topic Re: Compare ASA in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/compare-asa/m-p/2386180#M306388 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>The first model mentioned contains the 120G SSD Drive. To my understanding its mainly used for ASA CX.</P><P></P><P>I am not 100% sure if the IPS in the new ASA5500-X Series requires the 120GB SSD model. If I remember correctly it doesnt.</P><P></P><P>Also a Cisco document seems to mention the purpose of the SSD drive to be only related to the ASA CX (WSE and AVC)</P><P></P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><P style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none;"><SPAN style="font-family: Arial;"><STRONG>Q.</STRONG></SPAN> What is the purpose of the solid state drive (SSD)?</P><P></P><DIV style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 7pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none;"><SPAN style="font-family: Arial;"><STRONG>A.</STRONG></SPAN> The SSD is required in order to run the Cisco AVC and WSE&nbsp; next-generation firewall services on the Cisco ASA 5500-X Series. The&nbsp; SSD stores logs and any reports for traffic that is processed by these&nbsp; services, in addition to application signatures and a web security&nbsp; database that are part of these subscriptions.</DIV></PRE><P></P><P>Source:</P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6032/ps6094/ps6120/qa_c67-700608.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6032/ps6094/ps6120/qa_c67-700608.html</A></P><P></P><P>- Jouni</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:58:20 GMT Jouni Forss 2014-01-02T21:58:20Z Compare ASA https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/compare-asa/m-p/2386179#M306380 <P>Hello EveryBody</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>I need to know waht is the Different between the <SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;">ASA5515-SSD120-K9 and </SPAN><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;">ASA5515-K9?????</SPAN></P> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:24:22 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/compare-asa/m-p/2386179#M306380 Ahmad Khalifa 2019-03-12T03:24:22Z Re: Compare ASA https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/compare-asa/m-p/2386180#M306388 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>The first model mentioned contains the 120G SSD Drive. To my understanding its mainly used for ASA CX.</P><P></P><P>I am not 100% sure if the IPS in the new ASA5500-X Series requires the 120GB SSD model. If I remember correctly it doesnt.</P><P></P><P>Also a Cisco document seems to mention the purpose of the SSD drive to be only related to the ASA CX (WSE and AVC)</P><P></P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><P style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none;"><SPAN style="font-family: Arial;"><STRONG>Q.</STRONG></SPAN> What is the purpose of the solid state drive (SSD)?</P><P></P><DIV style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 7pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -18pt; text-transform: none;"><SPAN style="font-family: Arial;"><STRONG>A.</STRONG></SPAN> The SSD is required in order to run the Cisco AVC and WSE&nbsp; next-generation firewall services on the Cisco ASA 5500-X Series. The&nbsp; SSD stores logs and any reports for traffic that is processed by these&nbsp; services, in addition to application signatures and a web security&nbsp; database that are part of these subscriptions.</DIV></PRE><P></P><P>Source:</P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6032/ps6094/ps6120/qa_c67-700608.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6032/ps6094/ps6120/qa_c67-700608.html</A></P><P></P><P>- Jouni</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:58:20 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/compare-asa/m-p/2386180#M306388 Jouni Forss 2014-01-02T21:58:20Z Compare ASA https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/compare-asa/m-p/2386181#M306395 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You are correct Jouni. The SSD drive is specifically for the CX. IPS on the ASA does not require the hard drive.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:05:11 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/compare-asa/m-p/2386181#M306395 Collin Clark 2014-01-02T23:05:11Z