Cisco ASA5580-40-10G-2K8 Enterprise Firewall Appliance

What It Is

The Cisco ASA5580-40-10G-2K8 is a high-end firewall appliance bundle comprising two ASA 5580-40 units, each equipped with four 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) interfaces. This hardware gateway is part of the Cisco ASA 5580 series, designed for enterprise-class perimeter security, VPN termination, and high-throughput network filtering. The configuration includes dual AC power supplies and DES encryption support, positioning it for data center and service provider edge deployments.

Technical Details

• Form Factor: 2 x ASA 5580-40 appliances (bundle)
• Network Interfaces: 4 x 10GE ports per appliance
• Encryption: DES (Data Encryption Standard)
• Power Supply: Dual AC (redundant) per appliance
• Series: Cisco ASA 5580
• Category: Firewall / VPN / UTM hardware gateway
• MPN: ASA5580-40-10G-2K8

Configuration & Options

• Bundle includes two ASA 5580-40 appliances with 10GE connectivity.
• Each unit ships with dual AC power supplies for redundancy.
• DES encryption is preconfigured; no upgrade to AES in this SKU.
• Compatible with other ASA 5580 series models (e.g., ASA5580-20-10K-K9, ASA5580-20-4GE-K9) for mixed deployments.
• Optional high-availability (HA) setup supported across the two included units.

Operating Conditions

This appliance bundle is intended for deployment in carrier-grade or large enterprise network cores where multi-gigabit throughput and link redundancy are critical. The dual-unit configuration supports active/standby or load-sharing firewall clusters in demilitarized zones (DMZ) or transit points between internal networks and external uplinks. It is suitable for environments requiring sustained 10GE line-rate inspection and VPN aggregation without reliance on software-based encryption acceleration.