ASA 5506H-X with FirePOWER Services
Superior multilayered protection
Stay more secure. This NGFW has earned the highest security effectiveness scores in third-party testing for both NGIPS and AMP, blocking 99.4% and 99.2% of threats, respectively.
Simplified management and lower costs
Get visibility into and control over activity across your network. Gain insight into users, apps, devices, threats, files, and vulnerabilities. Extend protection from the data center to mobile devices. It’s all possible with Firepower Management Center.
Unified security services and task automation
Our integrated approach to threat defense reduces capital and operating costs as well as administrative complexity by consolidating multiple security services in a single platform. Automate security tasks to increase agility and speed remediation.
Wide range of sizes and form factors
We have the platform for you: standalone options for small and midsize businesses, ruggedized appliances for extreme environments, midsize appliances for security at the Internet edge, and high-performance appliances for enterprise data centers.
Meet the industry’s first adaptive, threat-focused next-generation firewall (NGFW) designed for a new era of threat and malware protection. The ASA5506-X with FirePOWER Services combines our proven network firewall with the industry’s most effective next-gen IPS and advanced malware protection so you can get more visibility, be more flexible, save more, and protect better.
Capacity | |
Stateful inspection throughput (multiprotocol) | 300 Mbps |
Maximum throughput: Application Visibility and Control (AVC) | 250 Mbps |
Maximum throughput: Application Control (AVC) and IPS/NGIPS | 125 Mbps |
Maximum 3DES/AES VPN throughput | 100 Mbps |
Maximum new connections per second | 5000 |
Maximum concurrent sessions | 50000 |
IPsec site-to-site VPN peers | 50 |
Virtual interfaces (VLANs) | 30 |
Cisco Cloud Web Security users | 275 |
User/nodes | Unlimited |
Stateful inspection throughput (max) | 750 Mbps |
Sizing throughput [440 byte HTTP]: Application Control (AVC) | 90 Mbps |
Cisco AnyConnect Plus/Apex VPN maximum simultaneous connections | 50 |
Security contexts (included; maximum) | -- |
High-availability support | Active/standby |
Packets per second | -- |
Integrated wireless access point | -- |
Expansion slot | -- |
Hard drive | mSata |
Hard drive capacity | 50 GB |
Integrated I/O | 4 x 1 GE |
Expansion I/O | -- |
Maximum site-to-site and IPsec IKEv1 client VPN user sessions | 30 |
Cisco AnyConnect IKEv2 remote access VPN user sessions | -- |
Environment | |
Humidity range operating | 0-90 percent noncondensing |
Max operating temperature | 104°F (40°C) |
Min operating temperature | 32°F (0°C) |
Altitude | Designed and tested for 0 to 10,000 ft (3048 m) |
Acoustic noise | Fanless 0 dBA |
Shock (operating) | --- |
Virtual interfaces (VLANs) | --- |
Maximum heat dissipation | 103 Btu/hr |
Relative humidity | 95 percent noncondensing |
Safety | EN60950-1:2006+A11+A1+A12 |
EMC | EN 300 386 V1.6.1:2012 EN55022:2010 Class A EN55024:2010 EN61000-3-2:2006+A1+A2 EN61000-3-3:2008 CISPR22:2008 CISPR24:2010 |
Form Factor | |
Rackmountable | Rack mountable via optional tray or DIN-Rail |
Rack mounting kit | Option, tray |
Height (rack units) | Desk Top |
Depth | 9.05 in |
Height | 2.75 in |
Width | 9.05 in |
Weight | 7 lb (3.18 kg) |
Tech Specs | |
Memory | 4 GB |
Flash | 8 GB |
Dedicated management port | Yes (To be shared with FirePOWER Services), 10/100/1000 |
USB 2.0 ports | USB port type ‘A’, High Speed 2.0 |
Serial ports | 1 RJ-45 and Mini USB console |
Management | |
Supported applications | More than 3,002 |
URL categories | |
Number of URLs categorized | More than 280 Million |
Centralized configuration, logging, monitoring, and reporting | Multidevice Cisco Security Manager and Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center |
On-Device Management | ASDM (7.3 or Higher) |
Power | |
Power redundancy | Not available |
Installed power supply | 1 |
Max power supplies | 1 |
Power (AC or DC) | AC/optional DC |
AC range line voltage | External, 90 to 240 volts alternating current (VAC) |
AC normal line voltage | 90 to 240 VAC |
AC frequency | 50/60 Hz |
Steady state (output) | 5V @3.6A |
Maximum peak (output) | 5V @4.4A |
Software | |
Bundled with | FirePOWER Services-AVC |
Subscription add-ons | FirePOWER Next-Generation IPS (NGIPS) Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) URL filtering |
Encryption algorithm | AES-Triple DES-Optional DES |