Blue Coat SG510 Proxy Series Appliances
Optimize application performance and Web security

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Blue Coat ProxySG 510 Series Overview:
With the same protection and acceleration features found in our enterprise-grade ProxySG 8100 Series platform, the Blue Coat ProxySG 510 offers an affordable rack-mountable appliance for small enterprises and branch offices that require direct Internet access.
ProxySG 510 accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise, providing a fast, LAN-like experience no matter where your users work. The ProxySG 510 platform also helps control Internet traffic to prevent malware and unauthorized applications from compromising network security or performance.
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The Blue Coat Full Proxy Edition of ProxySG appliances are part of the Application Delivery Network (ADN) infrastructure that provides complete application visibility, acceleration and security. To support the Application Delivery Network, ProxySG delivers a scalable proxy platform architecture to secure Web communications and accelerate the delivery of business applications. ProxySG enables flexible policy controls over content, users, applications and protocols and is the choice of more than 80% of the Fortune® Global 500.
Complete Control
ProxySG provides complete control over Web traffic enabling the following functions: Strong user authentication, Web filtering, deep inspection of content for data loss or threats, security checks to the WebPulse™ collaborative cloud defense, inspection and validation of SSL traffic, content caching and traffic optimization, bandwidth management, streaming media splitting and caching, method level controls per protocol, plus the ability to filter, strip or replace Web content. ProxySG is the ultimate foundation for a Secure Web Gateway with its content controls and policy flexibility, or a branch office providing security and acceleration in one solution.
Layered Defenses Security Framework
ProxySG with WebPulse, the collaborative cloud defense uniting over 62M users for Web awareness to new Web content and threats, creates a hybrid design providing the best of on-premise controls with the collective intelligence of cloud service. ProxySG deployed with WebFilter automatically includes the WebPulse cloud service and ProxyClient for remote user protection, filtering and acceleration. ProxySG with ProxyAV enables the highest performing inline threat analysis, including SSL, with a choice of leading anti-malware engines. In addition, data loss prevention integration is securely enabled with S-ICAP or standard ICAP on ProxySG with certified DLP partners.
Unmatched Performance & Reliability
ProxySG innovations in new hardware platforms with multiple cores and the SGOS operating system with multithreading provide 1Gbps throughput for high availability deployments and scale 5X beyond the previous generation. SGOS is a micro kernel built for Web object processing, secure and small in design, it rarely needs attention or patches, and it runs year after year at performance levels beyond the competition. Health checks and monitoring provide administrator awareness, plus Director enables centralized device, license and policy management of ProxySG Web gateways.
Scalability and Lower TCO
The Blue Coat security framework scales in many ways, resulting in lower TCO for customers. The performance innovations require less hardware, rack space and power than alternative solutions. New defenses can be seamlessly added to the WebPulse cloud to scale the depth of protection. Expanding groups of remote users can accelerate office communications with ProxyClient plus be protected by WebPulse. And Reporter scales for visibility of all Web gateway and remote users with custom dashboards and reports on a single server with an included optimized database for up to 10B log lines.
Features:
ProxySG provides complete control over Web traffic, enabling the ultimate foundation for a Secure Web Gateway with its content controls and policy flexibility, or a branch office providing security and acceleration in one solution.
Deploy ProxySG, WebFilter and ProxyAV together to enable:
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WebFilter licensing includes the real-time rating service and threat protection of the WebPulse cloud service and ProxyClient for remote user filtering, reporting and visibility.
