Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators 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 Series Concentrator, 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. Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators include models to support a range of enterprise customers, from small businesses with 100 or fewer remote access users to large organizations with up to 10, 000 simultaneous remote users. With all versions of the Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator, the Cisco VPN Client is provided at no additional charge and includes unlimited distribution licensing. The VPN 3030 Concentrator creates a virtual private network by creating a secure connection across a TCP/IP network (such as the Internet) that users see as a private connection. The VPN Concentrator can create single-user-to-LAN connections and LAN-to-LAN connections. The Cisco VPN 3030 Concentrator is a VPN platform designed for medium to large organizations with bandwidth requirements from full T1/E1 through T3/E3(50 Mbps maximum performance) and up to 1500 simultaneous sessions. Specialized SEP modules perform hardware-based acceleration. The Cisco VPN 3030 is field-upgradeable to the Cisco VPN 3060.