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The NSA E6500 is engineered to meet the needs of the enterprise, providing a high performance, multifunction threat prevention appliance.


The unit provides enterprise administrators a high performance secure platform to combat the changing threat landscape.

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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
Performance E6500 Compare Range
Firewall Throughput (SPI)Help 5 Gbps
Gateway AV ThroughputHelp 1.69 Gbps
Intrusion Prevention Throughput 2.3 Gbps
Full UTM Throughput 1.59 Gbps
3DES VPN Throughput 2.7 Gbps
Concurrent ConnectionsHelp 750000
Connections / second 20000
Hardware E6500 Compare Range
10/100/1000 Interfaces (Gigabit) 9
Rack-Mountable Yes
3g Support No
Wireless b/g Option2
Wireless n Option2
Certification E6500 Compare Range
ICSA Certified Yes
PCI Compliance Yes
EAL4+ Yes
Services E6500 Compare Range
SPI FirewallHelp Yes
GAVHelp Option1
IPSHelp Option1
Content Filtering Option1
RBL Spam BlockingHelp Yes
Spam Filtering Option1
Client AV EnforcementHelp Option1
Forbidden Domain ListHelp 1024
Allowed Domain ListHelp 1024
Licensing E6500 Compare Range
Local User Limit Unlimited
Site-to-Site VPN (inc) 6000
Site-to-Site VPN (max) 6000
VPN Client - IPSec (inc) 2000
VPN Client - IPSec (max) 6000
VPN Client - SSL (inc) 2
VPN Client - SSL (max) 50
Mobile VPN - PPTP (inc) N/A
Mobile VPN - PPTP (max) N/A
Features E6500 Compare Range
VLAN Interfaces 256
VoIP Security Yes
Policy-based Routing Yes
WAN Failover Yes
Load Balancing Yes
Multi-WAN Yes
Onboard QoS Yes
Wireless Guest Services Option2
Model Upgradable No
Centralised Management Option1
Contents Reviews
Performance E5500 E6500 E7500 E8500
Firewall Throughput (SPI)Help 3.9 Gbps 5 Gbps 5.6 Gbps 8.0 Gbps
Gateway AV ThroughputHelp 1.0 Gbps 1.69 Gbps 1.84 Gbps 2.25 Gbps
Intrusion Prevention Throughput 2.0 Gbps 2.3 Gbps 2.58 Gbps 3.7 Gbps
Full UTM Throughput 850 Mbps 1.59 Gbps 1.7 Gbps 2.2 Gbps
3DES VPN Throughput 1.7 Gbps 2.7 Gbps 3 Gbps 4.0 Gbps
Concurrent ConnectionsHelp 600000 750000 1000000 1500000
Connections / second 15000 20000 25000 80000
Hardware E5500 E6500 E7500 E8500
10/100/1000 Interfaces (Gigabit) 9 9 9 9
Rack-Mountable Yes Yes Yes Yes
3g Support No No No No
Wireless b/g Option2 Option2 Option2 Option2
Wireless n Option2 Option2 Option2 Option2
Certification E5500 E6500 E7500 E8500
ICSA Certified Yes Yes Yes Yes
PCI Compliance Yes Yes Yes Yes
EAL4+ Yes Yes Yes Yes
Services E5500 E6500 E7500 E8500
SPI FirewallHelp Yes Yes Yes Yes
GAVHelp Option1 Option1 Option1 Option1
IPSHelp Option1 Option1 Option1 Option1
Content Filtering Option1 Option1 Option1 Option1
RBL Spam BlockingHelp Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spam Filtering Option1 Option1 Option1 Option1
Client AV EnforcementHelp Option1 Option1 Option1 Option1
Forbidden Domain ListHelp 1024 1024 1024 1024
Allowed Domain ListHelp 1024 1024 1024 1024
Licensing E5500 E6500 E7500 E8500
Local User Limit Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Site-to-Site VPN (inc) 4000 6000 10000 10000
Site-to-Site VPN (max) 4000 6000 10000 10000
VPN Client - IPSec (inc) 2000 2000 2000 2000
VPN Client - IPSec (max) 4000 6000 10000 10000
VPN Client - SSL (inc) 2 2 2 2
VPN Client - SSL (max) 50 50 50 50
Mobile VPN - PPTP (inc) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mobile VPN - PPTP (max) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Features E5500 E6500 E7500 E8500
VLAN Interfaces 256 256 512 512
VoIP Security Yes Yes Yes Yes
Policy-based Routing Yes Yes Yes Yes
WAN Failover Yes Yes Yes Yes
Load Balancing Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multi-WAN Yes Yes Yes Yes
Onboard QoS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wireless Guest Services Option2 Option2 Option2 Option2
Model Upgradable No No No No
Centralised Management Option1 Option1 Option1 Option1

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