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Hardware Product Performance and Specifications
Table 4 provides a comparison of the Cisco ASA with Cisco FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) 10,
20, 40, and 60 hardware blades.
Table 4. Cisco ASA 5585-X with FirePOWER Services Hardware Blade Capabilities and Capacities
Feature
Cisco ASA 5585-X
SSP-10 w/ FirePOWER
Services
Cisco ASA 5585-X
SSP-20 w/ FirePOWER
Services
Cisco ASA 5585-X
SSP-40 w/ FirePOWER
Services
Cisco ASA 5585-X
SSP-60 w/ FirePOWER
Services
Maximum application control
(AVC) throughput
4.5 Gbps
7 Gbps
10 Gbps
15 Gbps
Maximum application control
(AVC) and NGIPS throughput
2 Gbps
3.5 Gbps
6 Gbps
10 Gbps
Maximum concurrent
sessions
500,000
1,000,000
1,800,000
4,000,000
Maximum New Connections
per second
40,000
75,000
120,000
160,000
Application control (AVC) or
IPS sizing throughput [440
byte HTTP]
*
1.2 Gbps
2 Gbps
3.5 Gbps
6 Gbps
Supported applications
More than 3,000
URL categories
80+
Number of URLs categorized
More than 280 million
Centralized configuration,
logging, monitoring, and
reporting
Multi-device Cisco Security Manager and Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center
Product Model
Cisco ASA 5585-X
SSP-10 w/ FirePOWER
Services
Cisco ASA 5585-X
SSP-20 w/ FirePOWER
Services
Cisco ASA 5585-X
SSP-40 w/ FirePOWER
Services
Cisco ASA 5585-X
SSP-60 w/ FirePOWER
Services
Technical Specifications
Memory
12 GB
24 GB
24 GB
48 GB
Minimum flash
8 GB
Management and monitoring
interface
2 Ethernet 10/100/1000 ports
ASA 5585-X with FirePOWER Services - Extended Performance (EP) Models
The Extended Performance (EP) models address the need to run multiple services without sacrificing performance.
As services are activated on the EP models, the performance levels remain predictable and consistent.
Table 5. Cisco ASA 5585-X with FirePOWER Services - Extended Performance (EP) Hardware Blade Capabilities
and Capacities
Feature
Cisco ASA 5585-X SSP
EP 10/40 w/ FirePOWER Services
Cisco ASA 5585-X SSP
EP 20/60 w/ FirePOWER Services
Maximum Throughput:
Application Control (AVC)
4.5 Gbps
7 Gbps
Maximum Throughput:
Application Control (AVC) and IPS
4.5 Gbps
7 Gbps
Maximum concurrent sessions
500,000
1,000,000
Maximum New Connections per second
40,000
75,000
Sizing Throughput [440 byte HTTP]:
Application Control (AVC) or IPS
1.2 Gbps
2 Gbps










