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About the ASA 5506-X, ASA 5506W-X, and ASA 5506H-X

Note

Do not stack the ASA chassis on top of another ASA chassis. If you stack the units, they will overheat, which

causes the units to power cycle.

The ASA 5506-X, 5506W-X, and ASA 5506H-X have been validated for the following security standards

certifications:

• Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 for ASA 9.12.x

• Common Criteria (CC) certification for the Network Device Collaborative Protection Profile, (NDcPPv2.1),

VPN Gateway Module (VPNGW_MOD_v1.0), and Firewall Module (FW_MOD_v1.3) for ASA 9.12.x

ASA 5506W-X Wireless Features

The ASA 5506W-X supports two high-performing spatial stream rates over a deployable distance with

high reliability when serving clients. The ASA 5506W-X contains two simultaneous dual-band radios

(2.4-GHz and 5-GHz 802.11n MIMO radios) in a controller-based mode or autonomous mode. It has

integrated internal antennas that support full inter-operability with leading 802.11n clients. The radio

hardware supports Unified, FlexConnect, and Monitor-mode.

The ASA 5506W-X has the following processor features:

• 128 MB NAND flash size

• 1 MB NOR flash size

• 128 MB DDR2 memory bus, x32

The 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz 802.11n radios have the following features:

• 802.11n standard compliant

• A-MPDU TX

• HT Duplicate Mode

• 2TX x 2RX

• 2-spatial streams, 300 Mbps PHY rate

• Maximal ratio combining (MRC)

• Cyclic Shift Diversity (CSD)

• MCS0-MCS15; Short or Long Guard Intervals

• DFS for UNII-2 and UNII-2 Extended channels, including 0.5us radar pulse detection

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