INSIGHTSToday the enterprise gateway is more than a firewall. It is a security device presented with an ever-increasing number of sophisticated threats. As an enterprise security gateway it must use multiple technologies to control network access, detect sophisticated attacks and provide additional security capabilities like data loss prevention and protection from web-based threats. The proliferation of mobile devices like smartphones and Tablets and new streaming, social networking and P2P applications requires a higher connection capacity and new application control technologies. Finally, the shift towards enterprise private and public cloud services, in all its variations, changes the company borders and requires enhanced capacity and additional security solutions.SOLUTIONWith high security Software Blades performance and great scalability, the 12400 Appliance is a datacenter-grade platform offering advanced redundancy and modularity. In addition to two onboard 1 Gigabit copper Ethernet ports, three available expansion slots can be used to configure a variety of network options such as 1 Gigabit Ethernet copper, 1 Gigabit Ethernet fiber, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections.The 12400 default configuration includes an eight 1 Gigabit Ethernet copper expansion card. Fully loaded, the 12400 supports up to twenty-six 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports or twelve10 Gigabit Ethernet ports. The 12400 includes Lights-Out-Management, hot-swappable power supplies and optional hot-swappable redundant disk drives. With 1185 SecurityPower Units, the 12400 Appliance offers superior performance with real-world firewall throughput of 9.1 Gbps and real-world IPS throughput of 2.1 Gbps, all in a two rack unit (2RU) purpose-built security appliance.