Marketing Information

The IPSec VPN SPA is a Gigabit Ethernet IP Security (IPSec) cryptographic SPA that you can install in a Catalyst 6500 series switch to provide hardware acceleration for IPSec encryption and decryption, generic routing encapsulation (GRE), and Internet Key Exchange (IKE) key generation. The existing implementation of IPSec in Cisco IOS supports the entire suite of security protocols including Authentication Header (AH), Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP), and IKE.

Product TypeShared Port Adapter
Application/UsageData Networking
Interfaces/Ports DetailsGigabit Ethernet
Dimensions1.5" Height x 6.8" Width x 5.9" Depth
Additional Information
  • Certificate Authorities/Public Key Infrastructure (CA/PKI) support
  • IPSec (IPv4) tunnel and transport modes (RFC 2401)
  • Data Encryption Standard (DES)/Triple DES (3DES)/Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
  • Secure Hash Algorithm hash function (HMAC-SHA-1)
  • Hashed Message Authentication Codes with Message Digest 5 (HMAC-MD5) (RFC 2104)
CompatibilityCisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch