SonicWall NSa 6700 Next-Generation Network Security/Firewall Appliance

Overview: The SonicWall NSa 6700 is a high-performance next-generation firewall appliance that combines advanced threat prevention with robust connectivity features to secure large, demanding networks. Comprehensive threat protection: Built-in security services include intrusion prevention, gateway anti-virus, anti-spyware, and application intelligence and control. These capabilities provide granular policy enforcement such as application blocking and bandwidth management, plus extended protections including IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, content filtering, anti-spam and enforced client anti-virus for an all-in-one security posture. Scalable multi-core design: Unlike older single-core or ASIC-only designs used for traditional stateful firewalls, the NSa series employs a multi-core architecture—using as many as eight cores—to distribute traffic processing. This design helps prevent severe performance drops under heavy loads and when encountering malicious content. Deep packet inspection engine: SonicWall’s proprietary RFDPI technology delivers high-performance, scalable inspection. RFDPI examines traffic on every port, on every protocol and in any direction, inspecting every byte of a connection and supporting up to hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections. This enables accurate application categorization and protection at both the network and application layers. Lower operational complexity and cost: The NSa 6700 is engineered for power efficiency and reduced total cost of ownership by simplifying deployment and ongoing management. An intuitive GUI and guided setup wizards speed configuration and make it easier to create and fine-tune network policies, application rules and VPN connections.