Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Review
March 29, 2022

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Review

Kelvin Goh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Firepower 4110

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series can support Layer 7 firewall protections when deployed as Firepower Threat Defense. Besides, it is also providing centralized management from Cisco Firepower Management. This can easily simplify the administration tasks and daily operation works. Cisco Firepower 4100 Series is a high-end firewall model which able to cater to high traffic throughput and does not cause any performance issues.

Pros

  • Application Control.
  • URL Filtering.
  • Intrusion Prevention.

Cons

  • When deployed as Firepower Threat Defense, configurations cannot be made within the device itself.
  • Troubleshooting can be difficult if the Cisco Firepower 4100 Series firewall is managed by the Cisco Firepower Management Center.
  • There are two operating systems in Cisco Firepower 4100 Series, firmware upgrade process will take a long time.
  • Very stable and does not cause major interruption.
  • Supports most of the business requirements.
  • Enhance security, risk and compliance.
Cisco Firepower 4100 Series deployment is straightforward and easy to implement. It is also can support high availability and able to achieve redundancy. Besides, firmware upgrade is quite simple and the process does not take much effort as the upgrade will be automatically done by itself. Cisco Firepower 4100 Series is also very cost effective compared with other similar ranges of firewalls.

Do you think Cisco Firepower 4100 Series delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Firepower 4100 Series's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Firepower 4100 Series live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Firepower 4100 Series go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Firepower 4100 Series again?

Yes

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series can be centralized managed by Cisco Firepower Management Center, this is quite helpful for customers who just want to manage from a single pane of glass. Cisco Firepower 4100 Series allows customers to choose between ASA or FTD images which are quite flexible although different images will cater to different throughputs.

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Feature Ratings

Firewall
7.5
Identification Technologies
7
Visualization Tools
3
Content Inspection
8
Policy-based Controls
7
Active Directory and LDAP
8
Firewall Management Console
9
Reporting and Logging
8
VPN
8
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
8
Proxy Server
6

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