EOL/EOS for the Cisco PIX 515E Security Appliance

Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

Feature	Cisco PIX 515E Security Appliance	Cisco ASA 5510 Adaptive Security Appliance
Maximum Firewall Throughput	190 Mbps	300 Mbps
Maximum 3DES/AES VPN Throughput	130 Mbps	170 Mbps
Maximum Connections	48,000 (R/DMZ)/130,000 (UR/FO)	50,000 (Base)/130,000 (Security Plus)
Connections per Second	4000	9000
Packets per Second (64-byte)	48	190
Maximum IPsec VPN Sessions	2000	250
Maximum SSL VPN Sessions	Not Supported	250
Integrated Network Ports	2 Fast Ethernet (R)/3 Fast Ethernet (DMZ)/6 Fast Ethernet (UR-FE/FO-FE)	5 Fast Ethernet (Base)/2 Gigabit Ethernet + 3 Fast Ethernet (Security Plus)
Maximum Network Ports	3 Fast Ethernet (R/DMZ)/6 Fast Ethernet (UR/FO)	4 Gigabit Ethernet + 5 Fast Ethernet (Base)/6 Gigabit Ethernet + 3 Fast Ethernet (Security Plus)
VLANs	10 (R/DMZ)/25 (UR/FO)	50 (Base)/100 (Security Plus)
High Availability/Scalability	Not Supported (R/DMZ)/Active/Standby (FO)/Active/Active and Active/Standby (UR/FO-AA)	Not Supported (Base)/Active/Active, Active/Standby, and VPN Clustering/Load Balancing (Security Plus)
Expandability	1 Fast Ethernet (1FE), 4 Fast Ethernet (4FE-66), VPN Accelerator Plus (VAC PLUS)	4 Gigabit Ethernet (4GE SSM), IPS (AIP SSM), Content Security (CSC SSM)