The Cisco Firepower 5500 Series is a family of six threat-focused NGFW security platforms that deliver business resiliency through superior threat defense. It offers exceptional sustained performance when advanced threat functions are enabled. The ASA 5500 series’ throughput range addresses use cases from the SOHO/ROBO to the internet edge. The ASA 5500 Series platforms can run either the Cisco ASA Firewall or Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD).
Data transmission | Firewall throughput | 0.85 Gbit/s |
 | Maximum data transfer rate | 1.8 Gbit/s |
| IPS/IDS throughput | 450 Mbit/s |
| Mobile VPN IPSec | 300 |
| Maximum firewall connections | 250000 |
| Maximum firewall connections per second | 20000 |
Management features | LED indicators | Yes |
Design | Rack mounting | Yes |
| Form factor | 1U |
Logistics data | Harmonized System (HS) code | 85176990 |
Ports & interfaces | Connectivity technology | Wired |
| Gigabit Ethernet (copper) ports quantity | 8 |
| USB 2.0 ports quantity | 1 |
| Serial ports quantity | 1 |
Network | Number of VPN connections | 300 |
| Number of VLANs | 100 |
Other features | Firewall throughput | 850 Mbit/s |
| Maximum data transfer rate | 1800 Mbit/s |
Security | Security algorithms | 3DES, AES |
| Firewall security | FirePOWER |
Memory | Internal memory | 8000 MB |
Operational conditions | Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 40 °C |
| Storage temperature (T-T) | -25 - 70 °C |
| Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 10 - 90 % |
| Storage relative humidity (H-H) | 10 - 90 % |
| Operating altitude | 0 - 3048 m |
| Non-operating altitude | 0 - 4572 m |
Power | AC input voltage | 90-240 V |
| AC input frequency | 50 - 60 Hz |