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A key component of the Cisco Secure Borderless Network, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances deliver superior scalability, a broad span of technology and solutions, and effective, always-on security designed to meet the needs of a wide array of deployments. By integrating the world's most proven firewall; a comprehensive, highly effective intrusion prevention system (IPS) with Cisco Global Correlation and guaranteed coverage; high-performance VPN and always-on remote access, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series helps organizations provide secure, high performance connectivity and protects critical assets for maximum productivity.
The appliance is a single-use device with a hardened version of the Linux Kernel 2.6 (32 bit for everything but the 5580s and 64 bit for the 5580s) running ASA Release 8.3.2.
This evaluation documentation refers to ASA-5505, ASA-5510, ASA-5520, ASA-5540, ASA-5550, ASA-5580-20, and 5580-40 each with the following processor and interface configurations:
5505 – 500 MHz AMD GX3 – Eight 10/100 copper Ethernet ports;
5510 – 1.6 GHz Celeron – Five 10/100 copper Ethernet ports (two can be 10/100/1000 copper Ethernet ports), one out-of-band management port;
5520 – 2.0 GHz Celeron – Four 10/100/1000 copper Ethernet ports, one out-of-band management port;
5540 – 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 – Four 10/100/1000 copper Ethernet ports, one out-of-band management port;
5550 – 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 – Eight Gigabit Ethernet ports, four small form factor-pluggable (SFP) fiber ports, one Fast Ethernet port;
5580-20 – Four 2.6GHz AMD Opteron – Two RJ-45 management ports, two Gigabit Ethernet management ports, with space for 6 interface expansion cards:
- Up to twelve 10Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) ports (two per ASA5580-2X10GE-SR card)
- Up to twenty-four Gigabit Ethernet ports (four per ASA5580-4GE-FI card)
- Up to twenty-four 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports (four per ASA5580-4GE-CU card)
5580-40 – Four 2.6GHz AMD Opteron – Two RJ-45 management ports, two Gigabit Ethernet management ports, with space for 6 interface expansion cards:
- Up to twelve 10Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) ports (two per ASA5580-2X10GE-SR card)
- Up to twenty-four Gigabit Ethernet ports (four per ASA5580-4GE-FI card)
- Up to twenty-four 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports (four per ASA5580-4GE-CU card)
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