Running Microsoft ISA Server 2006, MSA6000 provides superior security, high availability, manageability, GigE port density and performance, giving customers a competitively priced, mid-range appliance with unprecedented performance and port headroom for this class of system.

MSA6000 delivers over 2.50Gbps of Ethernet for firewall traffic and a total throughput of 125Mbps encrypted traffic through the included 6-port 1000BaseT Ethernet card (PCI-Express) in a 2RU security platform.

The MSA6000 features a backlit LCD panel (40 x 2 character) with an integrated dial control that allows the administrator to configure network parameters and begin securing the network within 15 minutes. The LCD also provides critical information and allows users to install security updates, or change the configuration of the appliance. The MSA6000 can be managed locally via a standard web browser or centrally through Microsoft ISA Server Enterprise Edition.

MSA6000 comes with redundant and hot swappable components — like drives and power supplies — that gives you protection and availability any time, day or night. MSA6000 is prepared for every contingency. MSA6000 drives feature true hot-swapping capabilities that allow you to remove and replace a failed drive without losing data or interrupting service, thanks to the hardware RAID controller and the Celestix-designed drive carrier. With MSA6000, the system continues to operate while the contents of the failed drive are rebuilt on a replacement drive, using redundant or parity information. In addition, MSA6000 comes with a hot spare hard drive that can replace the failed drive at anytime.

The MSA6000 uses a powerful Intel® Core 2 Duo class CPU running in excess of 2.4GHz, 3GB of RAM, and three 80GB of hard drive and one spare 80GB of hard drive, with RAID 5. Flexible, feature rich and tight design integration with Microsoft Windows® Server, Exchange Server, Outlook® Web Access, Internet Information Services, and SharePoint® Portal Server, MSA6000 is the best choice for securing Windows networks at medium to large enterprise.

Feature Summary

• Runs Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Enterprise Edition
• Firewall throughput of 2.50Gbps and VPN throughput of 125 Mbps
• Redundant and hot swappable hard drives and power supply
• 1:1 Active/Active Failover and Load Balancing
• Six Gigabit Ethernet ports (PCI-Express)
• Clustering up to 32 appliances
• High performance Celestix Scorpio-X hardware platform
• One button backup and restore to factory default and last known version
• Fairshare QoS
• Update services

MSA Model

Model	Description
MSA6000e	For medium to large business and regional office with unrestricted  number of users and 4,000 VPN concurrent users. Includes Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Enterprose Edition licenses.  Security application includes firewall, VPN and web proxy.  Other features include clustering (unlimited), RAID 5, Active/Active network Load-balancing.
MSA6000b	For medium to large business and regional office with unrestricted number of users and 1,000 VPN concurrent users.  Includes Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Standard Edition licenses.  Security application includes firewall, VPN and web proxy.