Cisco ASAv300 Full English Product Description
1. Short Official License & Part Label
ASAv300 / L-ASA-V-300S-K9=: Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Virtual 300 Top-Tier Ultra-High Throughput Virtual Firewall, Licensed for 60 Gbps Multiprotocol Stateful Inspection Throughput / 90 Gbps Firewall Throughput, 32 vCPU / 128GB Dedicated VM Memory, Smart Software Subscription License, SR-IOV Virtual NIC Hardware Offload, Supports VMware ESXi & KVM Private Hypervisors, Full ASA Feature Stack, Massive Multi-Context, High-Density IPsec & AnyConnect VPN, Virtual Clustering & Active/Active HA Ready
2. Full Product Overview
Cisco Secure Firewall ASAv300 (Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance 300) is Cisco’s highest-performance virtual ASA firewall tier, purpose-built exclusively for hyperscale private virtual data centers, carrier-grade multi-tenant MSSP inspection nodes, ultra-large enterprise hybrid cloud internet perimeters, and high-volume east-west workload segmentation within Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDC).
As a pure software virtual security appliance, ASAv300 delivers complete feature parity with physical Cisco ASA hardware, enabling consistent unified security policy orchestration across physical, virtual and cloud workloads without rack-mounted security hardware. This flagship license tier unlocks up to 60 Gbps multiprotocol stateful inspection throughput and 90 Gbps stateless firewall throughput, supporting tens of millions of concurrent stateful sessions and tens of thousands of simultaneous remote access VPN tunnels for global distributed workforce and inter-site enterprise backbone connectivity.
The ASAv300 fully supports SR-IOV hardware passthrough vNICs, vCPU pinning, multi-queue tuning and CPU isolation to eliminate virtualization overhead and sustain wire-rate bulk encrypted traffic under peak production loads. It adopts Cisco Smart Software Licensing with flexible term-based subscription entitlements (L-ASA-V-300S-K9=). Unified administration is available via local ASDM GUI, CLI console, RESTful API, Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) and Cisco Defense Orchestrator for automated multi-instance orchestration across on-prem virtualized infrastructure.
3. Virtual Machine Hardware Resource Specifications
Mandatory VM Resource Allocation for Full 60Gbps Licensed Throughput
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Virtual CPU: Minimum 32 dedicated pinned vCPUs (mandatory to hit full licensed throughput ceiling; supports up to 64 vCPUs for maximum scaling)
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System Memory: Minimum 128GB dedicated VM RAM; maximum supported 128GB for VMware ESXi / KVM hypervisors
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Storage: Minimum 120GB high-performance thin-provisioned virtual disk for OS, configuration backups, persistent event logs, security signature cache and forensic records
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Supported Hypervisors: VMware ESXi 7.x / 8.x, KVM (OpenStack);Not supported on Hyper-V, AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI public cloud platforms
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Virtual NIC Compatibility: vmxnet3, ixgbe, SR-IOV hardware passthrough vNICs for ultra-low-latency traffic offloading
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Max Virtual Interfaces: Up to 64 vNICs for multi-segment network isolation and multi-context segmentation
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VLAN Capacity: Up to 1024 VLAN tagged subinterfaces
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Jumbo Frame Support: 9000 MTU for high-volume data center and storage workloads
Official ASAv300 Licensed Performance Benchmarks
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Maximum Stateless Firewall Throughput: 90 Gbps
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Multiprotocol Stateful Inspection Throughput (FW+NAT+AVC): 60 Gbps
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IPsec VPN Encrypted Throughput (AES): Up to 30 Gbps
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Maximum Concurrent Active Stateful Connections: 16,000,000
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New Connections Per Second: 1,000,000
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Max Site-to-Site IPsec VPN Peer Tunnels: 40,000
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Max AnyConnect SSL VPN Remote Access Sessions: 80,000 simultaneous users
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Max Independent Multi-Context Logical Firewalls: 200 isolated security contexts for multi-tenant isolation
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Hardware TLS/SSL Decryption Throughput: Up to 24 Gbps for bulk encrypted application traffic
4. Complete Core Security Feature Suite
1. Enterprise-Grade Stateful Next-Generation Firewall Controls
Full Layer 3–4 stateful packet inspection, static/dynamic NAT, PAT, NAT64/NAT46 dual-stack translation, granular object-group ACL policy management, Layer 7 application filtering, URL reputation filtering, traffic policing and QoS bandwidth shaping. Native dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 support with dynamic routing protocols including OSPF, EIGRP, BGP and static routing, plus zone-based segmentation for virtual workload isolation.
2. Scalable End-to-End VPN Services
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Site-to-Site IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2 tunnels with AES-256 encryption, tunnel load balancing and redundant peer failover
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AnyConnect SSL VPN remote access with full tunnel split tunneling, clientless web VPN and secure mobility for global remote staff
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VPN clustering for centralized gateway consolidation across multi-branch global enterprise networks
3. Multi-Instance Multi-Tenant Virtualization
Isolated logical security contexts for MSSP multi-customer segmentation or enterprise department separation. Each context runs independent routing tables, access control policies, VPN configurations and logging, with configurable resource quota limits to eliminate cross-tenant resource contention and performance interference.
4. High Availability & Virtual Resilience
Active/Standby and Active/Active stateful failover HA pairs with full session synchronization to avoid connection drops during VM failure or maintenance. Supports cross-instance virtual clustering for linear throughput scaling across up to 16 ASAv300 nodes, compatible with hypervisor high availability clusters for zero service interruption.
5. Traffic Visibility, Logging & Compliance
Real-time traffic monitoring via ASDM graphical management console; secure syslog, SNMP v2c/v3 and NetFlow Secure Event Logging (NSEL) export to third-party SIEM platforms. Persistent audit logging meets strict regulatory requirements for PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR and global enterprise compliance frameworks.
6. DevOps Automation & Centralized Orchestration
Local CLI console and ASDM GUI for single-instance administration; RESTful API for automated VM provisioning, policy push and lifecycle management. Unified cross-platform policy deployment, logging and reporting via Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC); centralized license entitlement tracking via Cisco Smart License Manager.
5. Primary Deployment Scenarios
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Hyperscale SDDC north-south internet border ultra-high-throughput security gateway for large private data centers
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Massive-scale virtualized data center east-west traffic segmentation between virtual server workloads
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Premium ultra-high-capacity MSSP multi-tenant virtual security inspection nodes with isolated multi-context domains
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Global enterprise headquarters centralized remote access SSL VPN gateway supporting tens of thousands of distributed employees
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Large-scale global branch consolidation, replacing dozens of physical ASA hardware units with pooled virtualized security capacity
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Low-latency inline virtual security deployments leveraging SR-IOV hardware offload for wire-rate bulk encrypted traffic processing
6. Short Sales Listing Tagline
Cisco ASAv300 Secure Firewall Flagship Virtual Firewall, Licensed for 60Gbps Multiprotocol Stateful / 90Gbps Stateless Firewall Throughput, Requires 32 vCPU / 128GB VM RAM, Smart Software License L-ASA-V-300S-K9=, Supports VMware ESXi & KVM Hypervisors Only, 80,000 Concurrent AnyConnect VPN Sessions, 200 Multi-Context Multi-Tenant Isolation, SR-IOV Low-Latency Acceleration, Active/Active HA & Multi-Node Virtual Clustering, REST API & FMC Centralized Management, Ultra-Ultra-High-Capacity Private Data Center Virtual Security Gateway
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