VIAVI Solutions Case Study TeraVM Cisco uses TeraVM to benchmark ASA 5585 VPN throughput The Cisco ASA 5585 is a secure access appliance which provides firewall, intrusion prevention system (IPS) and virtual private network (VPN) functionality. A key selling point of the ASA 5585 is the VPN scalability and throughput up to 5 Gbps. The challenge Cisco faced was how to properly benchmark the ASA 5585 and to demonstrate VPN throughput of 5 Gbps in a repeatable and reliable manner. In addition, to accurately exercise the ASA 5585 at gigabit speeds required emulation of stateful Cisco VPN clients. Technical Challenge To fully benchmark the ASA 5585 VPN throughput at 5 Gbps and beyond, requires an end-to-end approach using Cisco’s own proprietary AnyConnect VPN clients for both SSL

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