ASA 5580 FWSM

4 RU Appliance with dual power supplies

Linecard for Catalyst 6500

Up to 10GB throughput

Up to 5GB throughput

Supports SSL VPN and IPSEC VPN termination

Supports IPSEC VPN for management ONLY

Line rate ACLs up to 500,000 ACEs supported

ACE limits vary by software release

Supports NetFlow No Netflow support today

ASA codebase is same across platforms

FWSM code base is unique to FWSM