Cisco Secure Firewalls models and Specifications

Cisco Secure Firewalls improve network security against advanced and growing threats by incorporating new features and improvements.

Cisco's security architecture is both adaptable and integrated, allowing you to create the most robust security posture for today and tomorrow.

Cisco allows you to integrate your firewall solution into your existing network infrastructure, allowing you to apply world-class security controls wherever you need them, from your data center to your branch offices to your cloud environments.

 Where and which model to use Cisco Secure Firewalls?

There are models of Cisco Secure Firewall based on the use cases which may be fit for your organization. All appliances can run either ASA or FTD applications. The models are 

1. Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
2. Cisco Secure Firewall 2100 Series
3. Cisco Secure Firewall 3100 Series
4. Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 Series
5. Cisco Firepower 9300 Series

 Cisco Firepower 1000 Series Specifications

Cisco FPR 1000 Series is a range of firewall platforms that provide business resilience, administrative ease of use, and threat protection. They provide remarkable sustained performance when sophisticated threat functionalities are activated.

1. Best for smaller businesses and branch offices.
2. Fanless design, desktop and Rack-mount model, and (PoE)
3. Firewall throughput: 0.9 Gbps to 4.9 Gbps
4. IPSec VPN Throughput: 0.4 Gbps to 2.4 Gbps
5. IPS throughput: 900 Mbps to 6.1 Gbps
6. Maximum VPN peers: 75 to 800
7. Models 1010/1120/1140/1150

 Cisco Firepower 2100 Series Specifications

The Cisco Firepower 2100 series NGFW appliances improve company resilience through improved threat defense. When threat scanning features are enabled, they provide continuous network performance, ensuring that your organization runs securely.

1. Best for smaller businesses and branch offices.
2. Innovative dual multicore CPU for optimized firewall, encryption, and threat inspection.
3. Firewall throughput: 2.3 Gbps (FPR-2110) to 9 Gbps (FPR-2140)
4. Maximum Concurrent Sessions- 1 million (FPR-2110) to 3 million (FPR-2140)
5. Interfaces:12 x RJ45 + 4 x SFP (all models)
6. Models: FPR-2110, FPR-2120, FPR-2130, FPR-2140
7. Power supply: Single integrated 250W AC (all models), Dual 400W AC optional (FPR-2130 & FPR-2140)
8. Noise Level: 56 dBA @ 25C

 Cisco Secure Firewall 3100 Series Specifications

The Cisco Secure Firewall 3100 Series is a series of threat-focused security appliances intended to provide company resilience and improved threat defense. These firewalls provide excellent performance for a variety of firewall use cases, even when enhanced threat functionalities are activated.

1. New Series For medium-sized enterprises replacing 2100.
2. Rack-mount models, with 1/10/25 and up to 40 GB
3. Firewall throughput: 10 Gbps to 45 Gbps
4. IPSec VPN Throughput: 5.5 Gbps to 39.4 Gbps
5. IPS throughput: 10 Gbps to 45 Gbps
6. Maximum VPN peers: 2000 to 20000
7. Models 3105/3110/3120/3130/3140

 Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 Series Specifications

The Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 Series is a high-performance firewall designed to address the security needs of major companies, data centers, and service providers. It comes in three distinct performance variants, enabling a wide range of options while providing exceptional threat defense

1. New series For large enterprise DC and campus networks. replacing 4100.
2. Rack-mount models, with 1/10/25 and up to 40/100/200GB
3. Firewall throughput: 71 Gbps to 149 Gbps
4. IPSec VPN Throughput: 51 Gbps to 148 Gbps
5. IPS throughput: 71 Gbps to 147 Gbps
6. Maximum VPN peers: 25,000 to 30,000
7. Models 4215/4225/4245

 Cisco Firepower 9300 Series Specifications

Cisco Firepower 9300 is a highly scalable with carrier-grade, modular platform designed for service providers, high-performance computing centers, large data centers, campuses, high-frequency trading environments, and other environments that require low (less than 5-microsecond offload) latency and exceptional throughput. 

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Cisco Firepower 9300 supports flow-offloading, programmatic orchestration, and the management of security services with RESTful APIs. It is also available in Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS)-compliant configurations. 

1. Carrier-grade, modular platform designed for SP, high-performance computing centers, and large DC. 
2. Rack-mount models, with 1/10/25 and up to 40/100/200GB
3. Firewall throughput: 55 Gbps to 190 Gbps
4. IPSec VPN Throughput: 27 Gbps to 110 Gbps
5. IPS throughput: 60 Gbps to 190Gbps
6. Maximum VPN peers: 20,000 to 60,000
7. Models SM-40 /SM-48/SM-56/3X SM-56