Full English Description for Cisco FP7110-K9 (FPR7110-K9)
1. Official Short Overview
Cisco FP7110-K9 (Firepower 7110)
1U rack-mount Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) from legacy Cisco Firepower 7000 Series (discontinued, limited TAC support). Factory preloaded Firepower Threat Defense (FTD v6.x / early v7.x) or ASA Firewall OS, base Security Plus K9 license included. Two chassis variants: FP7110-K9 (8×1G copper bypass ports) and FP7110-FI-K9 (8×1G SFP fiber bypass ports). Dual redundant 450W AC power supplies standard, x86 multi-core security processor, 16GB DDR4 ECC RAM, single hot-swappable 240GB SATA SSD storage, built-in hardware fail-open bypass port pairs for all monitoring interfaces.
Official Standard Performance Metrics (1024B UDP test traffic)
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Raw firewall throughput (FW only): 1.5 Gbps
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Full threat-inspected throughput (FW + AVC + IPS): 1.0 Gbps
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Standalone Snort 3 IPS inspection throughput: 1.0 Gbps
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Hardware-accelerated IPsec VPN throughput: 500 Mbps
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TLS/SSL decryption throughput: 200 Mbps
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Max concurrent TCP/UDP connections with AVC enabled: 500,000
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Max new connections per second: 30,000
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Total concurrent AnyConnect remote access VPN peers: 1,000
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Maximum logical routed VLAN interfaces: 1024
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Maximum multi-context virtual firewalls under K9 license: 100
Supported Management Tools
Firepower Management Center (FMC), ASDM local GUI, Cisco Security Manager (CSM), serial console, USB offline backup.
Typical Deployment Scenarios
Small enterprise internet edge, branch office perimeter security, small university campus edge, entry-level MSP multi-tenant segmentation, low-bandwidth DMVPN hub deployments requiring hardware fail-open bypass ports and compact 1U rack form factor.
2. Complete Hardware & Platform Overview
Product Line Positioning
The FP7110-K9 is the entry-level 1U modular appliance in the legacy Firepower 7000 Series, released to replace older ASA 5500-X entry models. It uses a fixed-port design with 8 hardware-bypass capable 1G interfaces (copper or fiber variant), no expandable NM modular slots, unlike higher-tier 7115/7125 models. The platform uses a single x86 multi-core CPU architecture with dedicated crypto acceleration for IPsec/TLS, targeted exclusively at small enterprise and branch low-throughput perimeter workloads.
The chassis runs FXOS chassis manager as the underlying OS, hosting either FTD unified NGFW or traditional ASA firewall as a single logical instance (reimage required to switch OS). The Security Plus K9 license unlocks full enterprise features including multi-context virtualization, unlimited TLS proxy, site-to-site VPN clustering, and complete HA failover functionality. Cisco End-of-Sale date: Jan 6, 2026; limited TAC support only available now, superseded by Secure Firewall 3100 / 4200 active series.
Physical Chassis & Mechanical Specs
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Form factor: 1U 19-inch EIA-310-D rack-mount metal chassis, 4-post rack rails included
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Dimensions (H×W×D): 4.44 cm × 42.90 cm × 55.00 cm
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Weight: 11.2 kg fully loaded (dual PSU, all internal fan assemblies)
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Cooling: 3+1 hot-swappable redundant variable-speed front-to-back airflow fans; single fan fault triggers remaining fans to ramp full speed without traffic outage
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Operating temperature: 5°C ~ +40°C below 10,000 ft altitude; 0°C ~ +35°C from 10,000–13,000 ft altitude
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Storage temperature: -20°C ~ +70°C
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Humidity: 5–85% non-condensing
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Max operating altitude: 3048 m; NEBS Level 3 telecom certified
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Physical security: Integrated Kensington lock slot for chassis anti-tampering
Power Supply Specifications
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Standard shipment: Dual hot-swappable 450W universal AC power supplies (100–240 VAC, 47–63 Hz) factory installed for 1+1 full power redundancy
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No native DC power supply option (external DC power adapter required for telco rack deployments)
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Power efficiency: >90% at 50% load; active load balancing with dual PSUs installed
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Hot-swappable: PSU replacement without full chassis power shutdown
Hardware Core Architecture
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Processing: Single-socket x86 multi-core security processor with integrated AES-NI crypto offload engine for wire-speed IPsec/TLS acceleration
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Memory: 16 GB soldered DDR4 ECC high-speed SDRAM
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Boot storage: 16 GB onboard eMMC for FXOS chassis OS
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Data storage: Single hot-swappable 240GB SATA self-encrypting SSD drive bay; no RAID support (only single-disk operation)
Port Layout & Interface Breakdown
Two factory fixed variants:
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FP7110-K9 (Copper model):
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8 × 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 copper sensing ports, all paired for hardware fail-open bypass (ports 1↔2, 3↔4, 5↔6, 7↔8)
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FP7110-FI-K9 (Fiber model):
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8 × 1G SFP fiber slots supporting 1000BASE-SX/LX optical transceivers, all paired for hardware fail-open bypass
Common rear-panel shared interfaces for both variants:
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1 × 10/100/1000BASE-T dedicated out-of-band management RJ45 port (isolated, non-traffic carrying)
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RJ45 RS-232 serial console port for local CLI access
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USB 2.0 Type-A port for firmware upload, configuration backup, log export
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VGA video port + PS/2 keyboard/mouse port for local monitor access
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DB-15 serial failover port for stateful HA sync in Active/Standby pairs
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Dual IEC AC power input sockets for primary and redundant power supplies
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Chassis ID blue locator LED, system fault LED, PSU status LED, fan status LED
Compliance Certifications
FCC Class A, CE, FIPS 140-2 Level 1, EMC industrial standard, NEBS Level 3 telecom qualified.
