ASA5512-K9

There are so many firewalls in the market, how can I select?

Consider your budget, and what you need firewall to do. Please learn more details here .

What version of ASDM is used to manage the Cisco ASA 5500-X Series?

The Cisco ASA 5500-X Series can be managed using ASDM 6.6.1 or later. Previous releases of ASDM are not supported.

What are the advantages of cloud web security being integrated with the firewall?

Now that Cisco Cloud Web Security is integrated with Cisco ASA Software Release 9.0, organizations gain a centralized content security solution combined with localized network security. However, in contrast to all-in-one offerings, which suffer significant performance degradation when web security services are enabled, there is little to no impact on ASA performance because the content scanning is offloaded to the Cisco web security cloud. Administrators can choose to perform deep content scanning on a subset of traffic, based on network address, Microsoft Active Directory user or group name, or hosts residing inside a specific security context.

Does performance vary from one software release to another?

New features result in a minor variance in performance from one software release to another across all ASA platforms.

What is the ASA firewall transparent mode?

Traditionally, a firewall is a routed hop and acts as a default gateway for hosts that connect to one of its screened subnets. A transparent firewall, on the other hand, is a Layer 2 firewall that acts like a "bump in the wire," or a "stealth firewall," and is not seen as a router hop to connected devices.

Do you provide an enterprise management tool with the capability to manage multiple instances of your solution?

Yes, the Cisco Content Switching Module delivers this capability.

What version of Cisco Security Manager is used to manage the ASA5512-K9?

The Cisco ASA 5500-X Series can be managed using Cisco Security Manager 4.3 and later. Previous releases do not support the Cisco ASA 5500-X Series.

Does this ASA5512-K9 support Dual-Power Supplies?

No.

What are the ports of ASA5512-K9?

It has 6 copper GE ports, and 1 copper GE management port.

What are the advantages of cloud web security being integrated with the firewall?

Now that Cisco Cloud Web Security is integrated with Cisco ASA Software Release 9.0, organizations gain a centralized content security solution combined with localized network security. However, in contrast to all-in-one offerings, which suffer significant performance degradation when web security services are enabled, there is little to no impact on ASA performance because the content scanning is offloaded to the Cisco web security cloud. Administrators can choose to perform deep content scanning on a subset of traffic, based on network address, Microsoft Active Directory user or group name, or hosts residing inside a specific security context.

How many the Maximum Logs per Second?

10000