Sophos XGS 5500 Security Firewall Appliance, Rack 2U, FW 100G, TP 46G, VPN 92.5G, 8x1GbE, 8x10Gb SFP+. | XG5ETCHAU

Sophos XGS 5500 Security Firewall Appliance, Rack 2U, FW 100G, TP 46G, VPN 92.5G, 8x1GbE, 8x10Gb SFP+.

Distributed and growing enterprises in need of maximum throughput for the most complex networks get the ultimate in protection, performance, and business continuity with these next-gen firewalls. Sophos Xstream Flow processors in XGS 2U appliances provide dedicated hardware acceleration to easily handle full-on protection for today’s encrypted, cloud-hosted applications and traffic. XGS 2U firewalls strike the perfect balance between port density and modularity, with a range of high-speed, built-in ports. Additional high-density Flexi Port modules are available to extend connectivity even further. All 2U rackmount models are powered by a high-speed CPU plus an Xstream Flow processor for traffic acceleration.

Performance
FIREWALL
100,000 Mbps
TLS INSPECTION
13,500 Mbps
FIREWALL IMIX
52,000 Mbps
IPS
40,000 Mbps
IPSEC VPN
92,500 Mbps
NGFW
38,000 Mbps
THREAT PROTECTION
46,000 Mbps
LATENCY (64 BYTE UDP)
5 µs

Connectivity
ETHERNET INTERFACES (FIXED)
8 x GE copper
8 x SFP+ 10 GE fiber*
MANAGEMENT INTERFACES
1 x RJ45 MGMT
1 x COM RJ45
1 x COM Micro-USB
BYPASS PORT PAIRS (FIXED)
2
OTHER I/O INTERFACES
2 x USB 3.0 (front)
MAX. PORT DENSITY (INCL. MODULES)
48

Modularity
FLEXI PORT SLOTS
2 + 1 for high-density module
FLEXI PORT MODULES (OPTIONAL)
8-port GE copper
8-port GE SFP fiber*
4-port 10 GE SFP+ fiber*
4-port GE copper bypass (2 pairs)
2-port 40 GE QSFP+ fiber*
8-port 10 GE SFP+ fiber*
2-port GE fiber (LC) bypass + 4-port GE SFP fiber
2-port 10 GE fiber (LC) bypass + 4-port 10 GE SFP+ fiber
High-density module: 12-port GE copper + 4-port 2.5 GE copper
OTHER OPTIONAL ADD-ON MODULES
Transceivers

Redundancy
POWER SUPPLY
2 x hot-swap internal
DUAL SSD
Included
HW RAID
Built into CPU

* Transceivers sold separately

Product Last Updated: 11/12/2025

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