3. K9 Security Plus Full License Feature Set
Encryption & VPN
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Full AES-128/AES-192/AES-256, 3DES, DES support (no DES-only restrictions on base K8 license)
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Unlimited TLS proxy for SIP/SCCP VoIP traffic inspection
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Site-to-site IKEv1/IKEv2 IPsec tunnels, AnyConnect SSL remote access VPN, clientless SSL VPN
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GRE DMVPN hub-spoke encapsulation, multi-chassis VPN clustering (max 4 nodes)
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1,000 total concurrent IPsec/AnyConnect VPN peers maximum
Firewall & Multi-Context Virtualization
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Stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall, routed / transparent firewall modes
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Multi-context virtual firewall segmentation (up to 100 independent isolated logical firewalls)
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Object-group ACL policy management, identity NAT, policy NAT, PAT overload, dynamic NAT pools
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Full dual-mode high availability: Active/Standby inter-chassis failover (Active/Active clustering not supported on FP7110)
Threat Defense Suite (FTD Unified OS Native)
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Integrated Snort 3 NGIPS intrusion prevention system with global Talos threat signature updates
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AVC Application Visibility & Control: 6,000+ recognized applications, geolocation, user-based policy
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Cloud URL filtering database (280M+ categorized global websites, optional subscription license)
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AMP for Networks cloud malware sandboxing (optional subscription license)
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Multi-layer DDoS protection: SYN flood guard, TCP packet normalization, malformed packet filtering, strict URPF anti-spoofing
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Layer 7 protocol ALGs: FTP, H.323, SIP, SCCP, RTSP, DNS, HTTP/S, SMB, RDP and mainstream SaaS applications
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Basic TLS inspection engine (no modern Encrypted Visibility Engine EVE for TLS 1.3 QUIC native on 7000 series hardware)
Routing & Network Services
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Static routing, policy-based routing (PBR), BGP, OSPF, EIGRP dynamic routing protocols
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Full dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 inspection and forwarding
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Local DHCP server for internal LAN endpoints and IoT devices
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PPPoE client for broadband ISP termination
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Hierarchical four-level QoS bandwidth queuing with DSCP marking preservation across VPN tunnels
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No FEC support (limited to 1G port speed only)
AAA, Logging & Management
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AAA authentication, authorization, accounting via external RADIUS/TACACS+ servers
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Local user credential database for standalone emergency admin login
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Comprehensive event logging, remote Syslog export to external SIEM platforms (PCI-DSS/HIPAA audit compliant)
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SNMPv3 secure monitoring for chassis hardware, throughput, VPN tunnel and threat status
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Native ISE integration for user-identity-aware security policies
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REST API for third-party orchestration and automation
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Native SecureX cloud threat orchestration integration (FTD v7.x minimum)
4. Supported Management Platforms
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FTD / ASA CLI Console: IOS-style command-line interface accessible via serial console or SSH remote access for scripting and enterprise security troubleshooting
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ASDM Local GUI: Embedded HTTPS web interface for standalone single-device configuration, real-time traffic dashboards, VPN monitoring and threat reporting
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Cisco Security Manager (CSM): On-prem centralized policy platform for bulk multi-site deployment orchestration, mass firmware upgrades and compliance reporting
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Firepower Management Center (FMC): Primary unified management for FTD NGFW deployments, centralizes NGIPS rules, AVC policies, malware sandboxing, URL filtering and policy automation
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Cisco Defense Orchestrator (CDO): Cloud-hosted multi-device management supporting zero-touch provisioning, cloud policy sync and SecureX cloud-native threat orchestration
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FXOS Chassis Manager: Chassis-level GUI/CLI to manage power supplies, fans, SSD storage and logical device instantiation (switching FTD/ASA requires full chassis reimage)
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Offline backup: TFTP and USB dual methods for OS firmware upload and full configuration export/restore
5. Key Differentiators vs Related Cisco Firewall Models
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vs FP7110-K8 DES Base License: Full unrestricted AES encryption, unlimited TLS proxy, expanded VLAN/session/VPN limits, 100 multi-context virtualization and complete HA enabled; K8 license enforces hard caps on encryption, TLS sessions and virtual instances.
