Technical Details for Nortel Alteon Switched Firewall Accelerator 5600

Nortel Alteon Switched Firewall Accelerator 5600 ... firewalls with different capacities to guard against threats to their network infrastructure. Recognizing this, Nortel Networks has developed the Alteon line of best-of-breed firewall solutions that seamlessly integrate into an enterprise's layered security strategy and enable them to realize greater return on their infrastructure investment.

Nortel Networks Alteon Switched Firewall System (ASFS) - with its unique switch-accelerated architecture - offers unmatched flexibility by offering a broad range of security options at different price points, tailored to the requirements of large enterprise customers and service providers. The latest Alteon Switched Firewall products augment the strength of the Alteon solution by providing additional configuration options for high-performance security.

The Alteon Switched Firewall is a multi-component solution, managed as a single system. It is a tight integration of two key components - an Alteon Switched Firewall Accelerator, plus up to six Alteon Switched Firewall Directors. Using Check Point's Secure XL technology and Nortel Networks Open Security Architecture, the firewall accelerator and firewall directors communicate to setup and teardown firewall sessions in real-time.