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Cisco Secure Firewall 6100 Series

Cisco Secure Firewall 6100 Series

Protect your data centers efficiently

Integrated into Cisco's hybrid mesh firewall the ultra-high-end series delivers exceptional performance, line-rate threat protection, and modular scalability.

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Security and throughput at 3x price-performance

Cisco Secure Firewall 6100 Series overview

Deploy the ultra-high-end firewall series delivering efficiency, optimized for high-performance data center and telecom mobility infrastructure use cases.

Achieve superior efficiency and modular scalability

Gain 3x better price-performance*, highest throughput per rack unit (RU), compact 2 RU form factor, and modular appliance-based scaling, avoiding costly chassis upgrades or inefficient HA pairs.

Find threats in encrypted traffic at line rate

Combine AI-driven Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE) for threat-aware selective decryption with hardware crypto offload to inspect encrypted flows at scale.

Integrates into Cisco's Hybrid Mesh Firewall architecture

A centrally managed firewall through Cisco Security Cloud Control unifies security across data center, campus and branch firewalls, Hypershield, Secure Workload, and smart switches.

Secure massive traffic at terabit scale

Efficiently terminate massive volumes of IPSec connections as a high-performance security gateway that is optimized for telecom networks handling extremely high-speed encrypted traffic.

*Performance gain is based on the throughput of competitive firewalls for similar use cases.

Cisco Secure Firewall 6100 Series

Cisco Secure Firewall

6160

Orderable from October 2025

Throughput:

  • Firewall inspection: 280 Gbps
  • IPSec VPN: 280 Gbps
  • TLS Decryption: 90 Gbps
  • Form factor: 2 rack unit

Cisco Secure Firewall

6170

Orderable from October 2025

Throughput:

  • Firewall: 400 Gbps
  • IPSec VPN: 400 Gbps
  • TLS Decryption: 120 Gbps
  • Form factor: 2 rack unit

Migrate to Secure Firewall

Seamlessly convert your firewall configurations with the Firewall Migration Tool to save time and reduce costs.
Cisco Security Cloud Control dashboard displaying monitoring results

Simplify firewall administration

Gain real-time visibility, streamlined workflows, and enhanced security with centralized control and AI-driven insights across Cisco security solutions with Cisco Security Cloud Control.

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Simple, visible, and unified

Unify security across your high-performing data centers, branches, and hybrid workforce to provide superior visibility and efficiency. Then watch it work with ease.

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