Nortel Switched Firewall 2.3.3 User’s Guide and Command Reference
Introduction
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Performance
Table 3
compares the throughput, concurrent sessions, and new connections per second on
each of the 5100 Series model.
Nortel Switched Firewall basics
Network Elements
The following diagram shows a basic network using the Nortel Switched Firewall.
Figure 1
Nortel Switched Firewall network elements
Table 3
Nortel Switched Firewall 5100 Series Hardware Performance
Model
Throughput
Concurrent Sessions
New Connections per Second
5114-NE1
1,600 Mbps
500,000
4,000
5111-NE1
1000 Mbps
300,000
4,000
5114
1,600 Mbps
500,000
4,000
5109
1000 Mbps
300,000
4,000
5106
300 Mbps
250,000
3200–3600
Internet
Nortel Switched Firewall with
Check Point SmartCenter Server
NSF Local Console
Intranet
Untrusted Network
NSF Remote
Console/
Check Point
SMART Clients
Trusted
Network
Semi-trusted network (DMZ)
