Cisco PIX Firewalls
Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances are easy-to-deploy solutions that integrate world-class firewall, Unified Communications (voice/video) security, SSL and IPsec VPN, intrusion prevention (IPS), and content security services in a flexible, modular product family. The ASA 5500 Series is designed to ultimate replace the PIX range - offering superior performance for similar prices.

The ASA series also introduces the ability to run both IPSec & SSL VPN on the same platform

Model	User license	Interfaces	Firewall Speed Mbps	VPN Speed (Mbps)	Concurrent sessions	VPN Tunnels	SSL*	VLAN
ASA5505	10-Unlimited	8 port switch	150	100	10,000	10	2	yes
ASA5510	Unrestricted	5	300	170	50,000	250	2	yes
ASA5520	Unrestricted	5	450	225	280,000	750	2	yes
ASA5540	Unrestricted	5	650	325	400,000	5000	2	yes

Note:
* Additional SSL VPN user sessions orderable as optional item
Standard Cisco hardware warranty on these systems, without a Smartnet contract, is 90 days