 SSL VPN peers, DES
	ASA5540-BUN-K9	5822783	Cisco ASA 5540 Firewall Edition, 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports + 1 Fast Ethernet interface, 5000 IPsec VPN and 2 SSL VPN peers, 3DES/AES
	ASA5540-AIP20-K9	5822804	Cisco ASA 5540 IPS Edition, AIP-SSM-20 module, Firewall services, 5000 IPsec VPN and 2 SSL VPN peers, 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 1 Fast Ethernet interface
	ASA5540-SSL1000-K9	6653547	Cisco ASA 5540 SSL/IPsec VPN Edition, 5000 IPsec VPN and 1000 SSL VPN peers, firewall services, 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 1 Fast Ethernet interface
	ASA5540-SSL2500-K9	6653555	Cisco ASA 5540 SSL/IPsec VPN Edition, 5000 IPsec VPN and 2500 SSL VPN peers, firewall services, 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 1 Fast Ethernet interface
Cisco PIX 535	ASA5550-K8	6772781	Cisco ASA 5550 Firewall Edition, 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports + 1 Fast Ethernet interface, 4 Gigabit SFP ports, 5000 IPsec VPN and 2 SSL VPN peers, DES
	ASA5550-BUN-K9	6772802	Cisco ASA 5550 Firewall Edition, 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports + 1 Fast Ethernet interface, 4 Gigabit SFP ports, 5000 IPsec VPN and 2 SSL VPN peers, 3DES/AES
	ASA5550-SSL2500-K9	6772811	Cisco ASA 5550 SSL/IPsec VPN Edition, 5000 IPsec VPN and 2500 SSL VPN peers, firewall services, 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 1 Fast Ethernet interface
	ASA5550-SSL5000-K9	6772829	Cisco ASA 5550 SSL/IPsec VPN Edition, 5000 IPsec VPN and 5000 SSL VPN peers, firewall services, 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 1 Fast Ethernet interface

Product Specifications

ACRONYMS

SSC: Security Services Card, SSM: Security Services Module, AIP-SSM:Advanced Inspection and Prevention Security Services Module, CSC-SSM:Content Security and Control Security Services Module, 4GE-SSM:4 Gigabit Ethernet Security Services Module

	Cisco ASA 5505	Cisco ASA 5510	Cisco ASA 5520	Cisco ASA 5540	Cisco ASA 5550
Users and nodes	10, 50, or unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Firewall throughput	Up to 150 Mbps	Up to 300 Mbps	Up to 450 Mbps	Up to 650 Mbps	Up to 1.2 Gbps
Concurrent threat	Not available	Up to 150 Mbps with Cisco ASA	Up to 225 Mbps with AIP-SSM-10;	Up to 450 Mbps with AIP-SSM-20	Not available
mitigation throughput		5500 Series Advanced Inspection	Up to 375 Mbps with AIP-SSM-20
(firewall + IPS services)		and Prevention Security Services
		Module (AIP SSM) 10 (part number
		AIP-SSM-10); Up to 300 Mbps with
		Cisco ASA 5500 Series AIP SSM 20
		(part number AIP-SSM-20)
3DES/AES VPN throughput	Up to 100 Mbps	Up to 170 Mbps	Up to 225 Mbps	Up to 325 Mbps	Up to 360 Mbps
IPsec VPN peers	10; 25*	250	750	5000	5000
SSL VPN peers*	2/25	2/250	2/750	2/2500	2/5000
(included/maximum)
Concurrent sessions	10,000; 25,000*	50,000; 130,000*	280,000	400,000	650,000
New sessions per second	3,000	6,000	9,000	20,000	28,000
Integrated network ports	8-port Fast Ethernet switch	5 Fast Ethernet ports	4 Gigabit Ethernet ports plus	4 Gigabit Ethernet ports plus	8 Gigabit Ethernet ports, SFP fiber,
	(including 2 PoE ports)		1 Fast Ethernet port	1 Fast Ethernet port	and 1 Fast Ethernet port
Virtual interfaces (VLANs)	3 (trunking disabled) /	50/100 *	150	200	250
	20* (trunking enabled)
Security contexts	0/0	0/0 (Base); 2/5 (Security Plus)	2/20	2/50	2/50
(included/maximum)
High availability	Not supported;	Not supported; Active/Active and	Active/Active and Active/Standby	Active/Active and Active/Standby	Active/Active and Active/Standby
	stateless Active/Standby*	Active/Standby*
Expansion slot	1, SSC	1, SSM	1, SSM	1, SSM	0

*Available through an upgrade license

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