The SonicWALL NSA 4500 is ideal for medium sized offices and Branch Offices, it is particularly suited to businesses wishing to scan traffic between multiple LAN zones.
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The SonicWALL NSA 4500 is a next-generation United Threat Management platform, utilizing breakthrough multi-core hardware design with eight cores and six GbE interfaces to deliver real-time internal and external network protection without compromising performance over corporate networks and distributed environments.
The NSA 4500 combines high-speed intrusion prevention, file and content inspection, and powerful application firewall capabilities with an extensive array of advanced networking, high availability and configuration flexibility features to meet the needs of demanding corporate environments. With SonicWALL Clean VPN technology and built-in secure wireless LAN functionality, the NSA 4500 is an ideal solution for wired and wireless applications.
SonicWALL’s next generation security
Scalable multi-core hardware and reassembly-free deep packet inspection
Stateful high availability and load balancing
High performance and lowered TCO
Advanced routing services and networking features
Standards-based Voice over IP (VoIP)
Secure distributed wireless LAN services
Onboard Quality of Service (QoS)
| Performance | 4500 Compare Range |
|---|---|
Firewall Throughput (SPI)![]() |
2.75 Gbps |
Gateway AV Throughput![]() |
690 Mbps |
| Intrusion Prevention Throughput | 1.4 Gbps |
| Full UTM Throughput | 600 Mbps |
| 3DES VPN Throughput | 1.0 Gbps |
Concurrent Connections![]() |
500000 |
| Connections / second | 10000 |
| Hardware | 4500 Compare Range |
| 10/100/1000 Interfaces (Gigabit) | 6 |
| Rack-Mountable | |
| 3g Support | |
| Wireless b/g | Option2 |
| Wireless n | Option2 |
| Certification | 4500 Compare Range |
| ICSA Certified | |
| PCI Compliance | |
| EAL4+ | |
| Services | 4500 Compare Range |
SPI Firewall![]() |
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GAV![]() |
Option1 |
IPS![]() |
Option1 |
| Content Filtering | Option1 |
RBL Spam Blocking![]() |
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| Spam Filtering | Option1 |
Client AV Enforcement![]() |
Option1 |
Forbidden Domain List![]() |
1024 |
Allowed Domain List![]() |
1024 |
| Licensing | 4500 Compare Range |
| Local User Limit | Unlimited |
| Site-to-Site VPN (inc) | 1500 |
| Site-to-Site VPN (max) | 1500 |
| VPN Client - IPSec (inc) | 500 |
| VPN Client - IPSec (max) | 3000 |
| VPN Client - SSL (inc) | 2 |
| VPN Client - SSL (max) | 30 |
| Mobile VPN - PPTP (inc) | N/A |
| Mobile VPN - PPTP (max) | N/A |
| Features | 4500 Compare Range |
| VLAN Interfaces | 200 |
| VoIP Security | |
| Policy-based Routing | |
| WAN Failover | |
| Load Balancing | |
| Multi-WAN | |
| Onboard QoS | |
| Wireless Guest Services | Option2 |
| Model Upgradable | |
| Centralised Management | Option1 |
| Performance | 220 | 240 | 250M | 2400 | 2400MX | 3500 | 4500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Firewall Throughput (SPI)![]() |
600 Mbps | 600 Mbps | 750 Mbps | 775 Mbps | 775 Mbps | 1.5 Gbps | 2.75 Gbps |
Gateway AV Throughput![]() |
115 Mbps | 115 Mbps | 140 Mbps | 160 Mbps | 160 Mbps | 350 Mbps | 690 Mbps |
| Intrusion Prevention Throughput | 195 Mbps | 195 Mbps | 250 Mbps | 275 Mbps | 275 Mbps | 750 Mbps | 1.4 Gbps |
| Full UTM Throughput | 110 Mbps | 110 Mbps | 130 Mbps | 150 Mbps | 150 Mbps | 240 Mbps | 600 Mbps |
| 3DES VPN Throughput | 150 Mbps | 150 Mbps | 200 Mbps | 300 Mbps | 300 Mbps | 625 Mbps | 1.0 Gbps |
Concurrent Connections![]() |
85000 | 850001 | 110000 | 225000 | 225000 | 325000 | 500000 |
| Connections / second | 2000 | 2000 | 3000 | 4000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 |
| Hardware | 220 | 240 | 250M | 2400 | 2400MX | 3500 | 4500 |
| 10/100 Interfaces (Ethernet) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/100/1000 Interfaces (Gigabit) | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Rack-Mountable | Option3 | Option3 | Option3 | ||||
| 3g Support | |||||||
| Wireless b/g | Option3 | Option1 | Option3 | Option2 | Option2 | Option2 | Option2 |
| Wireless n | Option3 | Option1 | Option3 | Option2 | Option2 | Option2 | Option2 |
| Certification | 220 | 240 | 250M | 2400 | 2400MX | 3500 | 4500 |
| ICSA Certified | |||||||
| PCI Compliance | |||||||
| EAL4+ | |||||||
| Services | 220 | 240 | 250M | 2400 | 2400MX | 3500 | 4500 |
SPI Firewall![]() |
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GAV![]() |
Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 |
IPS![]() |
Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 |
| Content Filtering | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 |
RBL Spam Blocking![]() |
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| Spam Filtering | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 |
Client AV Enforcement![]() |
Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 |
Forbidden Domain List![]() |
1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 |
Allowed Domain List![]() |
1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Licensing | 220 | 240 | 250M | 2400 | 2400MX | 3500 | 4500 |
| Local User Limit | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Site-to-Site VPN (inc) | 25 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 75 | 800 | 1500 |
| Site-to-Site VPN (max) | 25 | 501 | 50 | 75 | 75 | 800 | 1500 |
| VPN Client - IPSec (inc) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 500 |
| VPN Client - IPSec (max) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 250 | 250 | 1000 | 3000 |
| VPN Client - SSL (inc) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| VPN Client - SSL (max) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 30 |
| Mobile VPN - PPTP (inc) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mobile VPN - PPTP (max) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Features | 220 | 240 | 250M | 2400 | 2400MX | 3500 | 4500 |
| VLAN Interfaces | 25 | 25 | 35 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 200 |
| VoIP Security | |||||||
| Policy-based Routing | |||||||
| WAN Failover | |||||||
| Load Balancing | |||||||
| Multi-WAN | |||||||
| Onboard QoS | |||||||
| Wireless Guest Services | Option3 | Option2 | Option3 | Option2 | Option2 | Option2 | Option2 |
| Model Upgradable | |||||||
| Centralised Management | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 | Option1 |
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