Cisco ASA 5540 Security Appliance
The Cisco ASA 5540 is the premiere Security Appliance for the large enterprise environment. The ASA 5540 can support up to 100 VLANs, allowing a security administrator greater flexibility when designing a corporate LAN. The ASA 5540 runs on a 2.0-GHz Pentium 4 processor, with up to 1,024 MB of RAM and 64 MB of Flash memory.
The ASA 5540, like the ASA 5520, supports LAN-based failover in either Active/Active or Active/Standby modes. The ASA 5540 supports up to 50 security contexts with purchase of the VPN Premiere License.
Connection capabilities for the ASA 5540 Security Appliance are as follows:
■ Maximum firewall throughput—650 Mbps
■ Maximum throughput (with AIP-SSM-20)—450 Mbps
■ Maximum VPN throughput—325 Mbps
■ Maximum concurrent connections—280,000
■ Maximum concurrent IPSec VPN peers—500/2000*/5000**
■ Maximum concurrent WebVPN peers—500/1250*/2500**
NOTE * A Cisco ASA 5540 VPN Plus License is required for this upgrade. ** A Cisco ASA 5540 VPN Premiere License is required for this upgrade.
Three software licenses are available for the ASA 5540. The Base License enables the standard functions of the ASA Security Appliance, including 500 IPSec VPN peers. The VPN Plus License adds more VPN peers. The VPN Premiere License enables additional VPNS beyond the VPN Plus License. Table 3-9 describes the available licenses and their functions.
|
License |
Function |
|
Base Software License |
Support for 4 10/100/1000 MB interfaces, 1 10/100 MB interface, 100 VLANs, 2 security contexts, 500 IPSec VPN peers, and 500 WebVPNs |
|
VPN + Software License |
Support for 4 10/100/1000 MB interfaces, 1 10/100 MB interface, 100 VLANs, 2 security contexts, 2000 IPSec VPN peers, and 1250 WebVPNs |
|
VPN Premiere License |
Support for 4 10/100/1000 MB interfaces, 1 10/100 MB interface, 100 VLANs, 2 security contexts, 5000 IPSec VPN peers, and 2500 WebVPNs |
Continue reading here: Accessing a Cisco Security Appliance with Telnet
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