Cisco Secure Firewall FPR4215 Data Centre Next-Generation Firewall

The Cisco Secure FPR4215 provides high-end firewall protection for data centre and service-edge deployments where security inspection must scale with heavy traffic. Its 8×SFP+ interfaces and hot-swappable PSUs help keep fast network paths and critical controls running with resilience.

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Cisco Secure FPR4215 Overview

As data volumes and traffic density rise, security inspection has to stay close to critical paths without adding avoidable latency or operational drag.

High-end firewalling for demanding edge environments

Cisco Secure FPR4215 is a 1RU firewall appliance for data-centre and large-edge deployments where inspection capacity must keep pace with busy production traffic. It fits environments that need strong perimeter control, tenant separation, and protected east-west or north-south flows.

Built to keep policy inline with fast networks

With 90 Gbps firewall throughput and 25 Gbps SSL inspection throughput, it is sized for high-volume traffic paths. HA support helps maintain service continuity when firewall services are part of the live network design.

Operational headroom without unnecessary oversizing

The FPR4215 gives infrastructure teams room for inspection, segmentation, and secure remote access while keeping controls aligned to real traffic patterns. That makes it easier to support growth, preserve performance, and avoid turning security into a bottleneck.

Our team can help you assess whether Cisco Secure FPR4215 is the right fit for your production edge and deployment plan.

Cisco Secure FPR4215 Key Features​

Cisco Secure FPR4215 is a network security platform for enterprise and branch environments, designed to fit into modern security architectures with consistent control, inspection, and operational visibility.

Secure Traffic Enforcement

NGFW Processing
The platform delivers next-generation firewall enforcement with 45 Gbps of NGFW throughput to support high-volume security inspection.

SSL Inspection Capacity
It maintains encrypted traffic inspection at 25 Gbps, helping security controls extend to SSL-protected sessions.

Session Scale
The platform is built to sustain up to 20,000,000 concurrent sessions for large and active enterprise traffic profiles.

Enterprise Placement
Its security architecture is suited to deployment in environments that require centralized policy control and consistent enforcement across shared network paths.

Operational Security Control

Policy-Driven Protection
The platform supports security operations that rely on defined policy enforcement rather than ad hoc traffic handling.

Encrypted Traffic Visibility
Its SSL inspection capacity helps maintain inspection coverage where application traffic is protected in transit.

Large-State Resilience
High concurrent-session scale supports stable operation under dense connection loads without forcing a redesign of the security perimeter.

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Cisco Secure FPR4215 Technical Specifications

Full specifications for this model are listed below.

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Cisco Secure FPR4215 Deployment Scenarios

The Cisco Secure FPR4215 is a high-end 1RU firewall for data-centre and large enterprise edges where inspection must keep pace with heavy traffic. It suits teams that need stronger control than a 3100-series platform without stepping up to the very highest capacity tier.

Data Centre Internet Edge and Segmentation

At a busy data-centre edge, the FPR4215 helps teams inspect north-south traffic, segment tenant environments and keep policy enforcement close to critical services. It gives enough headroom for sustained flows without forcing security to become the bottleneck.

Regulated Finance Application Zones

Finance teams can place the FPR4215 around application tiers where encrypted sessions, user access and east-west controls need consistent scrutiny. It supports tighter perimeter and internal segmentation while keeping controls practical for audit-driven operations.

Service-Provider and Telecoms Network Edge

In telecoms environments, the FPR4215 fits inline at service-provider and network-operations edges where subscriber, management and partner traffic all need protection. The platform provides capacity for high-volume flows without adding avoidable delay to operations.

Clinical Data Centres and Remote Access

Healthcare estates can deploy the FPR4215 around EHR, imaging and remote access paths where patient systems must stay available and segmented. It helps reduce the risk that inspection or VPN demand slows care-facing workflows.

DevOps and Cloud-Adjacent Production Boundaries

For software development teams, the FPR4215 supports private-cloud, test and production boundaries where API traffic, CI/CD activity and remote access need separation. It is a sensible choice when security must stay inline without disrupting delivery teams.

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