[c-nsp] Cisco ASA 5550 Throughput

[Covalciuc Piotr]

Hello,

Can anybody explain me what is the maximum throughput of Cisco ASA-5550?

By the specification it's 1.2Gbps. But it's divided on 2 buses: slot0
and slot1 with 600Mbps of throughput each.
If traffic flows via ASA, it enters to slot0 and it exit from slot1:

 INTERNET <--> slot0_ASA_slot1 <--> LAN

or

 INTERNET <--600Mbps--> slot0_ASA_slot1 <--600Mbps--> LAN

So, does it means that overall throughput of ASA is 600Mbps (ex.
300Mbps-IN, 300Mbps-OUT)?


Thank you,
Peter