The Cisco PIX 525 Security Appliance delivers enterprise-class security for medium-to-large enterprise networks in a reliable, purpose-built appliance. Its modular two-rack unit (2RU) design supports up to eight 10/100 Fast Ethernet interfaces or three Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, making it an ideal choice for businesses requiring a resilient, high performance, Gigabit Ethernet-ready solution that provides solid investment protection. Part of the world-leading Cisco PIX Security Appliance Series, the Cisco PIX 525 Security Appliance provides a wide range of rich integrated security services, hardware VPN acceleration capabilities, and powerful remote management capabilities in a cost-effective, highly-resilient solution.Cisco PIX 525 Security Appliance Failover Bundle includes Failover Software and provides stateful failover capabilities that ensure resilient network protection for enterprise network environments. Employing a cost-effective, active-standby, high-availability architecture, Cisco PIX Security Appliances that are configured as a failover pair continuously synchronize their connection state and device configuration data. Synchronization can take place over a high-speed LAN connection, providing another layer of protection through the ability to geographically separate the failover pair. In the event of a system or network failure, network sessions are automatically transitioned between appliances, with complete transparency to users.