The Netgate® 1541 Security Gateway with pfSense® Plus software is our most powerful solution for medium to large business data centers or server rooms. It features a 2.1 GHz, 8-core, 16-thread Intel® Xeon® D-1541 processor with AES-NI, dual 10GBase-T ports and dual 1 Gbps RJ-45 ports. The CPIC-8955 Cryptographic Accelerator Card with QAT (QuickAssist Technology) can be added to offload encryption processing for improved VPN throughput performance. Other expansion options include a 2- or 4-Port Intel 10 GbE card for additional SFP+ ports, or support for a wide selection of 3rd party PCIe cards via the PCIe 3.0 x 16 card slot. With RAID configurations and high availability options, the Netgate 1541 is our most robust solution for high-performance throughput and/or mission-critical deployment needs.
Featuring a Eight Core Intel Xeon® 2.1 GHz, upgradable memory up to 32 GB, and expandable network interfaces up to (8) ports the Netgate 1541 achieves up to 18.8 Gbps routing performance.
L3 Forwarding
- IPERF3 Traffic: 18.8 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 15.1 Gbps
Firewall
(10k ACLs)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 18.64 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 12.3 Gbps
IPsec VPN
(AES-GCM-128 w/QAT)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 9.30 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 1.77 Gbps
Netgate 1541 performance tests conducted with pfSense plus software version 22.01
CPU: Eight Core Intel Xeon® 2.1 GHz, with AES-NI compatibility, significantly improves encrypted throughput and increases RAM performance by up to 50%.
Network Ports: Expandable up to 8 network ports the Netgate 1541 features (2) 10GBase-T LAN/WAN via SoC, (2) 1 GbE LAN/WAN via Intel i350-AM2, and support for a wide selection of 3rd party PCIe cards via the PCIe 3.0 x 16 card slot, or a 2- or 4-Port X710 Intel 10 GbE SFP+ expansion card.
Storage: 500 GB M.2 SSD
Memory: 16 GB DDR4 (Expandable to 32 G ECC), DDR4 memory allows more stable, higher transfer rates for memory-intensive applications (e.g. IDS/IPS). Our hardware flexibility allows you to upgrade your memory at any time to 32 GB, future-proofing this appliance.
pfSense Plus software provides the performance, flexibility, reliability and business assurance expected from leading secure networking applications:
- Up to 10 Gbps performance
- Flexible 3rd-party application options
- Traditional management mechanisms
- Proven reliability
- Complete business assurance support
All at a fraction of the cost of proprietary alternatives, pfSense Plus software is the perfect answer. Popular pfSense Plus use cases include load balancing, traffic shaping, captive portal, UTM device, DNS/DHCP Server, IDS/IPS, failover WAN, and much more.
“In case there’s any confusion, this is one monster of a firewall.” – Tuan Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief, Maximum PC
Hardware Specification:
| CPU | Intel “Xeon-DE” D-1541, 2.1 GHz FCBGA 1667 supported SoC |
|---|---|
| CPU Cores | Eight Cores, 45W |
| Networking | Dual LAN via Intel® i350-AM2 1 Gigabit Ethernet Dual LAN via SoC 10GBase-T Virtual Machine Device Queues reduce I/O overhead Supports 10GBASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T, RJ45 output 1x Realtek RTL8201N PHY (dedicated IPMI) |
| Storage | 500 GB M.2 SSD |
| Memory | 16 GB ECC DDR4 RDIMM (expandable to 32 GB) |
| Expansion | 1x PCI-E 3.0 x 16 slot 1x M.2 PCI-E 3.0 x4 (SATA support) M Key 2242/2280 6x SATA3 (6 Gbps) ports via SoC |
| Other Ports | 1x BMC integrated ASPEED AST2400 1x IPMI Port 1x VGA Port 1x Fast UART 16550 Serial Port (header) |
| USB Ports | 2x USB 3.0 ports |
| LED | Power LED Hard drive activity LED 2x Network activity LEDs System Overheat LED Information LED (temp., status) |
| Enclosure | 19″ 1U Rack Mount 7.8 lbs. / 3.54 kg. |
| Form Factor | 1U 1.7″x17.2″x9.8″ |
| Cooling | 200W Low-noise PS with PFC: Active CPU fan, 40mm chassis fan *airflow direction is front-to-back |
| Power | 1x SATA DOM power connector
100-240V, 50-60Hz, 2.6 Amp MAX |
| Environmental | 10°C to 35°C Operating Temp 8% to 90% Operating Relative Humidity (non-condensing) |
| Power Consumption | 20 W (idle) |
| Certifications | FCC, CE, RoHS, UL, UKCA |
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