
Dell SonicWALL NSA Series
Dell SonicWALL NSA Series
Dell SonicWALL NSA Series
Dell SonicWALL NSA Series
Estimated Ship Date:14 Jun 2013
Estimated Ship Date:14 Jun 2013
Estimated Ship Date:14 Jun 2013
Estimated Ship Date:14 Jun 2013
Legend: S — Standard, O — Optional, N — Not Available
Regulatory Information:
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Data Sheets (in English)
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page (in English)
Dell and the Environment (in English)
| Firewall Overview | SonicWALL NSA 4500 | SonicWALL NSA 3500 | SonicWALL NSA 2400 | SonicWALL NSA 250M | SonicWALL NSA 220 |
| Deep Packet Inspection Firewall | O | O | O | O | O |
| Stateful Packet Inspection Firewall | S | S | S | S | S |
| Unlimited File Size Protection | S | S | S | S | S |
| Protocols Scanned | 50+ | ||||
| ICSA Firewall Certified | S | S | S | S | S |
| Security Services Included | SonicWALL NSA 4500 | SonicWALL NSA 3500 | SonicWALL NSA 2400 | SonicWALL NSA 250M | SonicWALL NSA 220 |
| Application Intelligence and Control | O | O | O | O | O |
| Intrusion Prevention | O | O | O | O | O |
| Gateway Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware | O | O | O | O | O |
| Enforced Client Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware | O | O | O | O | O |
| Content & URL Filtering (CFS) | O | O | O | O | O |
| Analyzer Reporting | O | O | O | O | O |
| Comprehensive Anti-Spam Service | O | O | O | O | O |
| SSL Inspection (DPI-SSL) | O | O | O | O | O |
| Support Services | SonicWALL NSA 4500 | SonicWALL NSA 3500 | SonicWALL NSA 2400 | SonicWALL NSA 250M | SonicWALL NSA 220 |
| Dynamic Support 8x5 | 90 Days | ||||
| Dynamic Support 24x7 | O | O | O | O | O |
| Firewall General | SonicWALL NSA 4500 | SonicWALL NSA 3500 | SonicWALL NSA 2400 | SonicWALL NSA 250M | SonicWALL NSA 220 |
| Interfaces | (6) 10/100/ 1000 Copper Gigabit Ports, 1 Console Interface, 2 USB | (6) 10/100/ 1000 Copper Gigabit Ports, 1 Console Interface, 2 USB | (6) 10/100/ 1000 Copper Gigabit Ports, 1 Console Interface, 2 USB | (5) 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit, 2 USB, Module Interface, Console | (7) 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit, 2 USB, Console |
| Management | CLI, SSH, GUI, GMS | ||||
| Certifications | EAL4+, FIPS 140-2, VPNC, ICSA Firewall 4.1 | EAL4+, FIPS 140-2, VPNC, ICSA Firewall 4.1 | EAL4+, VPNC, ICSA Firewall 4.1, FIPS 140-2 | VPNC, ICSA Firewall 4.1 | VPNC, ICSA Firewall 4.1 |
| Nodes Supported | Unrestricted | ||||
| RAM | 512MB | 512MB | 512MB | 512MB | 512MB |
| Flash Memory | 512MB | 512MB | 512MB | 32MB | 32MB |
| Site-to-Site VPN Tunnels | 1500 | 800 | 75 | 50 | 25 |
| Global VPN Clients (Maximum) | 500 (3,000) | 50 (1,000) | 10 (250) | 2 (25) | 2 (25) |
| SSL VPN NetExtender Clients (Maximum) | 2 (30) | 2 (30) | 2 (25) | 2 (15) | 2 (15) |
| Unique Malware Threats Blocked | 1,000,000+ | ||||
| Virtual Assist Technicians (Maximum) | 2 (10) | 2 (10) | 1 (5) | 30-Day Trial (5) | 30-Day Trial (5) |
| VLAN Interfaces | 200 | 50 | 25 | 35 | 25 |
| SonicPoints | 64 | 48 | 32 | 16 | 16 |
| Performance | SonicWALL NSA 4500 | SonicWALL NSA 3500 | SonicWALL NSA 2400 | SonicWALL NSA 250M | SonicWALL NSA 220 |
| Stateful Throughput | 2.75 Gbps | 1.5 Gbps | 775 Mbps | 750 Mbps | 600 Mbps |
| DPI Performance | 600 Mbps | 240 Mbps | 150 Mbps | 130 Mbps | 110 Mbps |
| Gateway Anti-Virus Throughput | 690 Mbps | 350 Mbps | 160 Mbps | 140 Mbps | 115 Mbps |
| Intrusion Prevention Throughput | 1.4 Gbps | 750 Mbps | 275 Mbps | 250 Mbps | 195 Mbps |
| IMIX Performance | 700 Mbps | 580 Mbps | 235 Mbps | 210 Mbps | 180 Mbps |
| 3DES/AES VPN Throughput | 1.0 Gbps | 625 Mbps | 300 Mbps | 200 Mbps | 150 Mbps |
