CISCO PIX525

PIX-525-UR-BUN Cisco PIX 525 Unrestricted Bundle (chassis, unrestricted license, software, two 10/100 interfaces, 256 MB RAM, VAC or VAC+)

The Cisco PIX 525 is a reliable, purpose-built security appliance for medium to large enterprise networks.

The Cisco PIX 525 modular two-rack-unit design supports up to eight 10/100 Fast Ethernet interfaces or three Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, making it an ideal appliance for businesses that need a resilient, high-performance, Gigabit Ethernet-ready solution that provides solid investment protection. It also delivers more than 330 Mbps of firewall throughput with the capability to handle more than 280,000 simultaneous sessions.

Certain PIX 525 models include high-availability services as well as integrated hardware VPN acceleration that delivers up to 155 Mbps of Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) VPN throughput and 170 Mbps of Advanced Encryption Standard-256 (AES) VPN throughput.

Cisco PIX 525 PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

• Cleartext throughput: Up to 330 Mbps
• Concurrent connections: 280,000
• 168-bit 3DES IPSec VPN throughput: Up to 145 Mbps with VAC+ or 72 Mbps with VAC
• 128-bit AES IPSec VPN throughput: Up to 135 Mbps with VAC+
• 256-bit AES IPSec VPN throughput: Up to 135 Mbps with VAC+
• Simultaneous VPN tunnels: 2000

Cisco PIX 525 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Processor: 600-MHz Intel Pentium III Processor
• RAM: 128 or 256 MB of SDRAM
• Flash memory: 16 MB
• Cache: 256 KB level 2 at 600 MHz
• System bus: Single 32-bit, 33-MHz PCI

Cisco PIX 525 Expansion

• Three 32-bit/33-MHz PCI slots
• Two 168-pin DIMM RAM slots