Cisco Systems PIX515E About the Cisco PIX 515E Firewall, Hardware Features, Software Features

About the Cisco PIX 515E Firewall

The Cisco PIX 515E delivers enterprise-class security for small-to-medium business and enterprise networks, in a modular, purpose-built appliance. Its versatile

one-rack unit (1RU) design supports up to 6 10/100	PIX FirewallSERIES
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Fast Ethernet interfaces, making it an excellent choice

for businesses requiring a cost-effective, resilient security solution with demilitarized zone (DMZ) support. It delivers up to 188 Mbps of firewall throughput with the ability to handle over

130,000 simultaneous sessions. Some PIX 515E models include award-winning high-availability services as well as integrated hardware VPN acceleration, delivering up to 130 Mbps of 3DES and 256-bit AES VPN throughput.

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Hardware Features

•433-MHz Intel Celeron processor

•32-MB RAM with the restricted (R) license;

64-MB RAM with the unrestricted (UR) and failover (FO) licenses

•16-MB Flash memory

•128-KB level 2 cache memory at 433 MHz

•32-bit, 33-MHz system bus

•Up to 6 10/100 Fast Ethernet interfaces

•Serial console port for administrative access

•Front panel LEDs for power, failover, and network status

•Up to 188-Mbps firewall throughput

•Supports 56-bit DES, 168-bit 3DES, and 128- or 256-bit AES data encryption to ensure data privacy

•Up to 60/130-Mbps VPN throughput (VAC/VAC+)

Software Features

•Includes Cisco PIX Device Manager (PDM) for intuitive, web-based administration of PIX Firewalls

•Supports three licensing models with additional host capacity and failover capability

•Internal DHCP server supports up to 256 address leases per interface

•Supports up to 2000 remote access and site-to-site VPN peers

•Supports up to 130,000 simultaneous connections

•Supports up to eight 802.1Q VLAN-based logical interfaces

•Intrusion protection from many different types of popular network-based attacks ranging from malformed packet attacks to DoS attacks

•Delivers highly resilient network security services via award-winning stateful failover on certain PIX 515E models

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