| Maximum Connections | 500,000 | 325,000 | 225,000 | 110,000 | 85,000 |
| Maximum UTM Connections | 250,000 | 175,000 | 125,000 | 64,000 | 32,000 |
| New Connections per Second | 10,000 | 7,000 | 4,000 | 3,000 | 2,200 |
| Features | SonicWALL NSA 4500 | SonicWALL NSA 3500 | SonicWALL NSA 2400 | SonicWALL NSA 250M | SonicWALL NSA 220 |
| Logging | IPFIX, Netflow, Analyzer, Local Log, Syslog | ||||
| Network Traffic Visualization | S | S | S | S | S |
| Netflow/IPFIX Reporting | S | S | S | S | S |
| SNMP | S | S | S | S | S |
| Authentication | XAUTH/RADIUS, Active Directory, SSO, LDAP, Terminal Services, Citrix®, Internal User Database | ||||
| Single Sign-On | S | S | S | S | S |
| Voice over IP (VoIP) Security | S | S | S | S | S |
| PortShield Security | N | N | N | S | S |
| Dynamic Routing | OSPF, RIP | ||||
| Policy-Based Routing | S | S | S | S | S |
| Route-Based VPN | S | S | S | S | S |
| Dynamic Bandwidth Management | S | S | S | S | S |
| 802.11n Wireless Support via SonicPoints | S | S | S | S | S |
| Integrated Wireless Switch & Controller | S | S | S | S | S |
| Layer 2 Wireless Bridging | S | S | S | S | S |
| Stateful High Availability | S | S | S | S | S |
| Multi-WAN | S | S | S | S | S |
| Load Balancing | S | S | S | S | S |
| Object-Based Management | S | S | S | S | S |
| Policy-Based NAT | S | S | S | S | S |
| Inbound Load Balancing | S | S | S | S | S |
| IKEv2 VPN | S | S | S | S | S |
| Terminal Services Authentication/Citrix® Support | S | S | S | S | S |
| Onboard Quality of Service (QoS) | S | S | S | S | S |
| SSL Control | S | S | S | S | S |
| IPv6 | S | S | S | S | S |
| Failover | SonicWALL NSA 4500 | SonicWALL NSA 3500 | SonicWALL NSA 2400 | SonicWALL NSA 250M | SonicWALL NSA 220 |
| Hardware Failover | Active/ Passive With State Sync | Optional Active/ Passive With State Sync | Optional Active/ Passive With State Sync | Optional Active/ Passive With State Sync | Optional Active/ Passive With State Sync |
| Multi-WAN Failover | S | S | S | S | S |
| Automated Failover/Failback | S | S | S | S | S |
| Analog Modem Failover | S | S | S | S | S |
| 3G Cellular Modem Failover | S | S | N | S | S |
Regulatory Information:
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Data Sheets (in English)
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page (in English)
Dell and the Environment (in English)

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Find Out More
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SonicWALL RFDPI™ technology gives you ultimate visibility and control. Designed for even the most demanding environments, it scans up to hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections. Then, it categorizes application traffic to protect against internal and external threats.
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Simpler structure and lower costs.
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SonicWALL NSA 3500
The SonicWALL NSA 3500 is a UTM firewall designed for small or midsized central sites, branch offices and distributed environments needing significant capacity and performance.
SonicWALL NSA 2400
The SonicWALL NSA 2400 is a UTM platform for small- to medium-sized businesses and branch sites requiring capacity and performance.
SonicWALL NSA 250M
The SonicWALL NSA 250M Series offers an extensive array of advanced networking and configuration flexibility features in an accessible, affordable platform that is easy to deploy and manage in a wide variety of environments.
SonicWALL NSA 220
The SonicWALL NSA 220 Series offers an extensive array of advanced networking and configuration flexibility features in an accessible, affordable platform that is easy to deploy and manage in a wide variety of environments.

