SPX Appliances for FireMon
Secure Passage’s flagship FireMon solution delivers a simpler, automated way
to analyze and document the impact of configuration changes on security, performance,
and compliance. FireMon is a scalable, extensible, and flexible solution built
with your organization in mind – from small-scale network infrastructures
with minimal changes, to global enterprises with thousands of devices and innumerable
changes. With FireMon, your IT organization can better monitor and manage changes
to firewalls, routers, switches and other network security devices so that you can
ensure proper device operation.
To complement the FireMon solution, Secure Passage has created the SPX security
appliances. Each of these three purpose-built security appliances is configured
with the appropriate processing and memory to run the FireMon solution. The
systems operate on a hardened version of Linux that is optimized to run FireMon.
Running FireMon on an SPX appliance will ensure optimal performance and usability.
Customers who prefer a complete, ready-to-go product right out of the box can
choose:
- SPX 250 – Designed for Medium business Central Server (combined Application
Server and Data Collector), or Enterprise (distributed Data Collector)
- SPX 502 – Designed for Enterprise Central Server supporting central (combined
Application Server and Data Collector) and distributed installations (distributed
Data Collector)
- SPX 504r – Designed for Large Enterprise Central Server or Data Collector
Secure Passage also offers a complete suite of software support and maintenance,
installation, training and professional services to meet the needs of any organization.
Architecture
A FireMon software installation consists of an Application Server and Database,
and one or more Data Collectors. A Data Collector monitors network devices (such
as a firewall), and retrieves configurations as well as usage data. This data
is passed to an Application Server.
The Application Server controls one or more Data Collectors, stores data from those
Data Collectors in the Database, and makes that data available to the FireMon Graphical
User Interface (GUI). The FireMon GUI resides on the desktop of every FireMon user.
The Application Server, Database and Data Collector can reside on a single SPX appliance.
Or, for geographic or scalability reasons, multiple Data Collectors can be deployed
on separate appliances. All SPX appliances are integrated into your network with
minimal configuration.
Appliance Specifications:
SPX 250
Designed for:
- Medium business Central Server
(combined Application Server and Data Collector), or Enterprise (distributed Data
Collector)
-
Xeon Woodcrest Processor
-
2 GB RAM
-
2 x 250 GB SATA drives in RAID 1 (mirror) configuration
-
2 10/100/1000 Ethernet interfaces
-
1 Serial Port
-
FireMon CLI interface for appliance management
-
Single power supply
SPX 502
Designed for:
- Enterprise Central Server supporting central (combined Application Server and Data
Collector) and distributed installations (distributed Data Collector)
-
2 Xeon Woodcrest Processors
-
6 GB RAM
-
2 x 500 GB SATA drives in RAID 1 (mirror) configuration
-
2 10/100/1000 Ethernet interfaces
-
1 Serial Port
-
FireMon CLI interface for appliance management
-
Single power supply
SPX 504r
Designed for:
- Large Enterprise Central Server or Data Collector
-
2 Xeon Quad Core Processors
-
6 GB RAM
-
2 x 500 GB SATA drives in RAID 1 (mirror) configuration – hot swappable
-
2 10/100/1000 Ethernet interfaces
-
2 Serial Ports
-
FireMon CLI interface for appliance management
-
Redundant power supply