Cisco FP8350-K9 Enterprise Firewall – High-Performance Security

Product Description

Cisco FirePOWER FP8350-K9 is a high-performance enterprise firewall chassis from the FirePOWER 8000 series, designed for deployment in large-scale data centers and service provider environments. The FP8350-K9 provides a 2U rack-mount form factor with seven expansion slots, enabling deep packet inspection and advanced threat-focused security services for high-throughput networks.

Technical Specifications

• Form Factor: 2U rack-mount chassis
• Expansion Slots: 7 slots for security modules and I/O cards
• Chassis Model: Cisco FirePOWER 8350 Chassis
• MPN: FP8350-K9
• Product Series: Cisco FirePOWER 8000 Series
• Chassis Type: Modular firewall appliance

Design Features

• Modular 7-slot architecture allows flexible configuration of network interfaces and processing modules.
• 2U chassis design optimizes rack space utilization in enterprise data centers.
• Integrated with the Cisco FirePOWER platform for unified threat management and next-generation firewall services.
• Hot-swappable components supported via slot-based modular design for serviceability.
• Designed for high-availability deployments with redundant power and cooling options per chassis specifications.

Application Area

The Cisco FirePOWER FP8350-K9 is deployed as a centralized security gateway in enterprise core networks, data center perimeters, and service provider aggregation points. It is suitable for organizations requiring multi-gigabit threat inspection, scalable throughput, and the ability to expand security capacity incrementally through additional slot modules. Typical use cases include securing north-south traffic at the network edge and segmenting internal data center zones.