What NGIPS appliance would you use if your customer is at the enterprise level and requires modular architecture that is scalable?

Question

Options

• ACisco 4000 series ISR
• BFirePOWER 8000 series
• CASA 7000 series
• DCisco 800 series ISR
• EFirePOWER 2100 series

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  82% (42)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  10% (5)
• E
  4% (2)

Explanation

FirePOWER 8000 series is correct because it is Cisco's high-end NGIPS platform purpose-built for enterprise deployments, offering modular chassis design, hardware stacking, and scalable throughput to meet demanding network environments.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A & D (Cisco 4000/800 series ISR): These are Integrated Services Routers - general-purpose routing platforms, not dedicated NGIPS appliances. The 800 series is branch/SOHO-class hardware.
• C (ASA 7000 series): There is no standard Cisco ASA 7000 product line; this is a fabricated distractor. The ASA is a firewall/VPN platform, not a modular NGIPS.
• E (FirePOWER 2100 series): This is a real NGIPS, but it targets SMB/lower-mid-market environments - it lacks the modular, scalable architecture of the 8000 series.

Memory tip: Scale the number to the deployment size - 8000 = Enterprise-class, modular, scalable; 2100 = smaller deployments. When a question mentions "enterprise + modular + scalable," the highest FirePOWER series number on the list is almost always the answer.

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