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vs FP7110-ASA-K9 ASA-Only PID: Identical physical hardware chassis, but factory locked to classic ASA software without native unified FTD threat inspection stack, lacks integrated AVC and SecureX cloud orchestration, limited FMC compatibility.
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vs FP7115-K9 Mid-Tier 7000 Model: Fixed 8-port design vs modular expandable NM slots, lower throughput and concurrent session limits, smaller multi-context capacity, cost-optimized for small branch edge rather than multi-port enterprise data center deployments.
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vs FPR4210-NGFW-K9 Secure Firewall 4200 Entry Model: Legacy 7000 x86 architecture vs modern AMD EPYC unified chipset, max 1G fixed ports vs native 25G SFP28, USB 2.0 vs USB 3.0, discontinued EOL hardware vs active production platform, no EVE TLS 1.3 visibility engine on FP7110.
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vs Secure Firewall 3110-NGFW-K9 Compact 1RU Series: Fixed 8-port bypass design vs single non-bypass fixed port set, dual redundant power supplies standard vs single PSU optional, larger storage capacity, hardware fail-open bypass native vs optional module, discontinued legacy hardware vs active compact desktop/rack appliance.
6. E-Commerce Short Marketing Summary
Cisco FP7110-K9 Entry-Level 1U Rack-Mount 1G Copper/Fiber Next-Generation Firewall, legacy discontinued Cisco Firepower 7000 Series Security Plus unrestricted K9 NGFW appliance with 8 built-in hardware fail-open bypass 1G RJ45/SFP ports, dedicated out-of-band management port, RJ45 serial + USB 2.0 console interfaces, dual hot-swappable redundant 450W universal AC power supplies factory standard, single multi-core x86 security processor architecture with 16GB DDR4 ECC memory, single 240GB SATA SSD storage, primary Firepower Threat Defense (FTD v6/v7) OS with optional ASA OS v9.x support. K9 license delivers full DES/3DES-AES strong encryption, unlimited internal host capacity, stateful SPI firewall, IPsec site-to-site/AnyConnect SSL remote access VPN, inline hardware Snort3 NGIPS intrusion prevention, AVC application visibility & control, NAT/PAT, PPPoE broadband client, unlimited TLS proxy for VoIP communications, up to 100 multi-context virtual firewalls and Active/Standby stateful failover with native multi-device VPN clustering (max 4 nodes). Up to 1.0 Gbps full threat-inspected NGFW throughput, 500,000 concurrent TCP/UDP connections and 1,000 simultaneous IPsec VPN tunnels, managed via local ASDM/FDM GUI, serial console, Cisco Security Manager and Firepower Management Center. Discontinued entry-level rack-mount NGFW optimized for small enterprise internet edge, branch office perimeter and small campus low-bandwidth security deployments requiring hardware fail-open bypass ports and compact 1U rack form factor.
