QOS by protocol on ASA 5512-X

[s_colombo]

Hi all ,
I'm looking for some advices to make a possible configuration for a customer
They need a device to provide :
- firewalling
- bandwidth limiting based on protocols, IP, users
- web content filtering
- good reporting to see which device/users are consuming most of the bandwidth.

I used to use cisco ASA as firewall but it's a while I last installed on and I'm nt uptodate which current state.
So I thought of using an ASA 5512-X but I'd like to know if it comply with all the rquirements .
MOst important being the reporting and bandwitdh limiting capability

Can anyone help me ?

It would be great to have some configuration example regarding bandwitdh management
thanks
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[Ramraj Sivagnanam Sivajanam]

HI Bro

Yes, the Cisco ASA 5525-X can surely perform based on your requirements. The 5525-X IPS Edition has built in content filtering, but you will need a yearly subscription to Cisco Scansafe which is their "Web Cloud security".

As for bandwidth limiting, the method is still the same via MFP i.e. class-maps | policy-maps

Lastly, you might want to enable Cisco NetFlow. This will give you a better monitoring on users, utilizations etc.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a008084de0c.shtml