Cisco Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Firewall Services Module Ficha De Dados
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Cisco Firewall Services Module for Cisco Catalyst
6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series
6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series
Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and 7600 Series Firewall Services Module
The Cisco
®
Firewall Services Module (FWSM) for Cisco Catalyst
®
6500 Series switches and
Cisco 7600 Series routers is a high-performance, integrated stateful inspection firewall with
application and protocol inspection engines. It provides upto 5.5 Gbps of throughput, 100,000 new
connections per second, one million concurrent connections or 256,000 NAT translations and upto
80,000 Access Control List Entries. Up to four FWSMs can be installed in a single chassis,
providing scalability up to 20 Gbps per chassis. As an extension to the Cisco PIX
®
/ASA family of
security appliances, the FWSM provides large enterprises and service providers with superior
security, performance, and reliability.
Based on Cisco PIX/ASA firewall technology, the FWSM is a hardened, embedded system that
eliminates security holes and performance-degrading overhead. The Cisco FWSM tracks the
state of all network communications and prevents unauthorized network access. It delivers
strong application-layer security through intelligent, application-aware inspection engines that
examine network flows at Layers 4–7, including market-leading protection for voice over IP (VoIP),
multimedia, instant messaging, and peer-to-peer applications.
Flexible Management Options
The Cisco FWSM is managed by the integrated Cisco PIX Device Manager (PDM) for the
Cisco FWSM Software v2.3 or earlier, or by the Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM)
for Cisco FWSM Software v3.1 or later for device and policy configuration, monitoring, and
troubleshooting of a single FWSM. Cisco PDM can be launched from the CiscoWorks CiscoView
Device Manager (CVDM) for device provisioning of Cisco Catalyst switches and other services
modules. The Cisco FWSM can also be managed from centralized, scalable, multidevice policy-
based management tools, including CiscoWorks VPN/Security Management Solution (VMS);
the Cisco Security Manager; and the Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System
(MARS). Together with other security devices, these central management tools manage the
FWSM throughout the network in a consistent manner to best expedite large security deployments.