- Fully integrated deep packet inspection firewall, including gateway anti-virus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, and application firewall for perimeter and internal protection
- Application firewall feature-set for application inspection and control
- Automated and dynamic security updates
- High-performance 4-core multi-core architecture
- 1 Gbps stateful packet inspection firewall
- 650 Gbps 3DES and AES VPN throughput
- 170 Mbps full Unified Threat Management (UTM) inspection
- Six 10/100/1000 copper Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
- Business application prioritization and QoS
- Stateful hardware failover, ISP failover, and WAN redundancy
- Integrated server load balancing feature-set
- Integrated network security policy and management
- Next-generation streamlined GUI
- Powerful wizards - set-up, firewall policies, VPN, NAT
- Data center, campus and department network applications
- Transparent L2 bridge mode
- Integrated wireless switch deployment
SonicWall NSA 3500 is a next generation United Threat Management firewall, utilizing a breakthrough multi-core hardware design with 4 cores and 6 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces to deliver real-time internal and external network protection without compromising network performance for corporate, branch office and distributed environments. The NSA 3500 combines high-speed intrusion prevention, file and content inspection and powerful application firewall capabilities with 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.