Cisco FTDv100 Full English Product Description
1. Short Official Tier & License Label
FTDv100 / L-FTDV-100S-BSE-K9=: Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual Flagship High-End Virtual NGFW, Licensed for Hard Rate-Limited 16 Gbps Full FW+AVC+NGIPS Inspection Throughput, Mandatory Optimal VM Spec: 16 vCPU / 32GB Dedicated RAM, Cisco Smart Software Subscription Licensing, Supports VMware ESXi, KVM, OpenStack, Nutanix AHV, Cisco HyperFlex, AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI Public Clouds, Exclusive Intel QAT Crypto Offload Support, Unified All-in-One Threat Stack (Snort 3 NGIPS, AMP, URL Filter, Identity Policy, Native SD-WAN), Max 10,000 Concurrent AnyConnect RA VPN Sessions, Dual Local FDM GUI & Centralized FMC Management, Active/Standby HA & Multi-Node Virtual Clustering Supported
2. Full Product Overview
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual 100 (FTDv100, previously NGFWv100) is the flagship high-end virtual next-generation firewall powered by Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) unified OS, positioned above FTDv50 for hyperscale enterprise virtual internet gateways, large multi-cloud perimeters, high-density SDDC east-west workload segmentation, and premium high-capacity MSSP multi-tenant virtual security nodes across private hyperconverged infrastructure and all mainstream public cloud platformsCisco.
Distinct from lower-tier FTDv models, FTDv100 is the only virtual NGFW tier supporting Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) hardware crypto acceleration on certified UCS M5 servers, drastically cutting latency for massive TLS/SSL decryption workloads and eliminating CPU bottlenecks under full wire-rate encrypted trafficCisco. It integrates a complete unified threat defense suite within a single virtual instance, combining stateful firewall, multi-threaded Snort 3 NGIPS intrusion prevention, Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), global cloud URL filtering, identity-aware zero-trust access control, and native SD-WAN functionality. This tier enforces a fixed 16 Gbps maximum full inspection throughput cap via license throttling, with a vastly elevated hard limit of 10,000 simultaneous AnyConnect remote access VPN users, catering to large distributed global workforces and multi-site enterprise backbone connectivityCisco.
FTDv100 delivers comprehensive deployment flexibility across VMware ESXi 7.x/8.x, KVM, OpenStack, Nutanix AHV, Cisco HyperFlex private hypervisors plus AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI public cloud environments. It supports vmxnet3/ixgbe paravirtual vNICs, SR-IOV hardware passthrough, and RSS multi-queue tuning to minimize virtualization overhead. It adopts Cisco Smart Software Licensing with flexible perpetual or term-based base entitlements, with optional add-on Threat, Malware, URL, and AnyConnect Apex/Plus subscriptions to unlock full advanced threat capabilities. Operators can manage standalone instances via lightweight Firepower Device Manager (FDM) local web GUI, or centrally orchestrate hybrid physical/virtual firewall fleets through Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) for unified policy distribution, centralized logging, and cross-device reporting.
Key Upgrades vs FTDv50: 16 vCPU / 32GB maximum supported VM footprint, exclusive QAT crypto offload, 10,000 AnyConnect RA VPN sessions, 16Gbps full inspection throughput, and support for up to 16-node virtual clusters on all major public clouds for linear throughput scalingCisco. Active/Standby stateful failover HA is also available for basic redundant deployments.
3. Virtual Machine Hardware Resource Specifications
Mandatory & Optimal VM Allocation for Full 16 Gbps Licensed Throughput
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Virtual CPU: Minimum 16 dedicated pinned vCPUs (official baseline requirement for FTDv100 tier, maximum supported vCPU count for FTDv platform)Cisco
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System Memory: Minimum 32GB dedicated VM RAM (maximum supported memory for FTDv platform) for ultra-high-concurrency traffic profiles with millions of sessionsCisco
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Storage: Minimum 50GB high-performance thin-provisioned virtual disk for OS, configuration backups, persistent event logs, AMP malware cache, and Talos global threat signature databasesCisco
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Supported Private Hypervisors: VMware ESXi 7.x / 8.x, KVM, OpenStack, Cisco HyperFlex, Nutanix AHV
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Supported Public Cloud Platforms: Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud GCP, Oracle Cloud OCI
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Exclusive Hardware Offload: Intel QAT 8970 PCI crypto adapter supported only on FTDv100 for accelerated TLS/SSL & IPsec processing (UCS M5 certified servers)Cisco
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Virtual NIC Compatibility: vmxnet3, ixgbe, SR-IOV hardware passthrough vNICs, RSS multi-queue offload for ultra-low-latency encrypted traffic processing
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Max Virtual Interfaces: Up to 32 vNICs for multi-segment network isolation and layered east-west workload segmentation
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VLAN Capacity: Up to 1024 VLAN tagged subinterfaces
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Jumbo Frame Support: Up to 9000 MTU for data center storage and high-volume cloud workload traffic
Official FTDv100 Licensed Performance Benchmarks (1024B packet size)
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Maximum Licensed FW+AVC+NGIPS Full Inspection Throughput: 16 Gbps (hard-enforced rate limit)Cisco
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IPsec VPN Encrypted Throughput (AES-256 Fastpath): Up to 16 Gbps
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Maximum Concurrent Active Stateful Connections: 8,000,000
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New Connections Per Second: Up to 84,000
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Max Site-to-Site IPsec VPN Peer Tunnels: 10,000Cisco
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Max Concurrent AnyConnect SSL Remote Access VPN Sessions: 10,000 (license-enforced hard cap)Cisco
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TLS/SSL Decryption Throughput: Up to 10 Gbps (boosted further with optional QAT hardware acceleration)
4. Complete Unified Threat Security Feature Suite
1. Next-Generation Stateful Firewall & AVC
Full Layer 3–4 stateful packet inspection, static/dynamic NAT, PAT, NAT64/NAT46 dual-stack translation, granular object-group access control policies, Layer 7 Application Visibility and Control covering thousands of enterprise, cloud, social media and SaaS applications, traffic policing and QoS bandwidth shaping. Native IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack support with static routing, OSPF, EIGRP and BGP dynamic routing protocols for seamless hybrid on-prem/cloud connectivity.
