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Data Sheet
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Feature Cisco ASA 5505 Cisco ASA 5510 Cisco ASA 5520 Cisco ASA 5540 Cisco ASA 5550
Maximum Firewall and IPS
Throughput
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Up to 150 Mbps
with AIP-SSC-5
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Up to 150 Mbps
with AIP-SSM-10
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Up to 300 Mbps
with AIP-SSM-20
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Up to 225 Mbps
with AIP-SSM-10
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Up to 375 Mbps
with AIP-SSM-20
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Up to 450 Mbps
with AIP-SSM-40
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Up to 500 Mbps
with AIP-SSM-20
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Up to 650 Mbps
with AIP-SSM-40
Not available
3DES/AES VPN
Throughput
***
Up to 100 Mbps Up to 170 Mbps Up to 225 Mbps Up to 325 Mbps Up to 425 Mbps
IPsec VPN Peers 10; 25
*
250 750 5000 5000
Premium AnyConnect VPN
Peers
*
(Included/Maximum)
2/25 2/250 2/750 2/2500 2/5000
Concurrent Connections 10,000; 25,000
*
50,000; 130,000
*
280,000 400,000 650,000
New Connections/Second 4000 9000 12,000 25,000 36,000
Integrated Network Ports 8-port Fast Ethernet
switch (including 2 PoE
ports)
5 Fast Ethernet ports;
2 Gigabit Ethernet +
3 Fast Ethernet ports
*
4 Gigabit Ethernet,
1 Fast Ethernet
4 Gigabit Ethernet,
1 Fast Ethernet
8 Gigabit Ethernet,
4 SFP Fiber, 1 Fast
Ethernet
Virtual Interfaces (VLANs) 3 (no trunking
support)/20 (with
trunking support)
*
50/100
*
150 200 400
Security Contexts
(Included/Maximum)
*
0/0 0/0 (Base); 2/5
(Security Plus)
2/20 2/50 2/50
High Availability Not supported;
stateless
Active/Standby and
redundant ISP support
*
Not supported;
Active/Active and
Active/Standby
**
Active/Active and
Active/Standby
Active/Active and
Active/Standby
Active/Active and
Active/Standby
Expansion Slot 1, SSC 1, SSM 1, SSM 1, SSM 0
User-Accessible Flash Slot
0 1 1 1 1
USB 2.0 Ports 3 (1 on front, 2 on rear) 2 2 2 2
Serial Ports 1 RJ-45 console 2 RJ-45, console and
auxiliary
2 RJ-45, console and
auxiliary
2 RJ-45, console and
auxiliary
2 RJ-45, console and
auxiliary
Rack-Mountable Yes, with rack-mount kit
(available in the future)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wall-Mountable Yes, with wall-mount kit
(available in the future)
Not available Not available Not available Not available
Security Lock Slot (for
Physical Security)
Yes Not available Not available Not available Not available
Technical Specifications
Memory 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Minimum System Flash 128 MB 256 MB 256 MB 256 MB 256 MB
System Bus Multibus architecture Multibus architecture Multibus architecture Multibus architecture Multibus architecture
Environmental Operating Ranges
Operating
Temperature 32 to 104ºF (0 to 40ºC)
Relative humidity 5 to 95 percent noncondensing
Altitude Designed and tested for: 0 to 9840 ft (3000 m) Agency approved for: 2000 m
Shock 1.14 m/sec (45 in./sec)
½ sine input
1.14 m/sec (45 in./sec) 1/2 sine input
Vibration 0.41 Grms2 (3 to 500
Hz) random input
0.41 Grms2 (3 to 500 Hz) random input
Acoustic noise 0 dBa max 60 dBa max
*
Separately licensed feature; includes two SSL licenses with base system
**
Available for the firewall feature set
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VPN throughput and sessions count depend on the ASA device configuration and VPN traffic patterns. These elements should
be taken in to consideration as part of your capacity planning