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Cisco Small Business Pro SA 500 Series Security Appliances

Models Comparison

Common Features

  • Combined firewall, VPN, and optional email and web security capabilities
  • Easy management and configuration with the Security Appliance Configuration Utility
  • Support for optional intrusion prevention system (IPS) for Cisco SA 500 Series for intrusion prevention, protocol inspection, and peer-to-peer and IM traffic blocking
  • Support for the optional Cisco ProtectLink Gateway for email and web security
  • Support for the optional VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) for two-factor authentication

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Cisco SA 500 Series Security Appliance Models and Specifications SA 520 SA 520W SA 540



SKU SA520-K9 SA520W-K9 SA540-K9

Ports
Stateful packet inspection throughput* 200 Mbps 200 Mbps 300 Mbps
Firewall and email and web security throughput* 200 Mbps 200 Mbps 300 Mbps
Connections 15,000 15,000 40,000
Rules 100 100 100
Schedules Yes Yes Yes
IPS Yes Yes Yes
Peer-to-peer and IM blocking Yes Yes Yes

VPN
Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES)/ Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) VPN throughput* 65 Mbps 65 Mbps 85 Mbps
IPsec VPN tunnels 50 max 50 max 100 max
SSL VPN tunnels 2 seats included; license required to upgrade to 25 seats (max) 2 seats included; license required to upgrade to 25 seats (max) 50 seats (max) included
Dead peer detection Yes Yes Yes
IPsec Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal Yes Yes Yes
NetBIOS broadcast over VPN Yes Yes Yes

Cisco ProtectLink Gateway
URL filtering 80+ categories 80+ categories 80+ categories
Web threat protection Yes Yes Yes
Antispam protection Yes Yes Yes
Virus patterns More than 3 million More than 3 million More than 3 million
Spyware patterns More than 420,000 More than 420,000 More than 420,000

Wireless
802.11b/g/n No Yes No
2 x 3 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) No Yes No
2.4 GHz No Yes No
Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) quality of service (QoS) No Yes No
Unscheduled automatic power save delivery (U-APSD) (WMM Power Save [WMM-PS]) No Yes No
MAC filtering No Yes No
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key (WPA2-PSK), WPA2-ENT No Yes No
Basic service set identifier (BSSID) or virtual access points No Yes; 4 supported No
Ability to dynamically or manually adjust transmit power No Yes No
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) No Yes No

Other
Routing Static, Routing Information Protocol (RIP) v1, v2 Static, RIP v1, v2 Static, RIP v1, v2
VLANs 16 16 16
IPsec/Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)/Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) pass-through Yes Yes Yes
Message digest MD5/SHA1/SHA2 MD5/SHA1/SHA2 MD5/SHA1/SHA2
Encryption DES/3DES/AES DES/3DES/AES DES/3DES/AES
User database 100 100 400
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) Yes Yes Yes
Load balancing Yes Yes Yes
Integrated and automated failover and failback Yes, using optional port for dual WAN Yes, using optional port for dual WAN Yes, using optional port for dual WAN
VeriSign VIP support Yes Yes Yes
Physical interfaces
  • All Ethernet ports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T capable
  • 4 LAN ports
  • 1 WAN port
  • 1 optional port for use as LAN, WAN, or DMZ port
  • 1 USB 2.0 port
  • 1 power switch
  • All Ethernet ports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T capable
  • 4 LAN ports
  • 1 WAN port
  • 1 optional port for use as LAN, WAN, or DMZ port
  • 1 USB 2.0 port
  • 1 power switch
  • 3 external antennas
  • All Ethernet ports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T capable
  • 8 LAN ports
  • 1 WAN port
  • 1 optional port for use as LAN, WAN, or DMZ port
  • 1 USB 2.0 port
  • 1 power switch
Environmental operating temperature 32° to 104°F
(0° to 40°C)		 32° to 104°F
(0° to 40°C)		 32° to 104°F
(0° to 40°C)
Storage temperature -4° to 158°F
(-20° to 70°C)		 -4° to 158°F
(-20° to 70°C)		 -4° to 158°F
(-20° to 70°C)

Internal Power Supply
Voltage range 90 to 264 VAC single phase 90 to 264 VAC single phase 90 to 264 VAC single phase
Input frequency 47 to 63 Hz 47 to 63 Hz 47 to 63 Hz
Output voltage regulation 11.4V ~ 12.6V 11.4V ~ 12.6V 11.4V ~ 12.6V
Output current Max 2.5A Max 2.5A Max 2.5A

Physical Specifications
Form factor 1 RU, 19-in. rack mountable 1 RU, 19-in. rack mountable 1 RU, 19-in. rack mountable
Dimensions (H x W x D) 1.73 x 12.12 x 7.08 inches (44 x 308 x 180 mm) 1.73 x 12.12 x 7.08 inches (44 x 308 x 180 mm) without antennas 1.73 x 12.12 x 7.08 inches (44 x 308 x 180 mm)
Weight (with internal power supply) 4.91 lb (2.23 kg) 5.15 lb (2.34 kg) 5.14 lb (2.34 kg)
Cisco SA 500 Series Security Appliance Models and Specifications SA 520 SA 520W SA 540

 

*Performance test methodology: Maximum performance based on RFC 2544. All results are aggregate bidirectional. Actual performance may vary upon network environment and configuration.