PIX - Product Range

Cisco PIX Firewall product line

PIX Firewall 501

Small desktop device, small office/home office

• 7500 concurrent connections
• 60 mbps throughput (clear-text)
• 1 x 10/100 outside, 4 x 10/100 inside
• 3DES and 128-bit AES VPN with 10 concurrent peers
• 10, 50, or unlimited user licences
• Optional cable security lock
• VPN Tunnel LED only shows on IPsec tunnels

PIX Firewall 506E

Small desktop device, home office / small branch

• 25,000 concurrent connections
• 100 mbps throughput (clear-text)
• 2 x 10/100
• VPN 17mbps 3DES or 30mbps 128-bit AES, with 25 concurrent peers
• Ethernet 0 is outside, Ethernet 1 is inside

PIX Firewall 515E

small to medium business, 1u rack mountable

• 130k concurrent connections
• 188 mbps throughput (clear-text)
• 32/64MB Ram,
• 2 x 10/100 fixed, 2 PCI card slots, up to 6 interfaces
• Offers failover support
• 2000 IPsec tunnels
• VPN 3DES or 256-bit AES, 140mbps with VPN Accelerator Plus Card
• Expansion cards 1FE, 4FE, VAC, VAC+

PIX Firewall 525

Enterprise, 2u rack mountable

• 280k concurrent connections
• 300 mbps throughput (clear-text)
• 128/256 MB Ram
• 2 x 10/100 fixed, 3 PCI card slots, up to 8 Interfaces
• AC or DC power supplies
• 2000 IPsec tunnels
• Offers failover support
• VPN 155mbps 3DES or 170mbps 256-bit AES
• Expansion cards 1FE, 4FE, 1GE, VAC, VAC+

PIX Firewall 535

Enterprise and service providers

• 500k concurrent connections
• 1.7Gbps throughput (clear-text)
• 512/1024 MB Ram
• 1 Ghz Pentium III
• Restricted licence up to 8 Interfaces, Unrestricted licence up to 10 Interfaces
• dual AC or DC power supplies
• 2000 IPsec tunnels
• Offers failover support
• VPN 440mbps 3DES or 440mbps 256-bit AES (VAC+)
• Two 64-bit/66Mhz bus with two slots
• One 32-bit/33Mhz bus with five slots
• Expansion cards 1FE, 4FE, 1GE, 1GE-66, VAC, VAC+

Firewall Services Module (FWSM)

• Same features as the 535
• Module for a 6500 series switch
• Module for a 6709 internet router