The SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) E6500 is engineered to meet the needs of the expanding enterprise network by providing a high performance, scalable, multifunction threat prevention appliance.

The NSA E6500 provides enterprise administrators a high performance secure platform to combat the changing threat landscape. Using tools such as Application Firewall network administrators can take advantage of customizable protection tools that empower network administrator’s precise control and inspection over network traffic. The NSA E6500 has been engineered to take advantage of specialized multi-core processing technology, providing parallel traffic processing, in conjunction with SonicWALL’s re-assembly free deep packet inspection engine.

The NSA E6500 comes standard with eight gigabit copper Ethernet ports for deployment flexibility and includes a management LCD screen for ease of deployment. This solutions offers enterprise network administrators an array of enterprise networking features, designed to provide lowered management complexity, and unrivalled value.

The E-Class NSA Series Provides

Multi-Threat Protection

• Complete UTM Protection with Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware and Intrusion Detection / Prevention
• Next Generation Application Firewall
• Content & Application Filtering
• "Clean VPN" Protection

Business Continuity, Reliability & Network Optimisation

• High Availability (HA) with Stateful Failover
• Fault Tolerant and Dual Redundant Power Supplies and Fans (E7500)
• Advanced Routing Services OSPF / RIP
• Business application prioritisation & QoS
• ISP Failover, WAN Redundancy and Load Balancing

Lowered Management Complexity

• Next Generation GUI - SonicOS 5.0
• Complete Network Diagnostic Facilities with Full Packet Capture on board
• Powerful Wizards - Set-up, Firewall Policies, VPN, NAT
• Object-based Management
• Policy-based NAT

Ultimate Flexibility

• Wide range of deployments including, university environments, data centres and distributed networks
• Integrated Wireless Switch Functionality
• 802.1q Virtual LANs for Extending Throughout the Internal Network
• Onboard Quality of Service (QoS) Features