Enterprise Firewall, VPN Concentrator, Security Gateway, Data Center Edge
Cisco ASA5520-K8-RF Adaptive Security Appliance providing enterprise firewall VPN and advanced security capabilities for protecting branch perimeter and data center network environments Firewall Appliance
Overview
Cisco ASA 5520 Adaptive Security Appliance with DES licensing. The RF suffix is a Cisco Refresh/remanufactured designation; the manufacturer documents map the hardware family to ASA5520-K8.
Application & Use Cases
Enterprise firewall deployment
IPsec VPN concentration
Network segmentation and policy enforcement
High-availability firewall pairs
Features
ASA stateful firewall
Modular SSM expansion
Active/Active and Active/Standby HA
Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
Key Specifications
Firewall Throughput: Up to 450 Mbps
VPN Throughput: Up to 225 Mbps
IPsec VPN Peers: 750
SSL VPN: Licensed capacity
Concurrent Sessions: Up to 280,000
New Connections/sec: Up to 12,000
Interfaces: 4 × Gigabit Ethernet + 1 × Fast Ethernet