ASA5506-K8 – Cisco ASA 5500 Firewalls

ASA5506-K8 Specification

Throughput:

Application Control (AVC)

250 Mbps

Throughput:

Application Control (AVC) and IPS

125 Mbps

Maximum concurrent sessions

20,000;

50000

Maximum New Connections per second

5,000

Supported applications

More than 3,000

URL categories

80+

Number of URLs categorized

More than 280 million

Centralized configuration, logging, monitoring, and reporting

Multi-device Cisco Security Manager (CSM) and Cisco Firepower Management Center

On-Device Management

ASDM (version 7.3 or higher required)

Feature

Cisco ASA 5506-X w/ FirePOWER Services

Stateful inspection throughput (maximum)

750 Mbps

Stateful inspection throughput (multiprotocol)

300 Mbps

Triple Data Encryption Standard/
Advanced Encryption Standard (3DES/AES) VPN throughput

100 Mbps

Users/nodes

Unlimited

IPsec site-to-site VPN peers

10; 50

Cisco AnyConnect Plus/Apex VPN maximum simultaneous connections

50

Virtual interfaces (VLANs)

5; 30

Security contexts5(included; maximum)

N/A

High availability

Requires Security Plus License; Active/
Standby

Integrated Wireless Access Point

(See Cisco AP 702 datasheet for WiFi technical details)

N/A

Expansion slot

N/A

User-accessible Flash slot

No

USB 2.0 ports

USB port type ‘A’, High Speed 2.0

Integrated I/O

8 x 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE)

Expansion I/O

N/A

Dedicated management port

Yes (To be shared with FirePOWER Services), 10/100/1000

Serial ports

1 RJ-45 and Mini USB console

Solid-state drive

50 GB mSata

Memory

4 GB

System flash

8 GB

System bus

Multibus architecture

Temperature

32 to 104°F (0 to 40 °C)

Relative humidity

90 percent noncondensing

Altitude

Designed and tested for 0 to 10,000 ft (3048 m)

Acoustic
noise

Fanless
0 dBA

Temperature

-13 to 158ºF (-25 to 70ºC)

Relative humidity

10 to 90 percent noncondensing

Altitude

Designed and tested for 0 to 15,000 ft (4572 m)

AC range line voltage

External, 90 to 240 volts alternating current (VAC)

AC normal line voltage

90 to 240 VAC

AC current

N/A

AC frequency

50/60 Hz

Dual-power supplies

None

DC domestic line voltage

N/A

DC international line voltage

N/A

DC current

N/A

Steady state

12V @2.5A

Maximum 
peak

12V @ 5A

Maximum 
heat dissipation

103 British thermal units (Btu)/hr

Form factor

Desktop, rack mountable

Dimensions(H x W x D)

1.72 x 7.871 x 9.23 in.(4.369 x 19.992 x 23.444 cm)

Weight (with AC power supply)

4 lb (1.82 kg)