Cisco 8000 Essential Core & Aggregation 400G Upgrade License
Unlock enhanced network performance and capacity with the Cisco 8000 Essential Core & Aggregation 400G Upgrade license, ensuring your infrastructure supports demanding traffic loads.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to 400G capabilities for your Cisco 8000 platform.
- Feature Enablement: Unlocks advanced core and aggregation features for high-throughput networking.
- Capacity Upgrade: Significantly increases data throughput and network bandwidth to support growth.
- Compliance & Operation: Ensures your network infrastructure meets current and future performance demands.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software license subscription for Cisco 8000 series routers, specifically enabling a 400G upgrade for core and aggregation functionalities. It provides access to enhanced features and increased capacity, ensuring your network can handle high volumes of traffic efficiently and reliably.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who are responsible for maintaining and upgrading their network infrastructure. It fits into environments requiring high-speed data transport, such as data centers, large campus networks, or service provider edge deployments, ensuring continued operational performance and future scalability.
- 400G Throughput: Enables 400 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for maximum data transfer speeds.
- Core & Aggregation Features: Unlocks advanced routing and switching capabilities essential for network backbone.
- Subscription Billing: Provides flexible, ongoing access to features and software updates.
- Platform Specific: Designed exclusively for the Cisco 8000 series hardware platform.
- Scalability: Supports network growth by increasing capacity and performance.
This Cisco 8000 upgrade license is the ideal solution for businesses needing to boost their network's core capabilities without the overhead of a full hardware refresh.
What This Enables
Enable High-Speed Data Transport
Enable teams to significantly increase network throughput and reduce latency by unlocking 400G capabilities. Streamline the movement of large data sets critical for modern business applications.
data center core, network aggregation, high-performance computing, large campus backbone
Support Growing Traffic Demands
Streamline network operations by ensuring your infrastructure can handle increasing data volumes from user activity and application growth. Automate the process of scaling network capacity to meet future needs.
enterprise network edge, service provider interconnect, cloud interconnect, business continuity
Access Advanced Routing Features
Automate the deployment of advanced routing and aggregation features necessary for complex network topologies. Ensure teams have the tools to manage and optimize traffic flow efficiently.
network segmentation, traffic engineering, quality of service, network virtualization
Key Features
400G Interface Support
Significantly increases data transfer rates, enabling faster communication and application performance.
Essential Core & Aggregation Features
Provides critical routing and switching functionalities required for robust network backbone operations.
Subscription Licensing
Offers flexible, ongoing access to software features and updates, aligning costs with usage and needs.
Cisco 8000 Series Platform
Ensures compatibility and optimized performance for your existing Cisco 8000 hardware investment.
Scalability
Allows your network to grow and adapt to increasing bandwidth demands without immediate hardware replacement.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high-speed, low-latency networks to process transactions and manage market data, making 400G upgrades essential for performance and compliance with trading regulations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often involve large data transfers for IoT devices, automation, and real-time monitoring, necessitating robust and high-capacity network infrastructure like that provided by 400G upgrades.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle vast amounts of sensitive patient data and require high-bandwidth connections for medical imaging, telehealth, and research, making network performance critical for operations and compliance.
Education & Research
Universities and research institutions generate and transfer massive datasets for scientific computing and collaboration, demanding high-performance networking to support their advanced research and educational initiatives.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco 8000 Essential Core & Aggregation 400G Upgrade license?
This is a subscription software license that enables 400 Gigabit Ethernet capabilities for the core and aggregation functions of Cisco 8000 series routers. It enhances network speed and capacity.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically designed for the Cisco 8000 series of routers. The MPN (8K-ESS-CA-400G-U) indicates it is for the Essential Core & Aggregation upgrade.
What is the billing model for this license?
This license operates on a subscription billing model, providing ongoing access to the enabled features and capabilities for the duration of the subscription 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.