The SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) Series is an industry first—a family of multi-core Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances that delivers enterprise-class deep packet inspection without significantly impacting network throughput. Combining a powerful deep packet inspection firewall with multiple layers of protection technology and a suite of high-availability features, the E-Class NSA Series is the ultimate choice for a variety of enterprise deployments including distributed medium - large network environments, campus networks and data centers.

The SonicWALL E-Class NSA Series was engineered as the most scalable and highest performing multi-function threat appliance in its class with exceptional reliability to address the security and performance requirements of enterprise networks. The E-Class NSA Series delivers unrestricted deep packet inspection with multiple layers of protection, combining to defend against the entire spectrum of network attacks, both external and internal, with unprecedented speed. This protection is enabled through the E-Class NSA Series’ multi-core architecture, a massively paralleled 16 core performance design for ultra high-speed threat protection and remarkable scalability.

Taking protection to new levels of control is Application Firewall, a set of customizable protection tools that affords administrators precise control over network traffic. Delivering maximum operational reliability, the E-Class NSA Series incorporates a suite of high availability features at the hardware and system level to maximize uptime and improve security coverage. With an extensive array of advanced network and configuration flexibility features, ease of integration and deployment and lowered management complexity, the E-Class NSA Series is ideal solution for high performance network security in a wide variety of environments.

Features and Benefits

Multi-core Performance Architecture.

• At the heart of the E-Class NSA is the SonicWALL multi-core performance architecture designed to provide breakthrough deep packet inspection and granular network intelligence over real-time network traffic without impacting network performance. The SonicWALL E-Class NSA can effectively deliver ultra-high-speed performance through the concurrent use of specialised security processing cores. Using the processing power of multiple cores in unison dramatically increases throughput and simultaneous inspection capabilities while lowering overhead impact.

Unified Threat Management Security Platform.

• The E-Class NSA Series delivers a highly redundant security and connectivity platform that is purpose-built for highspeed internal and external network protection, consolidating and extending security functionality throughout the network. E-Class NSAs integrate realtime gateway anti-virus, spyware and intrusion prevention to secure networks and VPNs against an extensive array of dynamic threats including worms, Trojans, viruses, malware and software vulnerabilities.

Deployment Flexibility.

• Designed for highly redundant operations, the E-Class NSA appliances are an ideal solution for wired or wireless applications requiring high-speed access and heavy workgroup segmentation. With integrated support for standards-based VoIP, virtual local area networks (VLANs), enterprise-class routing and quality of service (QoS) E-Class NSAs increase deployment flexibility and enhance productivity.

Application Firewall and Custom Control.

• Application Firewall is a configurable set of granular, applicationspecific policies that allow custom access control per network user, application, schedule or IP subnet level. These policies can restrict transfer of specific files and documents, scan e-mail attachments using userconfigurable criteria, automate bandwidth, control inspect internal and external Web access, and support custom signatures.

Dynamic Protection.

• Dynamic threat protection, content filtering and application control services are continually updated on a 24x7 basis to maximise security and decrease cost. IT productivity is increased by eliminating ad-hoc patch management for servers and workstations, automating the application of new protection signatures and removing the necessity to manually update security policies.