FirewallSecure Firewall 6100 Series
AI-ready, ultra-high-performance firewalls — up to 700 Gbps per system.
Cisco Secure Firewall 6100 Series is an AI-ready, ultra-high-performance firewall engineered for exceptional throughput per rack unit — up to 700 Gbps in a single system. Optimised for high-demand data centre and service-provider environments, dedicated cryptographic modules drive high-throughput IPsec and TLS termination at scale, and it gains insight into encrypted traffic at line rate. Faltrox deploys and operates it as the highest-tier perimeter.
Overview
What Secure Firewall 6100 Series is
The Secure Firewall 6100 Series is Cisco’s ultra-high-performance firewall, engineered for the AI-era data centre and service-provider environments where throughput per rack unit is the constraint. It achieves up to 700 Gbps of throughput in a single system, delivering exceptional density for the highest-demand perimeters.
Dedicated cryptographic modules drive high-throughput IPsec and TLS connection termination at scale, and it gains insight into encrypted traffic at line rate — so encryption does not become a blind spot even at these speeds. Running Firewall Threat Defense with Snort 3 IPS, application control, malware defence, and integration with Cisco XDR and Talos, and managed by Firewall Management Center or cloud Security Cloud Control, it anchors the most demanding data-centre and provider perimeters. Faltrox deploys it, designs the architecture, and operates it as managed defence.
Coverage
What it protects
The platforms, threats, and surfaces this product is built to defend.
AI-Era Data Centre
AI-ready ultra-high-performance firewalling for the highest-demand data centres.
Up to 700 Gbps
Exceptional throughput per rack unit — up to 700 Gbps in a single system.
Encrypted at Line Rate
Gains insight into encrypted traffic at line rate so encryption is not a blind spot.
Crypto Modules
Dedicated cryptographic modules drive high-throughput IPsec and TLS termination at scale.
Service Providers
Optimised for service-provider environments needing dense, high-speed security.
Next-Gen IPS
Snort 3 intrusion prevention at ultra-high throughput with full threat defence.
How it works
The mechanism
How the product moves from signal to protected state, step by step.
- 01
Deploy
A high-density system is placed at the data-centre or provider perimeter and onboarded to FMC or cloud Security Cloud Control.
- 02
Terminate
Dedicated cryptographic modules terminate high-throughput IPsec and TLS connections at scale.
- 03
Inspect
Full threat defence — Snort 3 IPS, AVC, malware — plus line-rate encrypted-traffic insight runs at up to 700 Gbps.
- 04
Correlate
Cisco Talos intelligence and Cisco XDR integration enrich detections and connect them across the environment.
- 05
Operate
Faltrox designs the architecture, maintains software, and monitors the system as managed defence.
Capabilities
Key capabilities
Up to 700 Gbps
Ultra-high-performance throughput in a single system with exceptional density per rack unit.
AI-Ready
Engineered for the throughput demands of AI-era data-centre and service-provider environments.
Line-Rate Encrypted Visibility
Insight into encrypted traffic at line rate so encryption never becomes a blind spot.
High-Throughput Crypto
Dedicated cryptographic modules drive IPsec and TLS connection termination at scale.
Snort 3 IPS
Next-generation intrusion prevention at ultra-high throughput with full threat defence.
Application & Malware Defense
Application visibility and control plus integrated malware defence backed by Talos.
Cisco XDR & Talos
Detections enriched by Cisco Talos intelligence and correlated across the environment via Cisco XDR.
Flexible Management
Manage via on-premises Firewall Management Center or cloud-delivered Security Cloud Control.
Works with
Part of the platform
Cisco products this pairs with, and the Faltrox services that operate it.
Delivery
You buy the outcome, not the console
Managed by Faltrox
Faltrox licenses, deploys, and tunes Cisco Secure Firewall 6100 Series for your environment, then runs it as part of a managed service, so you get the protection without staffing another security console.
FAQ
Common questions
01What environments is the 6100 Series for?
The highest-demand data-centre and service-provider perimeters, where throughput per rack unit is the constraint. It reaches up to 700 Gbps in a single system — the top of the Secure Firewall range, above the high-end 4200. Faltrox scopes it where that density is genuinely needed.
02What does "AI-ready" mean here?
It is engineered for the traffic volumes and encryption demands of AI-era data centres — the throughput, crypto termination, and line-rate encrypted visibility needed as data-centre east-west and north-south traffic scales dramatically.
03Can it inspect encrypted traffic at these speeds?
Yes — it gains insight into encrypted traffic at line rate, so encryption does not create a blind spot even at ultra-high throughput, and dedicated cryptographic modules handle IPsec and TLS termination at scale.
04Is it managed the same way as the rest of the range?
Yes — it runs Firewall Threat Defense and is managed by Firewall Management Center or cloud Security Cloud Control alongside the rest of the Secure Firewall estate, with the same Cisco XDR and Talos integration.
05How does Faltrox operate it?
We deploy the system, design the high-availability and performance architecture and policy, maintain software, and monitor it — integrating its detections into the SOC services we run for managed data-centre defence.
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Secure what’s next.
Speak with the engineering team to define scope, walk through the methodology, and decide whether Faltrox is the right team to test and run your environment.
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