Cisco ASA Security Model Capabilities
The following sections describe the characteristics and capabilities of each firewall in the
ASA Security Appliance family. The throughput speeds mentioned for each model refer to
the speeds at which the firewall can process the data with most services enabled. The addition
of an AIP-SSM module will reduce an interface’s throughput speeds if enabled.
All the ASA Security Appliances feature the same chassis (see Figure 3-14).