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Cisco Security Services Modules
Network Analysis Module Network Analysis Module
This module provides traffic monitoring services This module provides traffic monitoring services
for visibility into network and application usage, for visibility into network and application usage,
helping network managers troubleshoot delivery helping network managers troubleshoot delivery
issues, improve the utilization of network issues, improve the utilization of network
resources, and ease the deployment of new resources, and ease the deployment of new
network services . The NAM is available in two network services . The NAM is available in two
hardware versions, NAM-1 and NAM-2, to meet hardware versions, NAM-1 and NAM-2, to meet
diverse network analysis needs in scalable diverse network analysis needs in scalable
switching environments . switching environments .
• Includes an embedded, web-accessible Traffic • Includes an embedded, web-accessible Traffic
Analyzer interface that presents both configuration Analyzer interface that presents both configuration
menus and real-time and historical reports . menus and real-time and historical reports .
• Provides visibility into what applications • Provides visibility into what applications
are running on the network and how they're are running on the network and how they're
performing, tracking response times and performing, tracking response times and
identifying whether issues are server- or network- identifying whether issues are server- or network-
related . related .
• Offers web-based captures and decodes for • Offers web-based captures and decodes for
anytime, anywhere troubleshooting . anytime, anywhere troubleshooting .
• Analyzes the performance of IP-based services, • Analyzes the performance of IP-based services,
including VoIP, video, and QoS . including VoIP, video, and QoS .
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SSL Services Module SSL Services Module
This module offloads processor-intensive tasks This module offloads processor-intensive tasks
related to securing traffic with Secure Sockets related to securing traffic with Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL), increases the number of secure Layer (SSL), increases the number of secure
connections supported by a web site, and connections supported by a web site, and
reduces the operational complexity of high reduces the operational complexity of high
performance web server farms . performance web server farms .
• Ensures high availability when installed in a • Ensures high availability when installed in a
redundant Cisco Catalyst 6500 configuration, redundant Cisco Catalyst 6500 configuration,
maintaining SSL sessions if hardware failures maintaining SSL sessions if hardware failures
occur . occur .
• Simplifies security management while encrypting • Simplifies security management while encrypting
user data to the web servers, providing privacy, user data to the web servers, providing privacy,
confidentiality, and authentication using a wide confidentiality, and authentication using a wide
range of certificates, including Netscape and range of certificates, including Netscape and
VeriSign . VeriSign .
• An integrated Content Switching Module or • An integrated Content Switching Module or
external load-balancing appliance can load external load-balancing appliance can load
balance secure HTTPS content requests to balance secure HTTPS content requests to
multiple Cisco SSL services modules, maximizing multiple Cisco SSL services modules, maximizing
SSL termination performance and providing SSL SSL termination performance and providing SSL
scalability . scalability .
• Provides the best price/performance ratio • Provides the best price/performance ratio
of any SSL accelerator on the market . Cost of of any SSL accelerator on the market . Cost of
maintenance is included in the maintenance maintenance is included in the maintenance
contract of the Cisco Catalyst chassis, providing contract of the Cisco Catalyst chassis, providing
cost savings on annual service contracts . And cost savings on annual service contracts . And
by offloading the processing-intensive SSL by offloading the processing-intensive SSL
termination burden from the web servers, the SSL termination burden from the web servers, the SSL
Service Module eliminates the need to purchase Service Module eliminates the need to purchase
additional servers . additional servers .
Firewall Services Module
This module delivers the fastest firewall data
rates in the industry: 5 Gbps throughput, 100,000
CPS, and one million concurrent connections .
Up to four modules can be installed in a
single chassis, offering scalability to 20 Gbps
per chassis . Based on Cisco PIX ® Firewall
technology, it provides large enterprises and
service providers with unmatched security,
reliability, and performance .
• Allows any port on Cisco 7600 or Cisco Catalyst
6500 to operate as a firewall port and integrates
firewall security inside the network infrastructure .
• Provides unsurpassed performance to meet
future requirements, scaling to up to 20 Gbps per
chassis without requiring a system overhaul .
• Offers the best price/performance ratio of any
firewall, utilizing the familiar, time-tested Cisco PIX
Operating System to reduce the cost of training,
and integrating firewall services into the chassis to
reduce management requirements .
• An intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) simplifies
management and configuration, and it's supported
by the Cisco management framework and by Cisco
AVVID partners for configuration and monitoring .
• Virtualized FWSM delivers multiple firewalls on
one physical hardware platform, allowing network
administrators to configure, deploy, and manage
functions as if they were separate devices, while
reducing the cost and complexity of managing
network infrastructure .
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