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ASA Ipsec throughput

oszkari
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Hi everyone,

I hope that somebody can illuminate me:

If I read the ASA data sheet I found:

ASA 5050:

VPN throughput Up to 100 Mbps

ASA 5510:

VPN throughput Up to 170 Mbps

But if I execute the

sh crypto accelerator statistics command on my 5050 and 5510 box i get:

ASA 5050:

[Capability]

Supports hardware crypto: True

Supports modular hardware crypto: False

Max accelerators: 1

Max crypto throughput: 25 Mbps

Max crypto connections: 10

ASA 5510

[Capability]

Supports hardware crypto: True

Supports modular hardware crypto: False

Max accelerators: 1

Max crypto throughput: 50 Mbps

Max crypto connections: 50

Its true that both boxes are with base licenses (not having security plus) but as i saw in the data sheets/model comparison charts etc.. the ipsec throughput is not related to licensing.

thanks,

Oszkar

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jwalker
Level 3
Level 3

Oszkar -

Here is a document that should answer your questions...

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html

Hope this helps.

Jay Walker

Hi Jay,

As it is stated in this doc too the maximum 3DES/AES VPN throughput (Mbps) is 100 mbps respectively 170 mbps. If so, why the crypto accelerator statistics show only 25 resp. 50 mbps as the max supported throughput.

Until now, I didn't have the opportunity to test it with a 100mbpits ipsec link,but i will do in a lab env. to solve the mistery:)

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