Its balance of scalability
security event logging Rack Compatibility Standard 19-inch rack Typical Use Cases Internet edge protection
URL filtering (license dependent) Intrusion Prevention Integrated IPS for deep packet inspection Threat Protection Advanced malware and intrusion detection/prevention Layer Support Layer 3–7 security services High Availability Active/Active and Active/Standby Failover Stateful failover support Operating System Cisco ASA OS Management CLI
and service modules Switching Capacity Up to ~720 Gbps (platform dependent) Forwarding Performance High-performance distributed forwarding (DFC dependent) Backplane High-speed shared switching fabric Redundancy Supported (dual supervisors
BOOTP support
ASA5512-K9 Cisco ASA 5512-X Firewall Edition Routers/Cisco ASR Series/ASR1000 Its balance of scalabilityThe Cisco ASA 5512 X Firewall Edition is part of the Cisco family which provides the broadest line of solutions for transporting data, voice and video while ensuring that networks both public and private operate with maximum performance, security, and flexibility. It includes firewall services, 250 IPsec VPN peers, 2 SSL VPN peers, 6 copper Gigabit Ethernet data ports, 1 copper Gigabit Ethernet management port, 1 AC power supply, 3DES AES encryption.