Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances

Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances were originally introduced on May 3, 2005 at Interop Las Vegas.

Specifications of past and premodels sent

Model

5505

5510

5520

5540

5550

Introduced

2006

2005

2005

2005

2006

CPU Type

AMD Geode™ GX

CPU Speed

533Mhz

Chipset

Default RAM

256

512

512

1024

4096

Boot Flash Device

Default Flash

Min OS Version

Max Interfaces

3 (trunking disabled) / 20 (trunking enabled)

50/100

150

200

250

Expansion Modules Supported

Future, SSC

CSC-SSM, AIP-SSM, 4GE-SSM

CSC-SSM, AIP-SSM, 4GE-SSM

CSC-SSM, AIP-SSM, 4GE-SSM

No

Supports SSL VPN

Yes - 25

Yes - 250

Yes - 750

Yes - 2500

Yes - 5000

Failover Supported

Stateless Active/Standby

Active/Standby, Active/Active

Active/Standby, Active/Active

Active/Standby, Active/Active

Active/Standby, Active/Active

Model

5505

5510

5520

5540

5550