Control — Proxy Services:
Proxy support for multiple protocols
- HTTP, CIFS, SSL, FTP, MAPI, P2P, MMS, RTSP, QuickTime, TCP-Tunnel, DNS, SOCKS, IM
- Bandwidth management on all proxy services
- SSL Termination & Proxy (forward and reverse)
- Control encrypted traffic for all users and applications inside & outside the enterprise
Content Filtering and Security
- WebFilter continuously updated by WebPulse cloud service for malware detection and content ratings
- On-proxy support of leading URL lists, popular regional lists, custom lists, or custom categories
- Strip and replace Web content, plus IM file sharing controls
- Log and block P2P traffic Inline Malware Detection
Inline Malware Detection
- ProxyAV integration with ProxySG
- hoice of anti-malware engines
IM Logging and Controls
- MSN, Yahoo!, AOL Messengers
- Method level control settings
Streaming controls
- MS, Real, QuickTime
- Stream splitting & caching
ProxyClient
- Remote Filtering with WebPulse cloud service
- Remote Acceleration for file and application performance
Performance and Reliability — SGOS:
Platform highlights
Network functionality including:
- Secure object-based operating system with small footprint
- High-speed Web caching with advanced object pipelining and adaptive refresh
- Built-in pass-through network card, compression services, bandwidth management, plus optional SSL services
- Active/Active bridging support using virtual IP addressing for failover and remote installations
- Routing configurations for gateway, route tables, RIP, DNS, and WCCP
- Health checks performed on a forwarding host or external servers to verify status and availability of device
- Configurable Time Services (UTC, NTP)
- 19” Rack mountable (with kit) or portable usb
- View & submit service requests via the Blue Coat management interface
- Send snapshots (trace files) to Blue Coat Support Services for faster resolution
Manageability — Policy Processing Engine:
Authentication
- Utilize a company’s existing authentication including local password files, NTLM, LDAP (Active Directory, eDirectory, SunOne), Netegrity Siteminder, Oblix, RADIUS and certificates
- Multi-realm authentication sequencing
- Forms-based authentication support
Powerful management interface
- Web-based management interface
- Optional command line interface
- Alerting via SNMP, SMTP and logging administrative events
Comprehensive policy definitions
- Graphical Visual Policy Manager with layered policy definitions
- Definable triggers and actions for policy definition
Content Policy Language (CPL)
- Create custom text-based policies to address unique policy requirements
- Built-in text editor for CPL allows sample code to be copied and pasted from Blue Coat TechBriefs or Support Services advisories
Extended Management with Director
- Distribute, backup, restore policy files for multiple ProxySG appliances
- Manage policies by device, group, or region
- Job scheduling/job status reporting
Management & Control of ProxyClients
- Configure, provision and maintain global deployment of ProxyClients
- Accelerate applications by user
- Centralized policy management and reporting for Remote Filtering
Visibility — Management Reporting:
Default logging
- HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Telnet, SOCKS,P2P, TCP-Tunnel, ICP, IM, Windows Media, Real Media, QuickTime, DNS
- Global log file limits and upload sizing
- Client upload settings and scheduling
Custom logging and trace files
- Selectable fields/text/log formats
Statistics
- Bandwidth Gain
- HTTP/HTTPS/FTP history
- Streaming history
- Resources
SNMP Support
- Trap settings, community strings
Aggregate Blue Coat ProxySG Logs with Reporter
- Reporter Dashboard™ provides a “drillable” overview of Web activity
- 150+ pre-defined reports track user activity, security risks, and Web traffic performance
- Secure browser access/rolebased viewing
- Provides real-time reporting with continuous log uploads
Acceleration — MACH5:
Bandwidth Management
- Assign priority and network resources based on port, device, applications or content to reflect corporate policies
Protocol Optimization
- Improve inefficient protocols by making them more tolerant to higher latencies
Byte Caching
- Cache repetitive traffic found in the byte stream and serve it locally to reduce WAN traffic
Object Caching
- Store files, videos and Web content locally, providing LAN-like performance over WAN
Compression
- Inline compression can reduce predictable patterns even on the first pass
Product Comparison:
| Acceleration versus Proxy Edition - What is the Difference? | ||
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| License Type | Acceleration Editon (MACH5) | Proxy Edition |
| Windows Media Streaming | ||
| Real Media Streaming | ||
| QuickTime Streaming | ||
| Bandwidth Management | ||
| HTTP proxy | ||
| MAPI proxy | ||
| DNS proxy | ||
| Forwarding | ||
| ProxyClient | ||
| SOCKS proxy | ||
| Telnet proxy | ||
| ICAP services | ||
| Netegrity SiteMinder | ||
| Oblix COREid | ||
| Peer-To-Peer | ||
| User Authentication | ||
| Onbox Content Filtering (3rd Party or BCWF) | ||
| Onbox Content Filtering (e.g. Websense) | ||
| Instant Messaging (AOL, Yahoo, and MSN) | Free | |
| SSL Termination/Proxy | Add-On | Add-On |
Diagrams:

The ProxySG provides visibility and control of Web
communications for remote offices in an affordable platform.

