Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services

Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Low-End Appliances with FirePOWER Services

Cisco ASA 5512-X w/ FirePOWER Services

Cisco ASA 5515-X w/ FirePOWER Services

Cisco ASA 5525-X w/ FirePOWER Services

Cisco ASA 5545-X w/ FirePOWER Services

Cisco ASA 5555-X w/ FirePOWER Services

Maximum application control (AVC) throughput

300 Mbps

500 Mbps

1,100 Mbps

1,500 Mbps

1,750 Mbps

Maximum application control (AVC) and IPS throughput

150 Mbps

250 Mbps

650 Mbps

1,000 Mbps

1,250 Mbps

Maximum concurrent sessions

100,000

250000

500,000

750,000

1,000,000

Maximum New Connections per second

10,000

15,000

20,000

30,000

50,000

Application control (AVC) or IPS sizing throughput [440 byte HTTP]*

100 Mbps

150 Mbps

375 Mbps

575 Mbps

725 Mbps

Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewalls Hardware

Cisco ASA 5512-X

Cisco ASA 5515-X

Cisco ASA 5525-X

Cisco ASA 5545-X

Cisco ASA 5555-X

Stateful inspection throughput (maximum¹)

1 Gbps

1.2 Gbps

2 Gbps

3 Gbps

4 Gbps

Stateful inspection throughput (multiprotocol²)

500 Mbps

600 Mbps

1 Gbps

1.5 Gbps

2 Gbps

Triple Data Encryption Standard/Advanced Encryption Standard (3DES/AES) VPN throughput³

200 Mbps

250 Mbps

300 Mbps

400 Mbps

700 Mbps

Users/nodes

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

IPsec VPN peers

250

250

750

2500

5000

Cisco Cloud Web Security users

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

Cisco AnyConnect Premium/Apex VPN peers (included; maximum)

2; 250

2; 250

2; 750

2; 2500

2; 5000

Virtual interfaces (VLANs)

50; 100

100

200

300

500

Security contexts⁵ (included; maximum)

0,0; 2,5

2;5

2; 20

2; 50

2; 100

High availability⁴

Requires Security Plus License; Active/Active and Active/Standby

Active/Active and Active/Standby

Active/Active and Active/Standby

Active/Active and Active/Standby

Active/Active and Active/Standby

Integrated Wireless Access Point

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Expansion slot

1 interface card

1 interface card

1 interface card

1 interface card

1 interface card

User-accessible Flash slot

No

No

0

-

0

USB 2.0 ports

2

2

2

2

2

Integrated I/O

6 GE copper

6 GE copper

8 GE copper

8 GE copper

8 GE copper

Expansion I/O

6 GE copper or 6 GE SFP

6 GE copper or 6 GE SFP

6 GE copper or 6 GE SFP

6 GE copper or 6 GE SFP

6 GE copper or 6 GE SFP

Dedicated management port

Yes (1 GE)

Yes (1 GE)

Yes (1 GE)

Yes (1 GE)

Yes (1 GE)

Serial ports

1 RJ-45 console

1 RJ-45 console

1 RJ-45 console

1 RJ-45 console

1 RJ-45 console

Solid-state drive

1 slot, 120 GB MLC SED

1 slot, 120 GB MLC SED

1 slot, 120 GB MLC SED

2 slots, RAID 1, 120 GB MLC SED

2 slots, RAID 1, 120 GB MLC SED

Memory

4 GB

8 GB

8 GB

12 GB

16 GB

Minimum system flash

4 GB

8 GB

8 GB

8 GB

8 GB

System bus

Multibus architecture

Multibus architecture

Multibus architecture

Multibus architecture

Multibus architecture