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SonicWALL TZ Series At-A-Glance
The SonicWALL TZ Series is the ideal total security platform for home, small and remote/branch offi ces, providing
a compelling blend of ease-of-use for basic networks and unsurpassed flexibility for more complex networks.
Integrating deep packet inspection firewall, 802.11b/g secure wireless, failover/failback, gateway anti-virus,
anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, content filtering, and IPSec VPN capabilities into an affordable solution, the
TZ Series scales to protect your investment as your organization grows. Available in multiple hardware and node
configurations, the TZ Series allows you to add features and functionality when your network needs them.
Every TZ Series appliance packs the benefits of SonicWALL SonicOS operating system into an affordable desktop
appliance, providing business-class performance, advanced features and configuration flexibility. Standard on the
TZ 170 SP Wireless and an optional upgrade on all other TZ 170 Series appliances, the SonicWALL feature-rich
SonicOS Enhanced adds a suite of redundancy, management and wireless LAN features typically associated with
more expensive appliances including ISP failover, load balancing, object/zone-based management, policy-based
NAT, wireless guest services and more.
TZ Series appliances are ICSA-certified and can be easily managed remotely as part of a multi-firewall and VPN
environment through a Web interface or using the industry-leading SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS).
TZ 150 TZ 170 TZ 170 SP
Feature TZ 150 Wireless TZ 170 Wireless TZ 170 SP Wireless
Nodes 10 10 10/25/Unrestricted 10 10
Interfaces 5 Ethernet 5 Ethernet 7 Ethernet 7 Ethernet 7 Ethernet 7 Ethernet
SonicOS Standard/Enhanced Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Enhanced
Upgrade to SonicOS Enhanced No No Yes Yes Yes N/A
Stateful Throughput
1
30 Mbps 30 Mbps 90 Mbps 90 Mbps 90 Mbps 90 Mbps
Gateway Anti-Virus Throughput
2
8 Mbps 8 Mbps 8 Mbps 8 Mbps 8 Mbps 8 Mbps
Intrusion Prevention Throughput
2
8 Mbps 8 Mbps 8 Mbps 8 Mbps 8 Mbps 8 Mbps
Connections 2,000 2,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000
Policies 20 20 100/250* 100/250* 100/250* 100/250*
3DES/AES Throughput
3
10+ Mbps 10+ Mbps 30+ Mbps 30+ Mbps 30+ Mbps 30+ Mbps
Site-to-Site VPN Tunnels 2 2 2/10/10 2/10/10 2 2
Remote Access VPN Tunnels (Max) 2 2 5/50/50 5/50/50 5 5
Remote Access VPN Tunnels (Bundled) Optional Upgrade Optional Upgrade/1/1 Optional Upgrade
Zone Security No No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes
Object-based Management No No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes
Policy-based NAT No No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes
WAN/WAN Failover No No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes
ISP Failover No No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes
Load Balancing No No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes
Wireless LAN Services No No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes
Integrated Access Point No Yes No Yes No Yes
Receive Power over Ethernet No No No Yes No Yes
Integrated Analog Modem No No No No Yes Yes
Optional Port No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spam Blocking No No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes
Voice over IP (VoIP) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
*With SonicOS Enhanced upgrade
¹Firewall throughput measured using UDP traffic at 1518 byte packet size adhering to RFC 2544
²Gateway AV/Anti-Spyware/IPS throughput measured using HTTP traffic
³VPN throughput measured using UDP traffic at 1280 byte packet size adhering to RFC 2544
TZ 170 Series
is the ultimate
total security
platform for
small networks,
including remote
and branch offices
and retail/POS
deployments