Cisco ALTEON D-6420S 60G Upgrade to SL License
Enhance your network's application delivery capabilities with the Cisco ALTEON D-6420S 60G Upgrade to SL License, providing essential feature unlocks for improved performance and reliability.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to advanced features and increased capacity.
- Billing Model: Annual subscription ensures predictable budgeting and continuous access.
- Platform Applicability: Directly upgrades the Cisco ALTEON D-6420S platform.
- Key Value: Enables critical application delivery functions, ensuring compliance and operational continuity.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This product is a software license upgrade for the Cisco ALTEON D-6420S platform, specifically enabling 60G throughput and unlocking the SL (Service Level) license features. It is a subscription-based offering designed to enhance application delivery and network performance.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this license to gain access to advanced load balancing, traffic management, and security features. It integrates directly with existing Cisco ALTEON hardware to expand its capabilities without requiring a full hardware replacement.
- Enhanced Throughput: Unlocks 60 Gigabits per second of traffic processing capacity.
- Advanced Features: Provides access to Service Level (SL) license functionalities for sophisticated application delivery.
- Subscription Model: Offers flexible, recurring access to software features and updates.
- Platform Specific: Designed exclusively for the Cisco ALTEON D-6420S appliance.
- Compliance and Performance: Supports regulatory requirements and optimizes application responsiveness.
This Cisco license upgrade is ideal for businesses seeking to maximize their existing application delivery infrastructure without the overhead of new hardware investments.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Application Delivery Features
Enable teams to deploy sophisticated load balancing and traffic management strategies. Streamline application availability and performance tuning for critical business services.
on-premises data centers, hybrid cloud environments, virtualized application stacks, high-traffic web services
Increase Network Throughput Capacity
Automate the scaling of network capacity to handle peak traffic loads without manual intervention. Support growing user bases and increasing data volumes efficiently.
growing SMBs, mid-market enterprises, e-commerce platforms, SaaS providers
Ensure Software Compliance and Feature Access
Maintain compliance with licensing requirements by ensuring all advanced features are properly enabled. Provide IT staff with access to the latest functionalities for network optimization.
regulated industries, businesses with strict IT audit policies, organizations requiring specialized network functions
Key Features
60G Throughput Upgrade
Significantly increases the data processing capacity of the ALTEON D-6420S, enabling faster response times for applications and supporting higher user loads.
Service Level (SL) License Features
Unlocks advanced application delivery controller functionalities, including enhanced security, granular traffic control, and improved application health monitoring.
Subscription Licensing
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to software features and potential updates, aligning IT spending with operational needs.
Cisco ALTEON Platform Integration
Seamlessly integrates with existing Cisco ALTEON D-6420S hardware, maximizing the investment in current infrastructure.
Enhanced Application Availability
Improves the uptime and reliability of business-critical applications through advanced load balancing and failover mechanisms.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high-performance, highly available application delivery to support trading platforms, customer portals, and internal operations, often with strict uptime and security compliance mandates.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers depend on reliable access to patient portals, electronic health records (EHR), and diagnostic systems, necessitating robust application delivery and adherence to HIPAA regulations.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses need to ensure their e-commerce sites, booking systems, and point-of-sale (POS) infrastructure are always accessible and performant, especially during peak seasons.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations rely on connected systems for production, logistics, and supply chain management, where application uptime and data integrity are critical for continuous operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco ALTEON D-6420S 60G UPGRADE TO SL LICENSE?
This is a software license subscription that upgrades the Cisco ALTEON D-6420S appliance to support 60 Gigabits per second of throughput and unlocks advanced Service Level (SL) features for application delivery.
What are the benefits of the SL license features?
The SL license typically provides access to more advanced functionalities such as enhanced security policies, granular traffic shaping, advanced health checks, and improved application acceleration capabilities, all contributing to better application performance and reliability.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning you pay a recurring fee for access to the features and support over a defined term.
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.