company
f5
cisco
Fortinet
Intelligent Traffic Processing
L7 requests per second: 1.8M
L4 connections per second: .75M
L4 HTTP requests per second: 12.5M
Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 140M
Throughput: 80 Gbps/70 Gbps L4/L7
Hardware Offload SSL/TLS
ECC†: ۵۵K TPS (ECDSA P-256)
RSA: 63K TPS (2K keys)
۲۵ Gbps bulk encryption
FIPS SSL
N/A
Hardware Compression
۷۰ Gbps
Hardware DDoS Protection
۱۳۰M SYN cookies per second
TurboFlex Performance Profiles
Tier 3
Software Compression
N/A
Software Architecture
۶۴-bit TMOS
On-Demand Upgradable
N/A
Virtualization (Maximum Number of vCMP Guests)
۸
Processor
One 18-Core Intel Xeon processor
(total 36 hyperthreaded logical processor cores)
Memory
۲۵۶ GB DDR4
Hard Drive
Dual SSD 2x 960GB Enterprise Class SSD
Gigabit Ethernet CU Ports
Optional SFP
Gigabit Fiber Ports (SFP)
Optional SFP+ (SX or LX)
۱۰ Gigabit Fiber Ports (SFP+)
۸ SR/LR (sold separately); optional 10G copper direct attach
۴۰ Gigabit Fiber Ports (QSFP+)
۶ SR4/LR4 (sold separately); QSFP + optical breakout cable
assemblies available to convert to 10 gigabit ports
Power Supply
۲x 650W Platinum AC PSU (2x 650W DC PSU Optional)
Typical Consumption
۴۵۵W (dual power supply, 110V input)
Input Voltage
۱۰۰–۲۴۰ VAC +/- 10% auto switching, 50/60hz
Typical Heat Output
۱۴۸۵ BTU/hour (dual power supply, 110V input)
Dimensions
۱.۷۲″ (۴.۳۷ cm) H x 17.4″ (44.2 cm) W x 30.6″ (77.72 cm) D
۱U industrial standard rack-mount chassis
Weight
۳۶ lbs. (16.3 kg) (dual power supply)
Operating Temperature
۳۲° to 104° F (0° to 40° C)
Operational Relative Humidity
۵% to 85% at 40º C
Safety Agency Approval
ANSI/UL 60950-1-2014
CSA 60950-1-07, including A1:2011+A2:2014
IEC 60950-1:2005, A1:2009+A2:2013
EN 60950-1:2006+A11:2009+A1:2010+A12:2011+A2:2013
Certifications/ Susceptibility Standards
ETSI EN 300 386 V1.6.1 (2012); EN 55032:2012/AC:2013
EN 55032:2012 Class A; EN 61000-3-2:2014
EN 61000-3-3:2013; EN 55024:2010
FCC Class A (Part 15), IC Class A, VCCI Class A
Throughput: FW + AVC (1024B)
۱۳Gbps
Throughput: FW + AVC + IPS (1024B)
۱۱Gbps
Maximum concurrent sessions, with AVC
۱۰Million
Maximum new connections per second, with AVC
۶۴K
TLS (Hardware Decryption)
۴.۵Gbps
Throughput: NGIPS (1024B)
۱۵Gbps
IPSec VPN Throughput (1024B TCP w/Fastpath)
۶Gbps
Multi-Instance Capable
Yes
Application Visibility and Control (AVC)
Standard, supporting more than 4000 applications, as well as geolocations, users, and websites
AVC: OpenAppID support for custom, open source, application detectors
Standard
Cisco Security Intelligence
Standard, with IP, URL, and DNS threat intelligence
Cisco Firepower NGIPS
Available; can passively detect endpoints and infrastructure for threat correlation and Indicators of Compromise (IoC) intelligence
Cisco AMP for Networks
Available; enables detection, blocking, tracking, analysis, and containment of targeted and persistent malware, addressing the attack continuum both during and after attacks.
Integrated threat correlation with Cisco AMP for Endpoints is also optionally available
Cisco AMP Threat Grid sandboxing
Available
URL Filtering: number of categories
More than 80
URL Filtering: number of URLs categorized
More than 280 Million
Automated threat feed and IPS signature updates
Yes: class-leading Collective Security Intelligence (CSI) from the Cisco Talos Group
Third-party and opensource ecosystem
Open API for integrations with third-party products; Snort® and OpenAppID community resources for new and specific threats
High availability and clustering
Active/standby. Cisco Firepower 4100 Series allows clustering of up to 6 chassis
Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies
Firepower 4100 Series platforms include Trust Anchor Technologies for supply chain and software image assurance
Stateful inspection firewall throughput
۳۵Gbps
Stateful inspection firewall throughput (multiprotocol)
۱۵Gbps
Concurrent firewall connections
۱۰Million
Firewall latency (UDP 64B microseconds)
۳.۵
New connections per second
۱۵۰,۰۰۰
IPsec VPN throughput (450B UDP L2L test)
۸Gbps
Maximum VPN Peers
۱۰,۰۰۰
Security contexts (included; maximum)
۱۰; ۲۵۰
High availability
Active/active and active/standby
Clustering
Up to 16 appliances
Scalability
VPN Load Balancing, Firewall Clustering
Centralized management
Centralized configuration, logging, monitoring, and reporting are performed by Cisco Security Manager or alternatively in the cloud with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
Adaptive Security Device Manager
Web-based, local management for small-scale deployments
Firewall
۹۰Gbps
Threat Protection Throughput
۵.۴Gbps
Firewall Policies
۱۰۰,۰۰۰
Virtual Domains (Default / Maximum)
۱۰/۵۰۰
High Availability Configurations
Active/Active, Active/Passive, Clustering
USB Port
۱
Console (RJ45)
۱
Firewall Throughput (1518/512/64 byte UDP packets)
۹۰/۹۰/۶۰ Gbps
Firewall Latency( 64byte UDP packets )
۲μs
Concurrent Sessions ( TCP )
۲۰Million
New Sessions/Sec(TCP)
۵۰۰,۰۰۰
IPsec VPN Throughput (512 byte)
۶۵Gbps
SSL VPN Throughput
۶Gbps
Concurrent SSL VPN Users (Recommended Maximum, Tunnel Mode)
۳۰,۰۰۰
IPS Throughput
۱۱.۵Gbps
Application Control Throughput (HTTP 64K)
۲۰Gbps
NGFW Throughput
۹Gbps
Threat Protection Throughput (Ent. Mix)
۵.۴Gbps