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Cisco Security Manager

Supported Devices and Software Versions for Cisco Security Manager v3.0

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Supported Devices and Software Versions for Cisco Security Manager 3.0

Scalability

Supported Software

Supported Devices


Supported Devices and Software Versions for Cisco Security Manager 3.0


Revised: March 28, 2006

These sections list the operating system versions and devices that you can manage with Cisco Security Manager:

Scalability

Supported Software

Supported Devices

Scalability

Cisco Security Manager scales as described in the following table.

Table 1 Cisco Security Manager Scalability 

Number of devices (Firewall and VPN)

Supports up to 5000 devices.

Note Each security context is considered to be a separate device.

Total number of Access Control Entries (ACEs)

1.6 million.

Total number of ACEs for each firewall rule table

50,000.

Number of policy objects

5000.

Number of simultaneous users

20 users with read-only privileges.

10 users with read-write privileges.

VPN restrictions

We recommend that you limit deployments to 1000 devices at one time.

A Full Mesh topology should have at most 400 devices assigned.


Supported Software

The software that you can use on devices managed with Security Manager are first of all limited by what can run on the device.

In addition, Security Manager has these restrictions on the software you can use:

Cisco routers and switches have these software restrictions:

Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3, 12.3T, 12.4, and 12.4T.

For the Catalyst 6500/7600, you can also use Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and these versions at the specified point release and higher: 12.1(13)E, 12.1(17B)SXA, 12.2(14)SX, 12.2(14)SY, 12.2(17d)SXB, 12.2(18)SXE, and 12.2(18)SXD.


Note You cannot use the Catalyst Operating System on a device managed by Security Manager.


To configure and manage VPNs on Catalyst 6500/7600 devices, the minimum software release is Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(17b)SXA.

To manage a router in IPS Manager, the router must run an IPS-enabled version of Cisco IOS Software. The minimum Cisco IOS Software release is 12.3(8)T. The IPS version of the software must be one of these: 2.0(1), 2.1(1), or 2.2(1).

Cisco PIX 500 Series Firewalls—PIX Firewall Software Release 6.3 and 7.0.

Cisco ASA-5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances—Adaptive Security Appliance Software Release 7.0.

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Firewall Services Module—Firewall Services Module Software Release 2.2 or 2.3.

IPS sensors and modules—IDS Software 4.0, 4.1, or IPS Software 5.0, 5.1.

Supported Devices

This table lists the devices you can manage in Cisco Security Manager.

Table 2 Cisco Security Manager Supported Devices 

Series
Devices Supported
Routers, Switches

Cisco SOHO 77 Series Router

71

76

77 ADSL

77 H ADSL

78

Cisco SOHO 90 Series Secure Broadband Routers

91

96

97

Cisco 800 Series Routers

801

803

805

811

813

828

831

836

837

851

857

871

876

877

878

Cisco 1600 Series Routers

1601

1602

1603

1604

1605

Cisco 1700 Series Modular Access Routers

1701

1710

1711

1712

1720

1721

1750

1751

1760

Cisco 1800 Series Routers

1801

1802

1803

1811

1812

1841

Cisco 2600 Series Multiservice Platforms

2610

2611

2612

2613

2620

2621

2650

2651

2691

Cisco 2800 Series Integrated Services Routers

2801

2811

2821

2851

Cisco 3600 Series Multiservice Platforms

3620

3631

3640

3660

3661

3662

Cisco 3700 Series Multiservice Access Routers

3725

3745

Cisco 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers

3825

3845

Cisco 7100 Series VPN Routers

7120

7140

7160

Cisco 7200 Series Routers

7202

7204

7204VXR

7206

7206VXR

Cisco 7300 Series Routers

7301

7304

Cisco 7500 Series Routers

7505

7506

7507

7513

7576

Cisco 7600 Series Routers

7603

7604

7606

7609

7613

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches

6503

6506

6509

6509-NEB

6509-NEB-A

6513

IPSec VPN Services Module (VPNSM) for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers

Adaptive Security Appliances and Firewalls

Cisco PIX 500 Series Firewalls

501

506

506E

515

515E

520

525

535

Cisco ASA-5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance

5510

5520

5540

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Firewall Services Module

IPS Sensors

Cisco IPS 4200 Series Sensors

4210

4215

4220

4230

4235

4240

4250

4250XL

4255

4260

Cisco AIP-SSM-10 Security Service Module

Cisco AIP-SSM-20 Security Service Module

Cisco IDS Access Router Network Module

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Intrusion Detection System (IDSM-2) Services Module