Appliance Overview

The Iron Networks nTMG 1500S is an enterprise grade integrated threat management gateway appliance based on an embedded version of Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 - Standard Edition. It delivers comprehensive, multi-layered defense against threats to networks and Microsoft applications, content acceleration, intuitive management, and scalability - fully integrated, easy to deploy at company of any size with turnkey “out of the box” convenience which includes:

• Unified Threat Management (UTM) Gateway - "All-in-One" Integrated Security Solution: Purpose-built, robust, multi-purpose, fully featured corporate application Firewall, IPS, Remote VPN, Site-Site VPN, Web Caching, Proxy, Secure application publishing, Web-Filtering, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware and Anti-Spam capability. It is one platform which fits all enterprise security needs, provides business continuity through multiple link management, single sign-on and seamless Active Directory Service integration option.
• Remote Access Gateway Solution: Provides web based secure remote access to line of business application to external users.
  • Anywhere VPN Remote Access: Securely extend access to partners, customers, consultants and remote employees to applications, documents, and data from any PC or device from outside the corporate network.
  • Secure Web Application Publishing: Streamline remote access by providing security for corporate applications accessed over the Internet such as Outlook Web Access, SharePoint, Web server and Terminal services.
• Remote Regional Office Gateway: Provides a low cost site-to-site VPN Connectivity to regional offices.
• Secure Web Gateway Solution: Comprehensive employee access control and protection against external and internal web-based threats. It provides multiple layers of continuously updated protection including URL filtering, malware inspection, and intrusion prevention.
• Secure Messaging Email Gateway Solution for Exchange: Comprehensive, multi-threaded scanning gateway protection against latest e-mail threats. It helps prevent the latest viruses, spam, worms, and inappropriate content from reaching inboxes with e-mail protection at the network perimeter.

Net-Gateway nTMG-1500S Integrated Security Platform Key Features

The Iron Networks nTMG 1500S is ideal for Small Sized Business deployments; it’s a purpose-built, 1U rack-optimized and most competitive security solutions appliance platform in its class.

High Availability and Array Management

• High Availability Array Support: None, Single Server Standalone Configuration
• Array Management:
  • Single Server - nTMG Series only supports standalone appliance deployment.
  • Regional branches office policy management: Multiple nTMG series appliances policy management through manual import/export of policy templates.
  • Enterprise Wide EMS Managed Array: Requires purchase of at least one of the nTMGE series appliance for centralized automated policy management via TMG Configuration Storage Server (CSS) in ADAM mode.
  • Processor: 64-bit Single Processor, Dual Core x86 processor architecture. High-speed processor, cache, larger memory and multi lane PCIe bandwidth designs for maximized deep packet content inspection acceleration with lowest packet latency, highest system throughput and unfaltering scalability to support large number of processor intensive integrated security applications workload.
  • Network Ports: 6 GbE LANs - High network port density provides the performance and operational flexibility and redundancy required to secure a high-availability network infrastructure, along with economies of scale needed by large companies, enterprise, data centers, and service providers.
  • Lights-Out Port: Remote Lights-Out-Management (LOM) via dedicated iKVM network Port guarantees uninterrupted Out-Of- Band remote access even when appliance is off.
  • High System Reliability: Maximum uptime through superior thermal design, component-level redundancy, serviceability and built-in remote lights-out appliance management system:
    • Disk Redundancy: Dual enterprise grade SATA disks and hardware RAID controller for disk mirroring configuration allows uninterrupted system operations in case of a single disk failure. Redundant hot-swap disks offers high availability and no downtime while RAID array is being rebuild on replacement drive.
    • Power Supply Redundancy: Single, high efficiency power-supply module.
    • System Image Redundancy and Quick Recovery Option: Efficient In-Field Appliance Image Management: Multiple system image partitions. ARRMS provides PiT image recovery backup/restore, factory reset and bare-metal image recovery
  • Embedded Recovery Manager: Appliance Recovery and Remote Management System (ARRMS™) provides offline and online remote system management and maintenance to the appliance hardware and software image.
    • ARRMS operating environment functions completely independently of the main appliance hardware and software environment. The appliance can boot into "maintenance mode" where the administrator has full BIOS-level access to the hardware and software environments, even with the appliance operating system shutdown or the hardware powered off.
    • System image backup, restore and "Bare-Metal" recovery. Backup any number of system image to local disk partition, removable media or a network target, such images than can be used for a quick restore to "last good known state".
    • Factory-default rest and Bare-Metal appliance recovery support
  • Embedded Web LOM Manager: Remote Lights-Out-Management (LOM) via dedicated iKVM (Keyboard, Video Mouse port access over Web) network Port guarantees uninterrupted Out-Of-Band remote access and manageability for a complete "As if you were sitting in front of it" experience.
  • Integrated Oneface System Manager: Provides rich and robust set of feature including Backup Manager, security manager, update manager, configuration manager, SNMP agents, alert notification system and a component manager for 3rd party add-on integration
  • Integrated Security Audits: Iron Networks appliance systems are built with security best practices in mind. Various software add-ons, hardware components and system configurations will change a system profile; each of image versions is systematically packaged, tested for reliability and receives complete security audit on an ongoing basis by our security system experts.
  • An ISO 9001:2000 Certified Quality: The Net-Gateway series product line is the most integrated Microsoft Forefront network security appliances on the market. Unlike alternatives that are simply based on proprietary or general-purpose server hardware, our appliances are designed for highest reliability, optimized for maximum performance, and manufactured to exact quality specifications. Network edge security is a critical business function, trust Iron Networks to deliver reliable and comprehensive solutions, support and services.
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