7. Product Catalog Keyword Tags
Cisco, FP7110-K9, Firepower 7000 Series Entry-Level 1U Rack-Mount All-1G Copper/Fiber Next-Generation Firewall, Legacy Discontinued Small Enterprise Branch Edge Stateful Inspection NGFW, Dual Hot-Swap Redundant Multi-Fan Front-to-Back Cooling 1RU Rack Chassis, Dual Built-In Hot-Swap Redundant 450W Internal Universal AC Power Supplies, 8 × 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 Bypass Copper Ports / 8 × 1G SFP Fiber Bypass Ports, Single Dedicated 1G RJ45 Out-of-Band Management Port, RJ45 Serial Console Port, USB 2.0 Type-A Storage Port, DB-15 Inter-Chassis Stateful Failover Serial Port, Single Multi-Core x86 Unified Security Processor with Native Integrated AES-NI Crypto Offload, 16768 MB DDR4 ECC SDRAM, 16 GB System eMMC Boot Flash, Single Hot-Swap 240GB SATA Self-Encrypting SSD Drive Bay, Cisco Firepower Threat Defense FTD Primary OS, Optional ASA OS Dual Software Support, Stateful Packet Inspection SPI, 1.5 Gbps Max Raw Firewall Throughput, 1.0 Gbps Max Full Threat-Inspected NGFW Throughput, 1.0 Gbps Standalone Snort 3 NGIPS Inspection Throughput, 500 Mbps Base Hardware-Accelerated 3DES/AES VPN Throughput, 200 Mbps TLS Hardware Decryption Throughput, Snort 3 NGIPS Threat Detection Engine, AMP for Networks Cloud Malware Sandbox Integration, URL Category Web Filtering (6000+ Recognized Applications / 280M+ Global URLs), IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2 DMVPN Site-to-Site & AnyConnect SSL/DTLS Remote Access VPN, Full DES/3DES-AES Unrestricted Strong Encryption Suite, L2 Wire-Speed Hardware Fail-Open Bypass Port Architecture Supporting 4 Port Pairs, NAT PAT Static Dynamic Address Translation, PPPoE DSL Broadband Aggregation Client, VoIP H.323 SIP SCCP TLS Proxy Inspection, Transparent Layer 2 Firewall Mode, Multi-Context Virtual Firewall Segmentation (Up to 100 Independent Contexts), Active/Standby Dual-Mode Stateful Failover Redundancy, Native Multi-Device VPN Clustering & Load Balancing (Max 4 Nodes), 1024 Logical Routed VLAN Maximum (Security Plus K9 License), 1000 Max Simultaneous IPsec/AnyConnect VPN Peers, 500,000 Concurrent TCP/UDP Connections, IEEE 1588v2 PTP Precision Time Protocol, Cisco Basic AI Assistant for Policy Tuning, Basic TLS Visibility Engine (No EVE TLS 1.3 QUIC Native Support), SecureX Cloud Orchestration Integration (FTD v7.x+), ISE Identity Integration Support, ASDM Dual Embedded Local Web GUIs, Cisco Security Manager CSM Centralized Multi-Site Policy Orchestration, Firepower Management Center FMC Threat Rule Centralized Control, Cisco Defense Orchestrator CDO Cloud Multi-Device Zero-Touch Management, Syslog SNMPv3 Secure Monitoring, Full Dual-Stack IPv4/IPv6 Routing & Inspection Support, Application-Aware Hierarchical QoS Bandwidth Scheduling, FIPS 140-2 Level 1 FCC Class A Office Certified, Full NEBS Level 3 Telecom Qualified, Legacy Discontinued Platform (End-of-Sale Jan 6, 2026), Limited Short-Term Cisco TAC Support, Security Plus K9 Unrestricted Upgrade Over FP7110-K8 DES Base License, Small Enterprise Branch Office 1U Compact All-1G Edge NGFW, Regional Retail Branch DMVPN Aggregation Hardware Bypass Entry Security Appliance, Small Campus 100-Context Multi-Tenant Virtual Segmentation Entry Rack Firewall, Direct Hardware Upgrade Replacement for Discontinued ASA 5506-X Legacy Small Branch Firewall
Naming Rule Explanation
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FP: Legacy Firepower hardware prefix for discontinued 7000 series rack security appliances
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7110: Entry-level fixed 8-port bypass 1U rack-mount small enterprise branch hardware model identifier within Firepower 7000 legacy platform
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No separate NGFW suffix: Official part number is FP7110-K9 (users often write FPR7110-NGFW-K9 as a combined descriptive label)
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K9: Premium unrestricted Security Plus license identifier unlocking full AES encryption, expanded session/VLAN capacity, unlimited TLS proxy, up to 100 multi-context virtual firewalls and Active/Standby stateful failover; contrasted with K8 base DES-only restricted license
Hardware Distinction Note
FP7110-K9 is the entry-level fixed-port bypass 1U rack model of the discontinued legacy Firepower 7000 generation, built on an older x86 multi-core architecture superseded by modern AMD EPYC-based Secure Firewall 4200 / 6100 active production lines. Key differentiators include max 1G fixed copper/fiber ports, USB 2.0, single SSD storage, dual redundant 450W PSUs factory standard, 8 native hardware fail-open bypass port pairs, 500,000 maximum concurrent sessions and 1,000 VPN peer limit. This product reached Cisco End-of-Sale on January 6, 2026; only limited short-term TAC maintenance support is available, and new stock is no longer manufactured by Cisco.
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