Cisco ASA 5580 Features

The 5580 is the Flag-Ship Cisco ASA model. It comes as two versions, the ASA 5580-20 and the ASA 5580-40, which differ in the performance parameters. The ASA 5580 is basically an HP Server Chassis with 6 slots on the back for inserting interface card modules. The 5580 is designed for the largest and most traffic demanding network topologies. It is ideal for high-speed data centers and large campus networks. It supports the largest firewall throughput in the hardware firewall market, with 5 Gbps (5580-20) and 10 Gbps (5580-40) capacity. It is also the only model supporting 10Gbps interfaces. Like the 5550, it does not support an embedded Security Services Module (SSM), so you cannot integrate an IDS/IPS functionality inside the same chassis.
Let’s see the features of the ASA 5580 in more detail below:

  • Maximum firewall connections:1,000,000 (5580-20), 2,000,000 (5580-40)
  • Maximum firewall throughput (Gbps): 5 Gbps (5580-20), 10 Gbps (5580-40)
  • Max Packets per second (64 byte): 2,500,000 (5580-20), 4,000,000 (5580-40)
  • Maximum firewall connections/second: 90,000 (5580-20), 150,000 (5580-40)
  • Maximum 3DES/AES VPN throughput: 1 Gbps
  • Maximum site-to-site and remote access VPN sessions: 10,000
  • Maximum SSL VPN user sessions: 10,000
  • Memory: 8 GB (5580-20), 12 GB (5580-40)
  • System Flash: 1 GB
  • Integrated ports: 2-10/100/1000 + 4-10/100/1000 (with ASA5580-4GE-CU) + 4 GE SR LC (with ASA5580-4GE-FI), +2 10GE SR LC (with ASA5580-2X10GE-SR)
  • Maximum VLANs: 250
  • SSM Expansion Slots: Not Available
  • Intrusion Prevention: Not Supported (need external box)
  • Content Security (anti-virus, anti-spyware, file blocking): Not Supported
  • IC Expansion Slots 6 Interface Cards Supported
  • Latest Software version:8.2 (as of April 2009)
  • Application-layer firewall services: Supported
  • Layer 2 transparent firewall: Supported
  • Security contexts: 2 (Included), 20 (Maximum, with license)
  • GTP/GPRS inspection: Supported (needs license)
  • High availability support: Active/Active, Active/Standby
  • SSL and IPsec VPN services: Supported

Related posts:

  1. Cisco ASA 5550
  2. Cisco ASA 5540
  3. Cisco ASA 5510

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