High-Throughput SD-WAN for Large Branch & Data Centre
The Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN ION 5200 is a high-performance 1U SD-WAN appliance for large branch offices and data centres. 4 Gbps encrypted throughput, 4x 10G SFP+ ports, 11x 1G RJ45 ports, 4x 2.5G PoE++ (90W), 32GB RAM, 240GB NVMe SSD, and dual hot-swap AC power supplies.
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In data centre mode, the ION 5200 delivers up to 4 Gbps of encrypted SD-WAN throughput — providing the performance needed for large hub sites aggregating traffic from multiple branch spokes, data centre interconnects, and high-bandwidth cloud connectivity. Branch mode delivers up to 2 Gbps encrypted throughput for high-density enterprise branches.
Four 10G SFP+ ports provide multi-gigabit fibre WAN connectivity — connecting to provider handoffs, data centre switches, or dark fibre interconnects. With 10GbE WAN capacity across 4 ports, the ION 5200 handles the WAN throughput demands of large enterprise branches and regional hub deployments without port density constraints.
4 x 2.5G PoE++ ports (90W total budget, 60W per port max) support high-power PoE devices: Wi-Fi 6E/7 access points requiring 90W Type 4 PoE++, PoE-powered video surveillance cameras, and next-generation IP devices that exceed standard 802.3at (30W) limits. 2.5G link speed future-proofs connectivity to new Wi-Fi 6E APs that saturate 1G uplinks.
Two hot-swappable 450W AC power supplies provide N+1 redundancy — one PSU failure does not interrupt the platform. PSUs swap while the system is running without traffic disruption, enabling maintenance in live production environments. Essential for hub sites and data centre deployments where any downtime has enterprise-wide impact.
The ION 5200's compute platform — 32GB RAM and 240GB NVMe SSD — provides the processing headroom for running concurrent AIOps analytics, application classification (1,600+ signatures), security service chaining, and event logging at multi-gigabit line rates without performance degradation under load.
The ION 5200 is designed to serve as the SD-WAN hub in Prisma SD-WAN hub-and-spoke deployments — aggregating encrypted tunnels from all branch ION spokes, providing centralised internet breakout, data centre interconnect, and cloud gateway functions with the throughput performance to handle aggregate traffic from dozens of branches simultaneously.
The Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN ION 5200 occupies the top of the ION hardware appliance family, targeting large enterprise branch offices, data centre interconnect points, and regional hub sites requiring multi-gigabit SD-WAN throughput with high port density and full hardware redundancy. Its 4 Gbps encrypted throughput, 4x 10G SFP+ ports, and dual hot-swap PSUs position it as a data centre-class SD-WAN edge device.
In a Prisma SD-WAN hub-and-spoke deployment, the ION 5200 typically acts as the hub — receiving encrypted SD-WAN tunnels from branch ION 1200 and ION 3200 spokes, providing centralised internet breakout, cloud-on-ramp connectivity to AWS and Azure, and data centre interconnect to the core network. Its 10G SFP+ ports handle the aggregate WAN bandwidth of dozens of connected branches without becoming a throughput bottleneck.
All ION 5200 deployments benefit from the same Strata Cloud Manager, AIOps, and ADEM capabilities available across the Prisma SD-WAN platform — consistent management, monitoring, and AI-driven operations from the smallest ION 1200 branch to the largest ION 5200 hub, all through a single cloud management interface without separate monitoring tools or management planes.
Aggregate SD-WAN tunnels from branch spoke sites. 4Gbps encrypted throughput handles combined WAN bandwidth of dozens of branches with headroom for growth.
10G SFP+ ports connect directly to data centre switches. Dual PSU ensures continuous operation. Hub for all branch-to-DC and branch-to-cloud traffic.
2.5G PoE++ ports power next-generation Wi-Fi 6E APs and high-power PoE devices at branch locations requiring both high WAN throughput and dense wireless infrastructure.
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