- Description
- Specifications
Secondary NSA 2700 Firewall Unit for Active/Standby High Availability Failover with 16x GbE Ports, 3x SFP+ 10G Expansion, Dual Power Supplies, and Gen 7 SonicOS 7.0
The SonicWall NSA 2700 High Availability unit (02-SSC-7367) is a secondary firewall appliance that pairs with a primary NSA 2700 to create an active/standby failover configuration. When the primary firewall fails or loses connectivity, the HA unit automatically takes over all firewall, VPN, and security functions with no manual intervention, maintaining continuous protection for production network traffic. The HA unit is identical hardware to the standard NSA 2700: 16 GbE copper ports, 3 SFP+ 10G expansion slots, dual power supplies, and Gen 7 SonicOS 7.0 architecture in a 1U rack-mountable form factor.
The HA designation means this unit is licensed specifically as the standby partner in a high availability pair. It operates in passive mode during normal conditions, continuously synchronizing configuration, state, and session data from the primary unit, and activates only when the primary goes offline. This provides the same level of protection as running two fully licensed NSA 2700 firewalls at a significantly lower cost, making hardware redundancy accessible for medium and large enterprises that require continuous firewall uptime for business-critical operations.
Where the NSA 2700 HA Fits
- Medium and large enterprise networks with uptime requirements where the HA pair eliminates the firewall as a single point of failure, automatic failover maintains VPN tunnels, security policies, and active sessions without manual intervention, and the 16-port GbE density with 3x SFP+ 10G uplinks handles high-bandwidth enterprise traffic
- Data center and campus edge deployments where the 1U rack-mountable form factor with dual power supplies provides hardware-level redundancy within the appliance itself, the NSA 2700 platform delivers multi-gigabit threat prevention throughput for encrypted and unencrypted traffic, and layer 4-7 clustering supports scalable high-availability architectures
- Regulated industries and compliance-driven environments where continuous network security coverage is required for audit and compliance purposes, the active/standby configuration provides sub-second failover for transaction processing, patient records, and financial systems, and TAA compliance supports government procurement requirements
What the NSA 2700 HA Delivers
- Active/Standby Failover: Continuously synchronizes configuration, state tables, and session data from the primary NSA 2700. Automatic takeover when the primary unit fails, maintaining VPN tunnels, security policies, and active sessions with minimal disruption to network traffic.
- Identical NSA 2700 Hardware: 16 GbE copper ports (10/100/1000Base-T), 3 SFP+ expansion slots for 10G fiber uplinks, USB port, and dual power supplies for hardware-level power redundancy. 1U rack-mountable form factor (16.9 x 12.8 x 1.8 inches, 8.82 lb).
- Gen 7 SonicOS 7.0 Platform: Full Gen 7 architecture with TLS 1.3 deep packet inspection, SD-WAN, Capture ATP support, RTDMI/RFDPI threat prevention, and layer 4-7 clustering. Single-pane-of-glass management for firewalls, switches, and access points.
- Cost-Effective Enterprise Redundancy: HA-licensed unit provides full hardware redundancy at a lower cost than deploying two independently licensed NSA 2700 firewalls. TAA compliant for government procurement of redundant network security infrastructure.