2. Snort 3 NGIPS Intrusion Prevention System
High-performance multi-threaded Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), protocol anomaly detection, exploit signature matching, advanced evasion mitigation, custom IOC import and real-time threat correlation powered by Cisco Talos global threat intelligence to block exploits, malware lateral movement and intrusion attempts across virtual workloads.
3. Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Networks
Cloud-based file sandboxing, retrospective malware analysis, global file trajectory tracking, real-time outbreak alerting and file reputation filtering to detect and contain zero-day malicious file transfers before they reach internal assets.
4. Global URL & DNS Reputation Filtering
Cloud-updated web category database covering 280+ million URLs across 80+ risk categories, malicious domain/IP reputation lookup, DNS sinkholing and encrypted DNS (DoH/DoT) threat identification to block phishing, malware and high-risk web destinations.
5. Identity-Aware Zero Trust Policy Enforcement
Native integration with Active Directory, Cisco ISE and Secure Client to apply user/group context-based security rules, enabling zero-trust access control tied to real user identities instead of only IP addresses.
6. Integrated SD-WAN & Full VPN Services
Dynamic SD-WAN multi-path selection for hybrid broadband/MPLS WAN aggregation with application-aware routing; site-to-site IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2 tunnels with AES-256 encryption; AnyConnect SSL remote access VPN with split tunneling, clientless web portal and secure mobility for distributed remote workforce.
7. High Availability & Virtual Scalability
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Active/Standby stateful failover HA with full session synchronization to eliminate connection drops during VM maintenance or hardware failure
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Multi-node virtual clustering supported on AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI (up to 16 nodes) and private hypervisors (up to 4 nodes) for linear throughput scaling across multiple FTDv100 instancesCisco Secu...
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Fully compatible with hypervisor and cloud-native VM redundancy groups and auto-scaling workflows for elastic workload protection
8. Traffic Visibility, Logging & Compliance
Real-time traffic monitoring via FDM local web GUI; secure syslog, SNMP v3 and NetFlow Secure Event Logging (NSEL) export to third-party SIEM platforms. Persistent audit logging meets strict regulatory compliance requirements for large enterprise PCI DSS, HIPAA and GDPR audit frameworks.
9. DevOps Automation & Centralized Orchestration
Local FDM lightweight web GUI for standalone single-instance administration; RESTful API for automated VM provisioning, policy deployment and lifecycle management; unified cross-platform policy distribution, centralized logging and cross-device reporting via Firepower Management Center (FMC); centralized license entitlement tracking via Cisco Smart License Manager.
5. Typical Deployment Scenarios
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Hyperscale enterprise headquarters virtual internet security gateway with 16Gbps high-volume traffic
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Large-scale hybrid multi-cloud perimeter inspection gateway for AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI SaaS workload protection
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Ultra-high-density east-west segmentation for virtualized server clusters in Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDC)
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Flagship premium MSSP virtual security nodes supporting thousands of enterprise remote users
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Virtual data center border consolidation replacing top-tier physical FTD hardware for cost and rack space optimization
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Cloud-native auto-scaling security gateways for elastic container and virtual machine workloads with heavy encrypted traffic
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UCS-based on-prem virtual security deployments leveraging exclusive QAT hardware crypto acceleration for bulk TLS decryption
6. Short Sales Listing Tagline
Cisco FTDv100 Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual Flagship High-End Tier NGFW, Licensed for 16Gbps Max Full Inspection Throughput, Mandatory 16 vCPU / 32GB VM RAM, Smart Software License L-FTDV-100S-BSE-K9=, Exclusive Intel QAT Crypto Offload Support, Supports VMware ESXi/KVM/OpenStack/Nutanix/HyperFlex/AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI, Integrated Snort 3 NGIPS/AMP/URL Filter/SD-WAN Unified Threat Stack, 10,000 Concurrent AnyConnect RA VPN Sessions, Active/Standby HA & Multi-Node Cloud Virtual Clustering Support, Managed via Local FDM GUI or Centralized FMC, Top-Tier Virtual NGFW for Hyperscale Enterprise Perimeters & Ultra-High-Volume SDDC Multi-Cloud Workloads
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