The Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator Series is a family of purpose-built, remote-access Virtual Private Network (VPN) platforms and client software that incorporates high availability, high performance and scalability with the most advanced encryption and authentication techniques available today. With the Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator Series, customers can take advantage of the latest VPN technology to vastly reduce their communications expenditures. Unique to the industry, it is the only scalable platform to offer field-swappable and customer-upgradeable components. These components, called Scalable Encryption Processing (SEP) modules, enable users to easily add capacity and throughput.The 3030 is a VPN platform designed for medium- to large-sized organizations with bandwidth requirements from full T1/E1 through fractional T3 (50 Mbps maximum performance) and up to 1500 simultaneous sessions. Specialized SEP modules perform hardware-based acceleration. The 3030 is field-upgradeable to the 3060.