Cisco ALTEON D-4208 DELIVER - 12G Platform License
The Cisco ALTEON D-4208 DELIVER - 12G platform license unlocks advanced application delivery capabilities, ensuring high availability and performance for your critical business applications.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to advanced features and ongoing software updates.
- Platform Coverage: Enables the full feature set of the Cisco ALTEON D-4208 hardware platform.
- Feature Access: Unlocks critical application delivery, security, and performance optimization functionalities.
- Compliance & Support: Ensures your network infrastructure meets regulatory requirements and maintains optimal operation.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software subscription license for the Cisco ALTEON D-4208 appliance. It provides access to the full suite of application delivery controller (ADC) features, including advanced load balancing, security services, and performance enhancements, ensuring your business-critical applications remain available and performant.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who manage their own network infrastructure. It integrates directly with the Cisco ALTEON D-4208 hardware, providing essential capabilities for optimizing traffic flow, enhancing application security, and ensuring business continuity within their data center or cloud environments.
- Full Feature Enablement: Grants access to all advanced functionalities of the ALTEON D-4208 platform.
- Subscription Billing: Predictable, recurring costs for continuous access to software and updates.
- Application Performance: Optimizes traffic delivery for faster response times and improved user experience.
- Enhanced Security: Provides integrated security features to protect applications from threats.
- High Availability: Ensures continuous application uptime and service reliability.
This Cisco ALTEON license subscription is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking enterprise-grade application delivery without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Unlock Advanced Application Delivery Features
Enable teams to deploy sophisticated load balancing strategies and optimize traffic flow across multiple servers and data centers. Streamline application access and improve end-user experience by ensuring rapid and reliable delivery of services.
On-premises data centers, hybrid cloud deployments, multi-site operations, virtualized environments
Enhance Application Security Posture
Protect critical business applications from common web-based threats and denial-of-service attacks with integrated security functionalities. Automate security policy enforcement to maintain compliance and safeguard sensitive data.
Customer-facing applications, internal business systems, compliance-sensitive data handling, secure remote access
Ensure High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Support business continuity initiatives by configuring robust high availability and failover mechanisms for applications. Maintain uninterrupted service delivery even during hardware failures or planned maintenance events.
Mission-critical application hosting, business continuity planning, regulatory compliance requirements, service level agreement adherence
Key Features
Advanced Load Balancing Algorithms
Distributes traffic intelligently across servers to maximize performance and prevent overload.
SSL Offloading
Frees up server resources by handling SSL encryption and decryption at the load balancer.
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Protects web applications from common attacks like SQL injection and cross-site scripting.
Application Health Monitoring
Continuously checks server health to ensure traffic is only sent to available and responsive resources.
Content Compression
Reduces bandwidth usage and improves page load times by compressing content before sending it to clients.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and robust security for transaction processing and customer data, making advanced application delivery essential for compliance and operational integrity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must ensure continuous access to patient records and critical systems, necessitating reliable application delivery and adherence to strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses rely on e-commerce platforms and booking systems that demand high performance and availability, especially during peak seasons, to maximize revenue and customer satisfaction.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations depend on stable and secure access to control systems, supply chain management software, and production monitoring tools, where application uptime directly impacts operational efficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a platform software license subscription?
A platform software license subscription provides ongoing access to the full features and updates for a specific hardware platform, such as the Cisco ALTEON D-4208, for a defined subscription term. Billing is typically recurring.
What does 'DELIVER' mean in the product name?
In Cisco's context, 'DELIVER' often refers to the application delivery capabilities of the ALTEON platform, encompassing load balancing, security, and optimization features.
Is this license tied to a specific hardware model?
Yes, this license, identified by the MPN RD-4208-12G-D, is specifically for the Cisco ALTEON D-4208 hardware appliance.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.