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"SonicWALL has always been one of our favorites." The NSA 4500 provides a "great amount of flexible functionality for a decent price."
NSA 4500 Network Security Appliance
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Performance
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Interfaces
Interfaces NSA 3500 NSA 4500 NSA 5500 10/100 Ethernet - - - 10/100/1000 Ethernet 6 6 8 Console Interface 1 1 1 (plus 1 HA) USB Ports 2 2 2 -
Connectivity
Connectivity NSA 3500 NSA 4500 NSA E5500 Global VPN Clients (max.) 50 (1,000) 500 (3,000) 2,000 (4,000) SSL VPN Clients (max.) 2 (30) 2 (30) 2 (50) Maximum Connections 325,000 500,000 750,000 Maximum Connections/sec 7,000 10,000 15,000 -
Wireless
Wireless NSA 3500 NSA 4500 NSA E5500 SonicPoints Supported 32 64 96 3G Modem Failover Yes Yes Yes Wireless Switch Yes Yes Yes Layer 2 Wireless Bridging Yes Yes Yes -
Deployments
NSA 3500
Ideal for corporate, branch office and distributed environments needing significant throughput capacity and performance.
NSA 4500
Ideal for corporate central-site and large distributed environments requiring high throughput capacity and performance.
NSA E5500
Ideal for enterprises seeking exceptional protection and performance, easy management and an unrivalled value.
Taking network security to the next level.
The SonicWALL® Network Security Appliance (NSA) 4500 is a UTM Firewall for mid-size organizations and distributed environments that need high performance. The NSA 4500 integrates multi-core hardware with SonicWALL’s Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection™ engine for real-time protection without compromise.
NSA 4500 Features.
The NSA 4500 appliance offers an extensive array of advanced security and networking features in an accessible and affordable platform that is easy to deploy and manage in a wide variety of environments.
Unified Threat Management.
The NSA 4500 provides application control, gateway anti-malware, intrusion prevention and Web content filtering on a high performance platform through its unified and simple management interface. This powerful combination ensures state-of-the-art security at a low total cost of ownership.
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Application Intelligence.
SonicWALL provides real-time insight and control of network traffic broken down by applications, users and content through intuitive on-board visualization. The ability to prioritize important applications, throttle down unproductive applications and block unwanted application components ensures an efficient and safe network.
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WAN Acceleration.
The WAN Acceleration Appliance (WXA) Series provides WAN Acceleration to reduce application latency, conserve bandwidth and significantly optimize WAN performance. The WXA Series appliances are provisioned, managed and controlled by existing SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA), NSA and TZ Series appliances for optimal ease of use and simplified deployment.
Gateway Anti-Malware.
Gateway anti-virus and anti-spyware provide high performance protection against millions of unique pieces of malware with near zero latency and no file size limitation. This provides a first layer of defense and stops malware before it can reach systems on your network.
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Intrusion prevention.
Tightly integrated, signature based network intrusion prevention protects against a comprehensive array of network and application layer threats by scanning packet payloads for attacks and exploits that attack critical internal systems.
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SonicWALL Mobile Connect™
SonicWALL® Mobile Connect™, a single unified client app for iOS, provides Apple® iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch® users full network-level access to corporate and academic resources over encrypted SSL VPN connections.
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Virtual Private Networking.
High-performance Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) easily scale to thousands of end points and branch offices. And SonicWALL Clean VPN™ technology protects the integrity of both your IPSec and SSL VPN traffic, securing your remote access tunnels and decontaminating the traffic running over it.
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High performance.
SonicWALL’s patented Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection engine combined with the E4500’s 8 core security platform is capable of inspecting hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections across all ports. The NSA 4500 provides 600 Mbps of Deep Packet Inspection across 6 GbE copper interfaces with nearly zero latency and without file size limitation.
Platform features.
SonicOS provides key features designed to ensure the security of your network with an intuitive graphical user interface for increased functionality and ease of use.
Deep Packet Inspection firewall.
SonicWALL Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection™ technology scans against multiple application types and protocols to protect against internal and external threats at both the application layer and the network layer.2
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Deep Packet Inspection for SSL Encrypted Traffic (DPI-SSL).
DPI-SSL transparently decrypts, inspects and re-encrypts SSL encrypted traffic to allow security services to be applied to all traffic that traverses SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls.
SSL VPN remote access.
Integrated SSL VPN technology enables clientless, remote access to email, files, intranets, and applications from a variety of platforms. An SSL-VPN client can also be automatically pushed out to the client and auto-configured to provide secure layer 3 connectivity.
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Application Traffic Analytics
The SonicWALL Application Traffic Analytics solution provides organizations with powerful insight into application traffic, bandwidth utilization and security threats while providing enhanced troubleshooting and forensics capabilities. Businesses can easily identify non-business applications consuming network resources to modify usage policies accordingly.
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Secure Network Optimization.
Stay ahead of today’s constantly evolving landscape of threats and application-related issues with an advanced security platform that consolidates SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewall features for enterprises along with WAN acceleration for distributed offices to maximize security and control with minimum network latency.
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Secure wireless controller.
SonicWALL firewalls can be extended with secure wireless access points, SonicPoints, to provide seamless and secure 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless networks protected with the SonicWALL Clean Wireless technology.
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Powerful reporting.
Historical reporting on user activity is available through SonicWALL Analyzer™ software and real-time application analysis through powerful visualization tools.
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Centralized Policy Management
The SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS ®) provides flexible, powerful and intuitive tools to manage configurations, view real-time monitoring metrics and integrate policy and compliance reporting, all from a central location.
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Business continuity.
Your network will continue to operate without interruption even if there is a hardware or software failure with Active/Passive failover. Stateful synchronization across the appliances enables failover without interruption to existing network traffic and VPN tunnels.
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Security services.
Content filtering.
SonicWALL Content Filtering Service blocks multiple categories of objectionable Web content and provides the ideal combination of control and flexibility to ensure the highest levels of productivity and protection.
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Gateway Security Services.
SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Intrusion Prevention, and Application Intelligence and Control Service delivers intelligent, real-time network security protection against sophisticated application layer and content-based attacks, including viruses, spyware, worms, and more. Configurable tools prevent data leakage and enable visualization of network traffic.
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- The purchase of SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service is required to benefit from SonicWALL Deep Packet Inspection Technology.
Firewall Overview
Security Services Included
Support Services
Firewall General
Performance
Features
Failover
- Services must be purchased separately.
- Testing Methodologies: Maximum performance based on RFC 2544 (for firewall). Actual performance may vary depending on network conditions and activated services.
- UTM/Gateway AV/Anti-Spyware/IPS throughput measured using industry standard Spirent WebAvalanche HTTP performance test and Ixia test tools. Testing done with multiple flows through multiple port pairs.
- VPN throughput measured using UDP traffic at 1280 byte packet size adhering to RFC 2544.
- Actual maximum connection counts are lower when UTM services are enabled.
- Only with the NSA 240 Series Stateful HA and Expansion Upgrade.
- USB 3G card and modem are not included. View all supported USB devices.
Each SonicWALL® security appliance can be customized for a business' particular needs by adding select support contracts, security services, and other options and accessories. Create and price the configuration that will best meet your security needs and budget by selecting individual items below. The cost breakdown for your custom configuration will appear at the bottom of the page. All prices shown are MSRP in US dollars.
Appliance
NSA 4500 Appliance-
01-SSC-7012 $ 4995 4995 -
The NSA 4500 is a UTM firewall for mid-size organizations and distributed environments requiring high performance. It combines multi-core hardware with SonicWALL’s Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection™ engine. learn more
- Includes 6 10/100/1000 Ethernet Interfaces; 2.75 Gbps Stateful throughput; and 2 USB Ports.
