ASA5515-FPWR-K9

ASA5515-FPWR-K9 Exact Hardware Identity

ASA5515-FPWR-K9 is a physical Cisco ASA 5515-X with FirePOWER services appliance. Cisco's exact ordering description specifies 6 Gigabit Ethernet data ports, AC power and 3DES/AES encryption edition. FirePOWER software subscriptions are separate term-based items; this hardware PID does not prove a current IPS, malware or URL-filtering term.

Storage and receiving boundary

SSD included in Cisco's exact ordering description. No current support entitlement or signature access is implied by the hardware PID; verify software and management compatibility separately.

Lifecycle status

Cisco lists August 31, 2022 as the last support date for ASA 5515-X. This appliance is unsupported legacy infrastructure, not a current security platform.

Six-port policy reduction

ASA5515-FPWR-K9 should be used to recover intent, not to perpetuate every legacy object. Its six data interfaces define a manageable boundary for rebuilding only approved flows.

Map each interface to a zone and derive retained rules from named applications, owners and observed traffic. Place unused objects and unmatched signatures into review instead of importing them automatically.

Rule and signature ownership matrix

For each approved zone pair, record application, NAT behavior, firewall action, intrusion-policy assignment, event destination and accountable owner. Preserve a positive transaction, expected deny and representative signature event for every retained service class. Separate rules that protect real traffic from global defaults that were never exercised. The successor configuration is accepted from this matrix and its tests, not from line-count parity with the unsupported ASA5515-X export.

Related ASA with FirePOWER records

• ASA5516-FPWR-K9 - compare platform, encryption edition, storage evidence and lifecycle.
• ASA5512-FPWR-K9 - compare platform, encryption edition, storage evidence and lifecycle.
• ASA5555-FPWR-K9 - compare platform, encryption edition, storage evidence and lifecycle.

Official Cisco evidence: Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services data sheet, Cisco lifecycle notice, Cisco classic-device compatibility guide.