SonicWall NSA E-Class E8500

Taking protection to new levels of control is Application Firewall, a set of customizable protection tools that empowers administrators with precise control and inspection over network traffic. The NSA E7500 comes standard with four gigabit copper Ethernet ports, four expandable SFP ports for deployment flexibility and an LCD management screen for instant configuration access.

Operational reliability is delivered through a suite of high availability features at the hardware level with dual power supplies and fans and at the system level with Stateful failover to dramatically improve uptime. The NSA E7500 offers enterprise customers an extensive array of advanced network and deployment flexibility features for use in large scale enterprise network deployments.

E-Class Support option is required.

Application Intelligence and Control

• Configurable set of granular application-specific policies, based on user, application, schedule or IP subnet
• Automates application bandwidth allocation based on application identification
• Uncovers application traffic concealed in common protocols such as HTTP/HTTPS
• Restricts transfer of specific files and documents
• Scans email attachments using user-configurable criteria
• Enables administrators to create custom signatures

Deep Packet Inspection & Multi-Threat Protection

• Fully integrated deep packet inspection firewall, including gateway anti-virus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, and application intelligence for perimeter and internal protection
• Application Intelligence feature set for application control
• SSL Encrypted traffic inspection (DPI SSL) enables scanning of inbound and outbound SSL encrypted traffic for inspection against threats and vulnerabilities
• Automated Dynamic Security Updates for continuous protection and up-to-date application detection signature set

Powerful Performance

• 8.0 Gbps Stateful Packet Inspection Firewall ¹
• 3.7 Gbps Intrusion Prevention Throughput ²
• 2.2 Gbps Full Unified Threat Management (UTM) Performance ²
• 4.0 Gbps 3DES and AES VPN Throughput ³
• Four (4) 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces, Four (4) SFP Ports, One (1) Dedicated GbE HA Port and Two (2) USB Ports
• Active/Passive with State Synchronization and Active/Active UTM with State Synchronization High Availability Failover Options

Enterprise Networking & Complete Business Continuity

• 3G and Analog Connectivity for Use as a Primary or Secondary Connection ⁴
• Business Application Prioritization and QoS
• Support for Multiple ISPs, Multi-WAN Failover and Load Balancing
• Hot Swappable Power Supplies and Fans

Integrated inbound Server Load Balancing

• IPSec VPN for Secure Site-to-Site Connectivity
• SSL VPN and IPSec VPN Clients for Secure Remote Access
• Integration & Simplified Management
• Integrated Network Security Policy and Management
• Route-based VPN
• Single Sign-On for Transparent User Authentication
• Powerful Wizards - Set-up, Firewall Policies, VPN, NAT
• Front Panel Controls and LCD Display Provide Easy Network Deployment and Integration

Deployment Flexibility

• Data Center, Campus and Department Network Applications
• Terminal Services Authentication and Citrix Support
• Transparent Layer 2 Bridge Mode
• Integrated Wireless Switch and Controller

1. Testing Methodologies: Maximum performance based on RFC 2544 (for firewall). Actual performance may vary depending on network conditions and activated services.
2. UTM/Gateway AV/Anti-Spyware/IPS throughput measured using industry standard Spirent WebAvalanche HTTP performance test and Ixia test tools. Testing done with multiple flows through multiple port pairs.
3. VPN throughput measured using UDP traffic at 1280 byte packet size adhering to RFC 2544.
4. USB 3G card and modem are not included. See http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/cardsupport.html for supported USB devices.