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Firepower 7000 and 8000 Series Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Firepower System
Firepower System Appliances
Supported Capabilities by Managed Device Model
Devices are the appliances that handle network traffic; therefore, many Firepower System capabilities
are dependent on the model of your managed devices.
The following table matches the major capabilities of the system with the devices that support those
capabilities, assuming you have the correct licenses installed and applied from the managing Firepower
Management Center.
Keep in mind that although you can use any model of Firepower Management Center running Version
6.0 of the system to manage any Version 6.0 device, a few system capabilities are limited by the
Firepower Management Center model. For more information, see
Supported Capabilities by Firepower
Management Center Model, page 1-5
.
Table 1-3
Supported Capabilities by Managed Device Model
Feature or Capability
7000 and 8000 Series
Device
ASA FirePOWER
Virtual
Device
network discovery: host, application, and user
yes
yes
yes
intrusion detection and prevention (IPS)
yes
yes
yes
Security Intelligence filtering
yes
yes
yes
access control: basic network control
yes
yes
yes
access control: geolocation-based filtering
yes
yes
yes
access control: application control
yes
yes
yes
access control: user control
yes
yes
yes
access control: literal URLs
yes
yes
yes
access control: URL Filtering by category and reputation
yes
yes
yes
file control: by file type
yes
yes
yes
network-based advanced malware protection (AMP)
yes
yes
yes
Automatic Application Bypass
yes
no
yes
fast-path rules
8000 Series
no
no
strict TCP enforcement
yes
no
no
configurable bypass interfaces
except where hardware
limited
no
no
tap mode
yes
no
no
switching and routing
yes
no
no
NAT policies
yes
no
no
VPN
yes
no
no
device stacking
8140
82xx Family
83xx Family
no
no
device high availability
yes
no
no
stacks in high-availability pairs
8140
82xx Family
83xx Family
no
no