NSA E5500 Appliance – Upgrade-
01-SSC-7008 + $ 5000 9995 -
The NSA E5500 delivers deep packet inspection performance, deployment flexibility and an array of enterprise networking features. learn more
- Includes 8 10/100/1000 Ethernet Interfaces; 3.9 Gbps Stateful throughput; 2 USB Ports; and 1 HA Interface.
Appliance$4995
Product Support
Dynamic Support 8x5-
01-SSC-7227 1 Year + $ 849 84901-SSC-7228 2 Years + $ 1455 145501-SSC-7229 3 Years + $ 2035 2035 -
Includes 8x5 telephone, email and Web-based support, software and firmware updates, Advance Exchange hardware replacement, access to electronic support tools and moderated discussion groups.
Dynamic Support 24x7-
01-SSC-7230 1 Year + $ 1149 114901-SSC-7231 2 Years + $ 1955 195501-SSC-7232 3 Years + $ 2755 2755 -
Includes 24x7 telephone, email and Web-based support, software and firmware updates, Advance Exchange hardware replacement, access to electronic support tools and moderated discussion groups.
Product Support$0
Security Services
Comprehensive Gateway Security Suite Bundle-
01-SSC-9223 1 Year + $ 2830 283001-SSC-9230 2 Years + $ 4825 482501-SSC-9237 3 Years + $ 6820 6820 -
BEST VALUE—Comprehensive Security Suite subscription includes: Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Intrusion Prevention and Application Intelligence and Control Service; Content Filtering Premium Service; ViewPoint and 24x7 Support.
Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Intrusion Prevention & Application Intelligence-
01-SSC-6133 1 Year + $ 1780 178001-SSC-6140 2 Years + $ 3040 304001-SSC-6156 3 Years + $ 4300 4300 -
Provides real-time network threat prevention with Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Intrusion Prevention and Application Intelligence and Control.
Content Filtering Service - Premium Business Edition-
01-SSC-7332 1 Year + $ 1360 136001-SSC-7339 2 Years + $ 2305 230501-SSC-7346 3 Years + $ 3250 3250 -
SonicWALL Content Filtering Service provides URL filtering to help businesses manage productivity and security of online activites.
Analyzer Reporting Software-
01-SSC-3381 + $ 440 440 -
SonicWALL® Analyzer is an easy-to-use application traffic flow analytics and reporting tool that provides real-time and historical insight into the performance and security of the network. learn more
- SonicWALL® Analyzer is an easy-to-use application traffic flow analytics and reporting tool that provides real-time and historical insight into the performance and security of the network.
Comprehensive Anti-Spam Service-
01-SSC-9003 1 Year + $ 1750 175001-SSC-9004 2 Years + $ 2975 297501-SSC-9005 3 Years + $ 4200 4200 -
SonicWALL Comprehensive Anti-Spam Service (CASS) offers small- to medium-sized businesses comprehensive SonicWALL Email Security protection, instantly deployed over existing SonicWALL firewall appliances.
Security Services$0
Options and Accessories
Enforced Client Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware for 5 Users-
01-SSC-2743 + $ 195 19501-SSC-6954 + $ 315 31501-SSC-6965 + $ 435 435 -
SonicWALL Enforced Client Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware provides comprehensive gateway-enforced virus and spyware protection for desktops and laptops using a single integrated client.
Anti-Spam Desktop for 5 Users-
01-SSC-7451 + $ 145 145 -
Anti-Spam Desktop works with Outlook or Outlook Express on Microsoft Windows systems, Filters POP, Exchange, and IMAP email.
SSL VPN Remote Access for 5 Users-
01-SSC-8630 + $ 215 215 -
SonicWALL NetExtender for SSL VPN clients provides gateway enforcement, central management and the configuration flexibility to deliver comprehensive desktop security to mobile workers and corporate networks.
Configuration Cost Breakdown
| Appliances | $4995 |
|---|---|
| Product Support | $0 |
| Security Services | $0 |
| Options and Accessories | $0 |
| Grand Total | $0 |
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