Vpn Accelerator Circuit Board; Gigabit Ethernet Circuit Board - Cisco PIX Series User And Installation Manual

Installing a Circuit Board in the PIX 525

VPN Accelerator Circuit Board

The VPN Accelerator (PIX-VPN-ACCEL) is an encryption and accelerator circuit board. The VPN
Accelerator uses a PCI interface and therefore can only be installed in PIX security appliance platforms
with PCI slots. The VPN Accelerator begins to function immediately after installation without the need
of special installation configurations.
The new VPN Accelerator cannot be used with the former PIX security appliance IPSec accelerator in
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the same chassis. The PIX security appliance IPSec accelerator was also known as the Private Link card.
An illustration of the VPN Accelerator is shown in
Figure 6-18 PIX Security Appliance VPN Accelerator Circuit Board

Gigabit Ethernet Circuit Board

PIX security appliance supports 1000 Mbps (Gigabit) Ethernet. The Gigabit Ethernet circuit board has
only one hardware speed and supports the following duplex options:
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We highly recommend that you use a GE failover link when connecting the PIX 525 with GE interfaces.
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1000SXfull—Forces full-duplex operation
1000BaseSX—Forces half-duplex operation
1000auto—Auto negotiates full or half duplex
Figure 6-18.
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