H3C F100-C-A3 Enhanced SMB Next-Gen Firewall

Q1. What is the H3C F100 Series Firewall?

A: The H3C F100 Series is a next-generation firewall (NGFW) platform designed for small to medium-size enterprises, branch offices, and SMB edge security, offering integrated security and networking capabilities.

Q2. Which models are included in the F100 Series?

A: The series includes F100-C-G3, F100-C-A1, F100-C-A2, and F100-C-A3 models, each tailored for different performance and connectivity needs.

Q3. What is the main use case for F100 Series Firewalls?

A: These firewalls are ideal for SMBs, branch office internet egress protection, WAN branches, and cloud-connected enterprises requiring unified security and VPN capabilities.

Q4. What security functions do the F100 firewalls support?

A: They support firewall control, NAT, VPN (IPSec/L2TP/GRE/SSL), DOS/DDoS defense, IPS, antivirus (AV), application control, URL filtering, and data loss prevention (DLP).

Q5. Do F100 firewalls support deep packet inspection (DPI)?

A: Yes. F100 models include integrated DPI capabilities that inspect traffic at the application layer for more accurate threat detection and control.

Q6. Can H3C F100 firewalls be used as VPN gateways?

A: Yes. They support multiple VPN types including IPSec, SSL VPN, L2TP, and GRE, ideal for secure remote access and site-to-site connections.

Q7. Do these models support IPv6?

A: Yes. F100 firewalls support IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack with stateful inspection and attack prevention for both protocols.

Q8. What routing capabilities are supported?

A: F100 Series supports static routing, policy routing, and dynamic routing protocols like RIP and OSPF.

Q9. What are typical throughput or performance tiers for these models?

A: Throughput varies by specific model and configuration, with F100-C-G3 positioned for Gigabit-class firewall and VPN performance.

Q10. Are F100 firewalls suitable for branch office deployments?

A: Yes. Their compact design and integrated security features make them ideal for branch office security and internet exit protection.

Q11. Do F100 models support high availability (HA)?

A: Certain models such as F100-C-A3 support redundant power and cluster deployment (SCF) for improved reliability.

Q12. What network interfaces are typically available on F100 firewalls?

A: Models like F100-C-A3 include multiple 10/100/1000BASE-T adaptive Ethernet ports, management port, USB, and console interfaces.

Q13. Can F100 firewalls perform user and application-aware security policies?

A: Yes. They support multi-dimensional policy control based on user identity, application, time, and security context.

Q14. Do these firewalls support intrusion prevention system (IPS)?

A: Yes. Integrated IPS provides proactive network threat detection and prevention.

Q15. Is antivirus (AV) protection built into F100 models?

A: Yes. They include AV functions that scan and block malware and virus threats in network traffic.

Q16. Do F100 firewalls offer URL filtering capabilities?

A: Yes. URL filtering and classification help control access to web content according to organizational policies.

Q17. What kinds of network attacks can F100 firewalls defend against?

A: They defend against SYN Flood, UDP Flood, ICMP Flood, DNS Flood, spoofing, scanning attacks, and other common threats.

Q18. Do these firewalls support NAT?

A: Yes. F100 Series supports NAT and multiple NAT instance configurations for flexible address translation.

Q19. Can F100 devices log and report network threats?

A: Yes. They support security logs, traffic statistics, and event monitoring for audit and analysis.

Q20. How are F100 firewalls managed?

A: Management can be performed via Web UI, CLI, SNMP, and centralized platforms like H3C IMC/SSM for unified network security administration.