The M590 is best suited for midsize businesses and distributed enterprises that need a reliable, high-performance security hub. It handles 500 Branch Office VPN tunnels and 6,000,000 concurrent connections, making it an effective hub in a hub-and-spoke deployment where many branch sites connect back to a central location.

Yes. The Firebox M590 ships with dual redundant power supplies as standard equipment. Both are hot-swap capable, so a power supply can be replaced without powering down the appliance, which is critical for hub deployments where downtime affects all connected sites.

With no security services enabled, the M590 delivers 20 Gbps of firewall throughput (UDP 1518). With all UTM services active, including antivirus, IPS, and application control, throughput comes in at 3.3 Gbps. HTTPS inspection with IPS enabled reaches 1.9 Gbps.

The M590 includes eight 1 Gbps RJ45 ports, two 10 Gbps SFP+ ports, one serial console, and two USB ports. One open expansion bay accepts optional modules for additional port density: 4x1G copper, 4x SFP, 2x SFP+, or 4x 10G multispeed.

The M590 acts as the central firewall hub, with branch offices connecting via Branch Office VPN tunnels. It supports 500 BOVPN tunnels and includes SD-WAN for dynamic path selection across multiple WAN links. Traffic from all spoke sites is inspected at the hub, where the full security stack runs, before being forwarded to its destination.