The first section of this chart compares the technical features of the various firewall devices which Primus supports.
For an explanation of many of the technical terms in this chart, please refer to the FAQ page.
The remaining sections of this chart outline the pricing for the hardware, the annual hardware support contracts, and Primus' Managed Firewall service.
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Cisco ASA 5500 Series
Model/License |
5505 Base/Security Plus |
5510 Base/Security Plus |
5520 |
5540 |
5550 |
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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version (latest) |
7.2.2 |
7.2.2 |
7.2.2 |
7.2.2 |
7.2.2 |
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Market |
Small Business, Branch Office, Enterprise Teleworker |
SMB and Small Enterprise |
Small Enterprise |
Medium Enterprise |
Large Enterprise |
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A - PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
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| Maximum firewall throughput (Mbps) |
150 |
300 |
450 |
650 |
1200 |
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| Maximum 3DES/AES VPN throughput (Mbps) |
100 |
170 |
225 |
325 |
425 |
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| Maximum site-to-site and remote access VPN user sessions |
10/25 |
250 |
750 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
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| Maximum SSL VPN user sessions1 |
25 |
250 |
750 |
2,500 |
5,000 |
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| Maximum connections |
10,000/25,000 |
50,000/130,000 |
280,000 |
400,000 |
650,000 |
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| Maximum connections/second |
3,000 |
6,000 |
9,000 |
20,000 |
28,000 |
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| Packets per second (64 byte) |
85,000 |
190,000 |
320,000 |
500,000 |
600,000 |
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| Memory (MB) |
256 |
256 |
512 |
1024 |
4096 |
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| Minimum system flash (MB) |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
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| Integrated ports2 |
8 port 10/100 switch with 2 Power over Ethernet ports |
5- 10/100 |
4- 10/100/1000, 1-10/100 |
4- 10/100/1000, 1-10/100 |
8- 10/100/1000, 1-10/100 |
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| Maximum virtual interfaces (VLANs) |
3 (trunking disabled) / 20 (trunking enabled) |
50/100 |
150 |
200 |
250 |
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| Intrusion Prevention |
Not available |
Yes (with AIP-SSM) |
Yes (with AIP-SSM) |
Yes (with AIP-SSM) |
No |
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| Concurrent threat mitigation throughput (Mbps) (firewall + IPS services) |
Not available |
150 (with AIP-SSM-10) 300 (with AIP-SSM-20) |
225 (with AIP-SSM-10) 375 (with AIP-SSM-20) |
450 (with AIP-SSM-20) |
Not available |
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| Features | ||||||||||
| Application-layer security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Layer 2 transparent firewalling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Security contexts (included/maximum)3 |
0/0 |
0/0 / 2/5 |
2/20 |
2/50 |
2/50 |
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| GTP/GPRS inspection3 |
Not available |
Not available |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| High availability support4 |
Not supported / Stateless A/S |
Not supported / A/A and A/S |
A/A and A/S |
A/A and A/S |
A/A and A/S |
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| IPSec and WebVPN services |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| VPN clustering and load balancing |
Not available |
Not available |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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B - HARDWARE PRICING (YOU HAVE THE CHOICE OF BUYING OR RENTING THE HARDWARE)
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Option 1 - Purchase Price |
Call |
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Option 2 - Monthly Rental Price5 |
Call |
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Call |
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C - ANNUAL CISCO SMARTNET SUPPORT CONTRACT (REQUIRED IF YOU PURCHASE THE FIREWALL)
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| Option 1 - 8x5xNBD response (annual fee) |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Call |
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| Option 2 - 24x7x4hour response (annual fee) |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Call |
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| Optional 1 hour recovery by Primus (annual fee)5 |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Call |
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D - PRIMUS MANAGED FIREWALL SERVICE
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| Initial Configuration and Setup Fee678 |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Call |
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| Managed Services fee per Month 9 |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Call |
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Free Rule changes per month1011 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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1 Beginning with Cisco ASA Software v7.1, SSL VPN (Web VPN) capability requires a license. Systems include 2 SSL VPN users by default for evaluation and remote management purposes
2 Dedicated out-of-band (OOB) management port (a Cisco ASA 5510 Adaptive Security Appliance with the security+ license or higher model is required to make this interface route traffic)
3 Licensed features
4 A/S = Active/Standby; A/A = Active/Active5 Only available to clients on the 24x7x4hr Smartnet plan and only for firewalls located at Primus’ Internet Data Centre.
6 Includes a one-hour review/planning meeting at Primus’ location.
7 The setup fee will increase by $400 for each additional NIC configured on the firewall.
8 The setup fee will increase by $100 for a NAT configuration.
9 The monthly fee will increase by $100 for each additional NIC configured on the firewall.
10 Rule changes will be implemented within one business day. Additional rule changes beyond the free allocation in a month are $50.
11 Emergency changes (4 hour turn-around, 24x7) are billed at a flat fee of $100.
12 Taxes extra on all prices.