We are currently looking at replacing our Meraki MX84 firewalls and are looking at the Cisco 1000 series. I am fairly new to Cisco and would just like some feedback or recommendations. We are a small business with about 50 people.
- currently have a 1GB fiber WAN connection
- setup as a HA pair.
- must be compatible with our Meraki MG21 cellular WAN backup device
- the majority of the 50 people are working remotely and will probably continue to do so for sometime and use VPN to connect to the office
- we host a number of websites internally
- we also supply services to two local organizations that each have a 100MB connection to us that goes through the firewall.
- we would also like to have IPS and AMP.
- the firewalls will be connecting to two Cisco CS3850s which are not stacked.
- we run XenCenter which I understand is not on the supported list for the Firepower Management Center. I was told we could use the onboard management system. Not too sure of what the difference would be.
I contacted my Cisco rep and they recommend the Firepower 1150 which to me seems excessive. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks
