Huawei USG6307E-AC Desktop AI Firewall, 10×GE RJ45 & 2×GE SFP, Plug-and-Play AC

Q1: What makes the Huawei USG6300 series a Next‑Generation Firewall?

A: The USG6300 series integrates multiple security functions—firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention (IPS), antivirus, data leak prevention (DLP), anti‑DDoS, URL filtering, and anti‑spam—into one appliance, offering application-aware control and protocol inspection.

Q2: What performance can I expect from the USG6300 series?

A: Throughput varies by model: USG6320 handles around 2 Gb/s firewall traffic and about 950 Mb/s IPS+AV; USG6380 manages up to 6 Gb/s firewall and 2 Gb/s IPS+AV.

Q3: Does it offer application-layer control?

A: Yes. It identifies over 6,000 applications for fine-grained control (ACTUAL: Application, Content, Time, User, Attack, Location) including Oracle, IM, and VoIP .

Q4: How does the USG6300 protect against malware and data leaks?

A: It provides antivirus via a daily-updated engine, inspects SSL traffic, and applies DLP on over 120 file types and 30 document formats .

Q5: What VPN and redundancy features are supported?

A: It supports IPSec, SSL, L2TP, MPLS, and GRE VPNs, load balancing, Active/Standby or Active/Active high availability .

Q6: How is device management handled?

A: Management is via built-in GUI, Huawei eSight, agile controller, and APIs (NETCONF/RESTCONF). It also supports smart policy deployment, optimization, and cleanup .

Q7: What about URL and web filtering capabilities?

A: It provides cloud-based URL filtering across 85–130 million URLs and defends against web app attacks like SQL injection/XSS .

Q8: Does it support virtualization?

A: Yes, up to 100 virtual firewalls per device, isolating policies, quotas, and logging per instance .

Q9: How many concurrent sessions and VPN tunnels?

A: The USG6380 supports up to 4 million concurrent sessions and 100,000 IPsec or SSL VPN tunnels .

Q10: Are there hardware offloads to maintain performance under heavy security loads?

A: Yes, it uses intelligence awareness engine (IAE) and hardware acceleration for security functions like encryption and regex matching .

Q11: Is firmware integrity assured?

A: Huawei offers digitally signed firmware packages (PGP/CMS) for secure authenticity verification .

Q12: What are common deployment scenarios?

A: Ideal for intranet and internet edge, data center border, remote VPN access—offering user/app control, logging, SSL interception, APT defense, and bandwidth control .

Q13: What redundancy and high‑availability modes are supported?

A: Supports Active/Active and Active/Standby HA with link failover (like BFD, IP link).

Q14: Are there streamlined policy deployment features?

A: Yes—scenario-based templates, intelligent tuning suggestions, and policy cleanup tools help simplify configuration .

Q15: Is it suitable for SMB and branch offices?

A: Yes. Designed for SMBs, branch, and chain enterprises, pricing ranges on models with 4–8 GE ports, USB, optional Wi‑Fi/4G, and desktop or 1U rack form factors.