Leveraging highly modular software and hardware design, the NetDevices SG Family Services Gateway integrates enterprise security, core networking technologies, and adaptive services into a single, highly available system for branch office networking. The NetDevices SG Family greatly simplifies deployment, provides 100% remote manageability, lowers operating expenses (OpEx) and complexity, and provides unparalleled investment protection.

The NetDevices SG Family Services Gateway features stateful firewall protection, intrusion detection and prevention, voice over IP (VoIP) support, scalable dynamic and static routing, 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet switching, IPSec virtual private networks (VPN), and dedicated security processing. As multiple services are added, scalability and performance are maintained through its unique OnePassâ„¢ approach that performs common packet classification and inspection across multiple services.

NetDevices ModuLiveâ„¢ modular operating system maximizes availability and greatly reduces the time required to deploy new or upgrade existing services. With ModuLive full software modularity, as new services are added or existing ones modified within a NetDevices SG Family, there is zero disruption to other services in operation.

With its Lifelineâ„¢ management framework, the NetDevices SG Family provides always available access to system management. All services can be managed remotely while appearing to be local, thereby eliminating the need for on-site intervention and delivering substantial operational cost savings.

The Value for Customers

• Higher services availability and flexibility for new services
• Maximized IT staff productivity-level redundancy and rapid troubleshooting
• Significantly lower operational costs
• Future-proof, services-oriented architecture provides investment protection

There are currently three SG products available:

SGX-500
The SGX-500 is a fixed-configuration, lower cost product designed for smaller branch offices. The SGX-500 shares the same software with the SG-4/8, enabling a very comprehensive set of features for even the smallest branch offices.

SG-4
The SG-4 provides the same range of software services as the SG-8 on a smaller 1U platform with a lower entry cost to meet the requirements of mid-size branch offices. The SG-4 is also a modular platform, and leverages the same interface cards as the SG-8.

SG-8
The SG-8 is NetDevices’ flagship product offering the full range of networking/security services in a modular, 3U, highly available platform.