#Cisco asa 5505 throughput how to#
#Cisco asa 5505 throughput update#
#Cisco asa 5505 throughput full#
#Cisco asa 5505 throughput license#

Just a pity about the IEC C5 connector on the power brick. Power: Much better than the 5506-x and the terrible 5505 power connector, you could probably swing on this and it wont come out.

#Cisco asa 5505 throughput license#

Licensing: Smart License model only, so no more вЂclassicвЂ™ licences, and activation-keys any more.ДЇailover? hereвЂ™s a GOTCHA for failover you need to add an additional licence to BOTH units, (on the 1010 only) and they are not cheap! But if you want enterprise solutions, then buy enterprise class firewalls guys! Throughput: Cisco state with NGFW inspection вЂorвЂ™ IDS turned on 650Mbps (notice they donвЂ™t say вЂandвЂ™!)ДЄnењњonnect: Comes with 75 вЂPremiumвЂ™ Licences, (without extra licensing!) PoE: The unit has PoE on ports GigabitEthernet 1/7 and GigabitEthernet 1/8 (only). Gigabit Ethernet 1/1 is a routed (no switchport) port. ItвЂ™s a Proper Switch! Yep even better than the 5505, itвЂ™s got proper switchports with proper switch commands! By default all Ports from GigabitEthernet 1/2 to 1/8 are in VLAN 1. If you put this thing in a rack, and impede airflow though it, itвЂ™s more likely to break, (lecture over).

#Cisco asa 5505 throughput full#

So ITвЂќS NOT SUPPOSED TO GO IN A RACK! If you want a rack mountable firewall buy a Firepower 1120.Д«ut You Can Get Rack Mounting Kits For It? : I know, but then the world is full of people who sell the wrong stuff.

ItвЂ™s Fan-less: Like the 5506-X itвЂ™s fan-less (thatвЂ™s why its covered in holes).

#Cisco asa 5505 throughput how to#

Theres a licence envelope in there as well, on inspection, itвЂ™s just instructions on how to setup a вЂSmartвЂ™ License account. ThereвЂ™s a quick setup card, mine was in French and Spanish, but the picture was self explanatory. Luckily IвЂ™ve got most things at home, but if you unbox this in a Data Centre at 11 oвЂ™clock at night, good luck finding one of those Power Cables! You also get a USB console cable. Out of the box you get the unit itself, a вЂPower BrickвЂ™ (with an annoying вЂClover LeafвЂ™ / вЂMickey Mouse EarsвЂ™ / вЂIEC C5вЂ™ connector.) So if like me you get one with a Euro (2 pin) plug in the box and you live in the UK unless you have one spare you will have a problem. Oh Bugger! IвЂ™ve Ordered the wrong one! No problem, you can swap between versions, but you will need to вЂre-imageвЂ™ the device completely (losing all settings). IвЂ™ve written briefly about FTD on the Cisco ASA, I wasnвЂ™t really a fan, but I know we live in a вЂpoint and clickвЂ™ society now, so maybe this version will win out in the end, but I hope not.

FPR1010-NGFW-K9: Runs the FTD (Firepower Threat Management) code.

FPR1010-ASA-K9: Good old Cisco ASA code, with an ASDM!.

It runs ASA Code? : Yes Cisco firewall techs of the world rejoice! The Firepower 1010 model comes in two flavours But as the Firepower 1010 can run ASA code, it breaks the rules! So IвЂ™ll stick with Firepower for the new ones. Is it FirePOWER or Firepower?В : Good question, the rule was, if it was in an ASA it was FirePOWER if it was a dedicated device it was Firepower. рџ™Ѓ The final nail in its coffin was, if you updated it past version 9.10 the FirePOWER module was disabled, (Regardless of the fact you had bought licences for it or not). If you wanted to do anything even vaguely вЂ firewall-ishвЂ™ with your firewall, the config would extend in size with a ratio like it was getting multiplied by the Fibonacci numbers. the problem with that was, it was вЂ horrifically terrible in the extremeвЂ. Cisco tried to вЂFixвЂ™ the switch problem by introducing the BVI interface with version 9.7. The 5506-X was, (to be honest), a massive let down, it shipped with 8 Ports on it, but those ports were independent, so you needed to buy a switch as well, and it didnвЂ™t have PoE. It replaced the earlier PIX 501 and the PIX506E (I do have both of these models also tucked away somewhere, I was just too lazy to dig them out).

#Cisco asa 5505 throughput update#

It had built in PoE, a 7 port switch, (you need one port for the WAN.) The only thing that ever let the 5505 down, was, the earlier versions didnвЂ™t have enough RAM to update past version 8.3. I know of 5505s that I installed new over 15 years ago that are still chugging away. The 5505, was brilliant, I still see them everywhere, tucked in the bottom of comms cabinets, and balanced on top of other things in Data Centers. Left to Right: ASA 5505, ASA 5506-X, Firepower 1010