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WatchGuard Firebox X Core

Firebox® X2500

Ideal for medium or distributed enterprises requiring the utmost protection in a firewall that scales to the needs of the enterprise, and wanting remote connectivity and centralized management of the distributed network.

Firebox X2500

Performance

Firewall Throughput (WFS/Fireware® Pro) 275+/300+ Mbps
VPN Throughput (WFS/Fireware® Pro) 100/130 Mbps
Concurrent Sessions (WFS/Fireware® Pro) 500,000
Nodes supported (LAN IPs) Unlimited

Interfaces

10/100 - Standard
(WFS/Fireware® Pro)
3/6
10/100 - Maximum 6
Serial Port X
Port independence Optional with Fireware® Pro
Security zones (WFS/Fireware® Pro) 3/6

VPN

Branch Office VPN tunnels 1,000
Mobile User VPN tunnels 1,000
Mobile User VPN Client Licenses 1,000
Encryption (DES, 3DES) X
Encryption (AES- 128,192,256 bit) Optional with Fireware® Pro
IPSec X
SHA-1, MD5 X
IKE - X.509 3rd party
IKE - Pre-shared key X
PPTP Server X
PPTP Passthrough X
Dead Peer Detection X
Hardware-based encryption X

User Authentication

User Authentication DB Limit 5,000
RADIUS X
LDAP Optional with Fireware® Pro
Windows NT/2000 X
Windows Active Directory Optional with Fireware® Pro
XAUTH X
RSA SecurID X
Web-based X

High Availability

HA Active/Passive Optional with stand-alone 3-Port & High Availability Upgrade, or included in Fireware® Pro
Configuration synchronization X
Session synchronization X
VPN tunnel synchronization X

WAN Interface Failover

WAN Interface failover Optional with Fireware® Pro
WAN Failover ports 0, 4 with Fireware® Pro
WAN Failover modes
(Active/Passive)
Optional with Fireware® Pro
Load sharing (Round Robin) Optional with Fireware® Pro

Traffic Management and Prioritization

Traffic management Optional with Fireware® Pro
Maximum bandwidth Optional with Fireware® Pro
Traffic prioritization Optional with Fireware® Pro
Maximum connections per second Optional with Fireware® Pro

Routing

BGP4 Optional with Fireware® Pro
OSPF Optional with Fireware® Pro
RIPv1, v2 Optional with Fireware® Pro
Static Routes X

Security Features

Stateful Packet Firewall X
Application Proxies HTTP, SMTP, FTP, DNS (TCP with Fireware® Pro)
DoS and DDoS Prevention X
Progressive DDoS Prevention Optional with Fireware® Pro
Protocol Anomaly Detection X
Fragmented Packet Reassembly X
Malformed Packet Protection X
Static Blocked Sources List X
Dynamic Blocked Sources List Optional with Fireware® Pro

Logging/Reporting

WebTrends compatible reports
(WELF)
X
HTML reports X
XML log format Optional with Fireware® Pro
Encrypted Log Channel X
Syslog X

Alarms/Notification

SNMP Optional with Fireware® Pro
Email X
Management System Alert X
Custom Program Alert X

Management

Win32 management interface X
Offline configuration w/GUI X

Certifications

ICSA Firewall X
ICSA IPSec X

Dimensions and Power

Appliance Dimensions 1.75" x 16.75" x 9.45"
4.5cm x 42.6cm x 24cm
Packaging Dimensions 6.38" x 21.13" x 14.13"
16.2cm x 53.7cm x 35.9cm
Appliance Weight 9.68 lbs (4.39 Kg)
Total Weight 13.7 lbs (6.21 Kg)
WEEE Weight 10.6 lbs (4.81 Kg)
AC Power 90-250 VAC autosensing
Power consumption US: 50 Watts
Rest of World: 717 Cal/min, 2.9 BTU/min.
Rack mountable X

Environmental

Operating Temperature 32 - 113° F (0 - 45° C)
Non-operating Temperature -40 - 158° F (-40 - 70° C)
Operating Humidity 10 - 85%
Non-operating Humidity 10 - 95% Non-condensing at 131° F (55° C)
Non-operating Random Vibration 7 - 28 Hz 0.001 to 0.01 G2 per Hz
Acoustic Noise 57 dBA at 20 - 25° C
Operating Mechanical Shock 20 G with 11 Msec duration 1/2 sine wave

Security Services Available

spamBlocker Optional with Fireware Pro
SpamScreen Optional with WFS
Gateway AV/IPS Optional with Fireware Pro
Gateway AV for E-mail Optional with WFS
WebBlocker URL Filtering Optional with Fireware Pro or WFS
Vulnerability Assessment Optional with Fireware Pro or WFS

Upgrades

3-Port & High Availability Upgrade Optional, or included in Fireware® Pro
Mobile User VPN Client Licenses Upgrade by 5, 10, 20, 50
Desktop Antivirus Licenses Upgrade by 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 seat subscription
Fireware® Pro Optional
GAV/email upgrade to GAV/IPS for Fireware® Pro Discounted upgrade from Gateway AntiVirus for E-mail with purchase of Fireware® Pro
SpamScreen upgrade to spamBlocker for Fireware® Pro Discounted upgrade from SpamScreen with purchase of Fireware® Pro

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