The Cisco VPN Series 3000 Concentrator allows corporations to take full advantage of the unprecedented cost savings, flexibility, performance, and reliability of remote access VPN connections without the expense of individual feature licensing. Corporations use VPNs to establish secure, end-to-end private network connections over a public networking infrastructure. To fully realize the benefits of high-performance, remote-access VPNs, a corporation must deploy a robust, highly available VPN solution, and dedicated VPN devices are optimal for this purpose.The Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator is a best-in-class, remote-access VPN solution for enterprise-class deployment. A standards-based, easy-to-use VPN client and scalable VPN tunnel termination devices are included, as well as a management system that enables corporations to easily install, configure, and monitor their remote access VPNs. Remote connections can be established either from a SSL-capable Web browser or an installed VPN Client, allowing for maximum flexibility and application access without the need to deploy and manage multiple unique devices for secure corporate or partner application access. Incorporating the most advanced, high-availability capabilities with a unique purpose-built, remote-access architecture, the Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator allows corporations to build high-performance, scalable, and robust VPN infrastructures to support their mission-critical, remote-access applications.Unique to the industry, it is the only scalable platform to offer components that are field-swappable and can be upgraded by the customer. These components, called Scalable Encryption Processing (SEP/SEP-E) modules, enable users to easily add capacity and throughput.The Cisco VPN 3020 Concentrator is a VPN platform designed for medium-sized to large organizations that require bandwidth from full T1/E1 through T3/E3 (50 Mbps maximum performance). The Cisco VPN 3020 Concentrator offers support for up to 750 simultaneous IP Security (IPSec) sessions or 200 simultaneous clientless sessions. Specialized Scalable Encryption Processing (SEP) modules perform hardware-based acceleration. The Cisco VPN 3020 Concentrator cannot be upgraded to other products in the Cisco VPN 3000 Series.