The Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 5500 Security Appliance series scales
to meet a range of requirements and network sizes
. The ASA 5500
Security Appliance family currently consists of the following three models:
- The ASA 5510 Security Appliance has integrated 10/100BASE-T ports.
- The ASA 5520 Security Appliance supports a single management 10/100 Fast
Ethernet port and four Gigabit Ethernet ports.
- The ASA 5540 Security Appliance supports a single management 10/100 Fast
Ethernet port and four Gigabit Ethernet ports.
The ASA Security Appliance models also support WebVPN and an optional
IPS-Security Services Module (SSM).
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NOTE:
The available features and commands used to configure the PIX Security
Appliance and the Adaptive Security Appliance are the same. The only exception
is the VPN over SSL, or WebVPN, feature set. This feature is only available for
the Adaptive Security Appliance, and not the PIX Security Appliance, for
Software Version 7.0.
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