[c-nsp] ASA 5505 or Netscreen 5GT - maturity?

[nick.nauwelaerts at thomson.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
> jason.plank at comcast.net
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 17:58
> To: jacob c; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASA 5505 or Netscreen 5GT - maturity?
> 
> Jacob,
> 
> ASDM runs on single devices and is just a GUI for the 
> individual ASA's. CSM is a comparable product to NSM. CSM is 
> better than what cisco has had in the past and i'm not sure 
> how it compares to NSM. I will say it seemed easier to 
> integrate than NSM, and I have never been a huge fan of NSM.

We've found CSM to be a waiste of money if you only use it for asa's. It
supports only a limited set of os revisions & lacks support for several
of the more advanced features. A mix of cli & adsm tends to work pretty
well, and adsm 6 seems to be pretty feature complete just by itself.

// nick