Cisco Firewall against PaloAlto

[Syed Farhan Ali]

Dear Techies,

I am working on a requirement from customer where they are working on PA-850 and FG-301E Firewall and asking for a Cisco equivalent option. Can anyone please guide me which model to quote ? 

Moreover I have to meet the following specifications :

• Minimum 780 Mbps Threat Prevention throughput required (with App-ID, User-ID, IPS, Antivirus and Anti-Spyware, URL filtering features enabled)
• Minimum 1.9 Gbps Firewall throughput required (with App-ID and User-ID features enabled)
• Support at least 192,000 concurrent sessions
• Support at least 9,500 new sessions per second
• Minimum 8 (10/100/1000 Interfaces RJ45)
• 1 X Management Interface (10/100/100)
• RJ-45 and console port
• USB port and (1) Micro USB console port
• 240 GB SSD Internal local storage required
• Redundant Power supplies are required in the Firewall
• Rack Mountable

Regards,

Farhan.

[Abheesh Kumar]

Hi Syed,

As per your requirements Cisco FTD 2110 firewall will suite but it have only single power supply. Better go with Cisco FTD 2130 and above supports dual power supply.

Specification of 2130 with your requirments

• Minimum 780 Mbps Threat Prevention throughput required (with App-ID, User-ID, IPS, Antivirus and Anti-Spyware, URL filtering features enabled) : Supports upto 4.75Gbps
• Minimum 1.9 Gbps Firewall throughput required (with App-ID and User-ID features enabled) : Supports upto 4.75Gbps
• Support at least 192,000 concurrent sessions : Supports upto 2M concurrent sessions with AVC
• Support at least 9,500 new sessions per second: Supports upto 24K new connections per second
• Minimum 8 (10/100/1000 Interfaces RJ45): 12 x 10M/100M/1GBASE-T Ethernet interfaces (RJ-45), 4 x 10 Gigabit (SFP+) Ethernet interfaces
• 1 X Management Interface (10/100/100) : 1 x 10M/100M/1GBASE-T Ethernet port (RJ-45)
• RJ-45 and console port : 1 x RJ-45 console
• USB port and (1) Micro USB console port :  1 x USB 2.0 Type-A (500mA)
• 240 GB SSD Internal local storage required: 1x 200 GB, 1x spare slot (for MSP)
• Redundant Power supplies are required in the Firewall : Single 400W AC, Dual 400W AC optional. Single/Dual 350W DC optional
• Rack Mountable : 1RU

For more device specification.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/firepower-ngfw/datasheet-c78-736661.html

HTH

-Abheesh