https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cisco-asa/m-p/3028043#M135958 <P>Hi,</P> <P></P> <P>What does SSP(<SPAN>Security Services Processor)</SPAN>&nbsp;do and the significance of the number next to it like in ASA 5585-X SSP-10,20,40,60.</P> <P></P> <P>Thanks!</P> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:18:25 GMT agapitca19 2019-03-12T09:18:25Z https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cisco-asa/m-p/3028043#M135958 <P>Hi,</P> <P></P> <P>What does SSP(<SPAN>Security Services Processor)</SPAN>&nbsp;do and the significance of the number next to it like in ASA 5585-X SSP-10,20,40,60.</P> <P></P> <P>Thanks!</P> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:18:25 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cisco-asa/m-p/3028043#M135958 agapitca19 2019-03-12T09:18:25Z https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cisco-asa/m-p/3028044#M135959 <P>The SSP is where the CPU complex of the ASA 5585-X resides. The various ones you mentioned proviode 4, 8 16 and 24 cores respectively. See figure 2 here:</P> <P>http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/asa-5585-x-adaptive-security-appliance/whitepaper_C11-731802.html</P> <P>They provide higher throughput as you move up the line. This is because the ASA software is multicore-aware (SMP in the image name stands for Symmetric MultiProcessor) and divides the workload across the cores.</P> Wed, 03 May 2017 04:53:13 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cisco-asa/m-p/3028044#M135959 Marvin Rhoads 2017-05-03T04:53:13Z