Product Overview
The SonicWALL Network Security Appliance (NSA) 4500 is a UTM firewall for midsize organizations
and distributed environments that need high performance. It integrates multi-core hardware with
SonicWALL®’s Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection™ (RFDPI) engine.
Device Type
Security appliance
Height (Rack Units)
1U
Width
17 in
Depth
13.3 in
Height
1.7 in
Weight
11.2 lbs
RAM Installed ( Max )
512 MB
Flash Memory Installed (Max)
Flash
Form Factor
External
Ports Qty
6
Connectivity Technology
Wired
Data Transfer Rate
1 Gbps
Data Link Protocol
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Network / Transport Protocol
TCP/IP, PPTP, UDP/IP, L2TP, ICMP/IP, IPSec, PPPoE, DHCP
Routing Protocol
OSPF, RIP-1, RIP-2, static IP routing
Remote Management Protocol
SNMP 2, HTTP, HTTPS
Performance
Firewall throughput : 1.6 Gbps ¦ VPN throughput (3DES/AES) : 1 Gbps ¦ Intrusion prevention throughput : 410 Mbps ¦ Gateway anti-virus throughput : 500 Mbps ¦ Firewall throughput (IMIX) : 680 Mbps ¦ Connection rate : 7500 connections per second
Capacity
VPN client licenses : 500 ¦ VPN tunnels (site-to-site) : 2000 ¦ Nodes : unlimited ¦ Connection / user qty : 450000 ¦ Authenticated users (internal database) : 1000
Features
Firewall protection, DHCP support, load balancing, Syslog support, DoS attack prevention, content filtering, dynamic DNS server, antivirus analysis, High Availability, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Stateful Failover, anti-spam protection, Quality of Service (QoS), Dead Peer Detection (DPD), IPSec NAT-Traversal (NAT-T)
Encryption Algorithm
DES, Triple DES, MD5, IKE, SHA-1, PKI, 128-bit AES, 192-bit AES, 256-bit AES
Authentication Method
Secure Shell (SSH), RADIUS, X.509 certificates, LDAP, internal user database, Active Directory
Compliant Standards
IEEE 802.1Q, X.509