Max Sessions: 10 million concurrent sessions (IPv4/IPv6)
New Sessions/sec: Not published; SSL connections per second: 10,000
Interfaces: 8x RJ-45; 8x SFP+; 4x SFP28; 6x QSFP28 (channelization supported); 2x SFP for HA/chassis cluster; 1x console; 1x management; 1x USB 3.0. All ports support MACsec. IPsec VPN tunnels: 4,000
Form Factor: 1U fixed chassis (17.28 in wide, 18.2 in deep)
Curation Review
✔ Pros:Up to 98 Gbps firewall throughput at 1518-byte packets; 10 million concurrent sessions; 4,000 IPsec VPN tunnels; 1U chassis with 8x RJ-45, 8x SFP+, 4x SFP28 and 6x QSFP28 ports; MACsec supported on all ports; chassis cluster high availability supported
✘ Cons:Headline throughput drops sharply under IMIX (70 Gbps firewall, 40 Gbps IPsec) and with threat inspection enabled (11 Gbps Advanced Threat Protection); no new-sessions-per-second figure is published; base unit price is high, with resellers listing it from about $60,000 to $154,000; vendor test conditions are not fully disclosed for most metrics