Blue Coat provides a layered defense against Web 2.0 threats leveraging WebPulse cloud intelligence from over 62M users to protect the Web gateway and remote users. ProxySG provides unmatched policy flexibility, performance and reliability to secure networks and accelerate content.

SG210 Technical Specifications:
| SG510 Series | SG510-5 | SG510-10 | SG510-20 | SG510-25 |
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| License Capacity | ||||
| Concurrent Users | 200 | 500 | 1200 | Unlimited |
| System | ||||
| Disk Drives | 2 x 80GB SATA | 2 x 320GB SATA | 2 x 320GB SATA | 2 x 320GB SATA |
| RAM | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Network Interfaces | (2) Integrated (on board) 10/100/1000Base-T NICs | (2) Integrated (on board) 10/100/10000Base-T NICs 2 x 10/100/1000Base-T card (dual GigE with passthru) SSL Card |
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| Optional Cards | SSL Offload card | None | ||
| Optional NICs | 2 x 10/100/1000Base-T card (dual GigE) 2 x 10/100/1000Base-SX card (dual GigE Fibre) 4 x 10/100/1000Base-T card (quad GigE with passthru) |
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| Dimensions | ||||
| Enclosure | 19" Rack-mountable | |||
| Dimensions (LxWxH) | 58cm x 44cm x 4.4cm (22.8in x 17.4in x 1.7in) | |||
| Weight | 12.3kg (27lb) | 12.7kg (28lb) | ||
| Operating Environment | ||||
| Power | AC power 100-240V, 50-60Hz, 6.3-3.0A | |||
| Maximum Power | 150 Watts | |||
| Thermal Rating | 152 BTU/Hr | |||
| Temperature | 5°C to 35°C (41°F to 95°F) | |||
| Humidity | Less than 90% relative humidity, non-condensing | |||
| Altitude | Up to 3048M (10,000ft) | |||
| Regulations | ||||
| Emissions | FCC Class A, EN55022 Class A, VCCI Class A No.1706609, BSMI, CCC, C-tick | |||
| Safety | CSA C22.2 No. 950 M95, UL 60950 3rd Edition, EN60950, TUV-GS, TUV-S, CCC, BSMI | |||
| Standards | UL/CSA, TUV-S, BSMI, Ctick, CCC, CE | |||
| Certifications | ICSA, NIAP EAL 2, FIPS 140-2 | |||
| Product Warranty | ||||
| Warranty | Limited, non-transferable hardware warranty for a period of one (1) year from date of shipment. BlueTouch Support contracts available for 24/7 software support and options for hardware support. | |||
Documentation:
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the Blue Coat Full Proxy Edition
ProxySG 210/510/810 Datasheet (PDF).
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the Blue Coat ProxySG Family Datasheet (PDF).
| Blue Coat Products | ||
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| Blue Coat SG 510 Series Appliances - Proxy Edition | ||
| SG 510-5, 200 Users, Proxy Edition - Hardware with SGOS Included |
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| SG 510-10, 500 Users, Proxy Edition - Hardware with SGOS Included |
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| SG 510-20, 1200 Users, Proxy Edition - Hardware with SGOS Included |
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| SG 510-25, Unlimited Users, Proxy Edition - Hardware with SGOS Included |
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| Blue Coat SG 510
Series - Cold Standby Units - For non-failover deployments or when OnSite RMA is not an option, unit sits on shelf |
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| SG 510-5 Cold Standby Unit | #SG510-5-CS | ![]() |
| SG 510-10/20/25 Cold Standby Unit | #SG510-10/20/25-CS | ![]() |
| Blue Coat Upgrade Kit for SG510 Series | ||
| Upgrade Kit, Hardware and License, SG510-5 to SG510-10 | #UPG-KIT-SG510-5-TO-10 | ![]() |
| Software Upgrade, SG510-10 to SG510-20 | #SW-UPG-SG510-10-TO-20 | ![]() |
| Software Upgrade, SG510-10 to SG510-25 | #SW-UPG-SG510-10-TO-25 | ![]() |
| Software Upgrade, SG510-20 to SG510-25 | #SW-UPG-SG510-20-TO-25 | ![]() |
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