The M495 is designed for larger branch offices and midsize company headquarters that need high throughput and a large VPN footprint. With 37 Gbps firewall throughput, 6.3 Gbps UTM throughput, and 800 BOVPN tunnels, it serves as a capable hub for distributed organizations with up to 500 users at a single location.

The M495 includes two built-in 10 Gbps RJ45 copper ports and two 10 Gbps SFP+ fiber ports, all without requiring an expansion module. Combined with twelve 2.5 Gbps RJ45 ports and two 1 Gbps SFP ports, the M495 delivers flexible high-speed connectivity for demanding environments.

With IPS enabled, the M495 delivers 3.5 Gbps of HTTPS inspection throughput. This is important for organizations where the majority of web traffic is encrypted, since decrypting and re-encrypting TLS traffic is computationally expensive and can bottleneck lesser appliances.

The M495 ships with a single power supply and includes an optional CRPS redundant power supply slot. Adding a second supply provides hot-swap redundancy for environments that require high availability at the hardware level.

Yes. The M495 supports 800 Branch Office VPN tunnels, making it well suited as the central hub for a distributed enterprise with many branch locations. It handles IKEv2, IPSec, L2TP, and TLS tunnels and supports both policy-based and route-based VPN configurations.