NETGATE 1537 MAX PFSENSE SECURITY GATEWAY
The Netgate® 1537 Security Gateway with pfSense® Plus software is ideal for the medium to large business data centers or server rooms. It features a 1.7 GHz, 8-core, 16-thread Intel® Xeon® D-1537 processor with AES-NI, dual 10 Gbps SFP ports and dual 1 Gbps RJ-45 ports. The CPIC-8955 Cryptographic Accelerator Card with QAT (QuickAssist Technology) can be added to offload encryption processing for improved VPN throughput performance. Other expansion options include a 2- or 4-Port Intel 10 GbE card for additional SFP ports or a 4-Port Intel 1 GbE card for additional RJ45 ports. RAID configurations and high availability options make the Netgate 1537 an excellent choice for high-performance throughput and/or mission-critical deployment needs.

Featuring an Eight Core Intel Xeon® 1.7 GHz, upgradable memory up to 32 GB, and expandable network interfaces (up to 8 ports) the Netgate 1537 achieves up to 18.8 Gbps routing performance.
L3 Forwarding
- IPERF3 Traffic: 18.80 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 15.22 Gbps
Firewall
(10k ACLs)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 18.62 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 10.24 Gbps
IPsec VPN
(AES-GCM-128 w/QAT)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 7.12 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 165 Gbps
Netgate 1537 performance tests conducted with pfSense plus software version 22.01

CPU: Eight Core Intel Xeon® 1.7 GHz, with AES-NI compatibility, significantly improves encrypted throughput and increases RAM performance by up to 50%.
Network Ports: Expandable up to 8 network ports the Netgate 1537 features (2) 10 GbE SFP WAN/LAN via SoC, (2) 1 GbE LAN/WAN via Intel i350-AM2, and support for a 4-Port Intel 1 GbE RJ45, or a 2- or 4-Port X710 Intel 10 GbE SFP expansion card.
Storage: 500 GB M.2 SSD
Memory: 8 GB DDR4 (Expandable to 32 GB ECC), DDR4 memory allows more stable, higher transfer rates for memory-intensive applications (e.g. IDS/IPS). Our hardware flexibility allows you to upgrade your memory at any time to 32 GB, future-proofing this appliance.

pfSense Plus software provides the performance, flexibility, reliability and business assurance expected from leading secure networking applications:
- Up to 10 Gbps performance
- Flexible 3rd-party application options
- Traditional management mechanisms
- Proven reliability
- Complete business assurance support
All at a fraction of the cost of proprietary alternatives, pfSense Plus software is the perfect answer. Popular pfSense Plus use cases include load balancing, traffic shaping, captive portal, UTM device, DNS/DHCP Server, IDS/IPS, transparency caching proxy, web content filtering, failover WAN, and much more.
HARDWARE SPECIFICATION:
CPU | Intel “Xeon-DE” D-1537, 1.7 GHz FCBGA 1667 supported SoC |
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CPU Cores | Eight Cores, 16 Threads, 35W |
Networking | Dual 1GbE RJ45 LAN via Intel® i350-AM2 Dual 10G SFP LAN via SoC Virtual Machine Device Queues reduce I/O overhead Supports 10GBASE-T, 1000BASE-T |
Storage | 500 GB M.2 SSD |
Memory | 8 GB ECC DDR4 RDIMM (expandable to 32 GB) |
Expansion | 1x PCI-E 3.0 x 16 slot M.2 PCI-E 3.0 x4 (SATA support) M Key 2242/2280 6x SATA3 (6 Gbps) ports via SoC |
Other Ports | 1x BMC integrated ASPEED AST2400 1x IPMI RJ45 Dedicated Port (Realtek RTL8201N PHY) 1x VGA Port (Aspeed AST2400) 1x SuperDOM power connector 1x COM Headers for TPM, GPIO, SMbus |
USB Ports | 2x USB 3.0 ports (front) 2x USB 2.0 ports (via header) |
LED | Power LED Hard drive activity LED 2x Network activity LEDs System Overheat LED Information LED (temp., status) |
Enclosure | 19″ 1U Rack Mount |
Form Factor | 1U 1.7″x17.2″x9.8″ |
Cooling | 200W Low-noise PS with PFC: Active CPU fan, 40mm chassis fan |
Power | 1x SATA DOM power connector
100-240V, 50-60Hz, 2.6 Amp MAX |
Environmental | 0°C to 60°C Operating Temp 8% to 90% Operating Relative Humidity (non-condensing) |
Power Consumption | 20 W (idle) |
Certifications | FCC, CE, RoHS, UL |