Cisco ACI Essentials Cloud for Cloud APIC - Per Cloud VM License
This Cisco ACI Essentials Cloud for Cloud APIC license provides essential virtual machine management capabilities for your cloud-based application network infrastructure, ensuring compliance and operational continuity.
- License Term: Subscription-based licensing ensures continuous access to essential features and updates.
- Cloud APIC Management: Enables management of application network policies across virtualized cloud environments.
- VM-Level Control: Provides granular control and visibility for virtual machine instances within your ACI fabric.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain regulatory compliance by enforcing consistent network policies.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco ACI Essentials Cloud for Cloud APIC license is a subscription-based software entitlement designed to extend the capabilities of Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) to cloud environments. This license unlocks essential features for managing virtual machine workloads and their network policies within a cloud context, ensuring consistent policy enforcement and operational visibility.
This license is ideal for IT professionals and managers in small to mid-market organizations who are extending their ACI deployments into public or private cloud platforms. It integrates with existing ACI fabrics, allowing for unified policy management across on-premises and cloud-based resources, thereby simplifying hybrid cloud operations.
- Cloud Policy Enforcement: Apply consistent network and security policies to virtual machines in cloud environments.
- Simplified Management: Centralize the management of cloud network resources through the Cloud APIC.
- Subscription Model: Benefit from predictable operational expenses and continuous access to software updates.
- VM Visibility: Gain detailed insights into the network behavior and connectivity of your virtual machine instances.
- Scalable Capacity: License is per virtual machine, allowing for flexible scaling based on your cloud deployment needs.
This Cisco ACI Essentials Cloud license offers SMB and mid-market teams a cost-effective way to extend powerful network automation and policy control into their cloud deployments.
What This Enables
Enable Cloud Network Policy Automation
Enable teams to automate the deployment and management of network policies for virtual machines in public or private cloud environments. Streamline the application of security and connectivity rules to ensure consistent infrastructure operation.
cloud-native applications, hybrid cloud deployments, virtualized infrastructure, multi-cloud environments
Streamline Cloud VM Network Management
Streamline the operational overhead associated with managing network configurations for individual virtual machines in the cloud. Automate policy updates and gain centralized visibility to reduce manual intervention and potential errors.
virtualized data centers, private cloud platforms, public cloud integrations, containerized workloads
Automate Compliance in Cloud Deployments
Automate the enforcement of network compliance standards across all virtual machine instances within your cloud footprint. Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and internal security policies through consistent, policy-driven controls.
regulated industries, hybrid IT environments, virtualized server farms, distributed application architectures
Key Features
Per Cloud VM Licensing
Provides granular licensing that scales with your virtual machine deployments, ensuring cost-effectiveness and flexibility for cloud growth.
Cloud APIC Integration
Enables centralized management and policy automation for cloud-based virtual machines, extending existing ACI investments.
Subscription Billing
Offers predictable operational expenses and continuous access to software updates and support, ensuring your environment remains current.
Policy-Driven Automation
Automates network and security policy deployment, reducing manual configuration errors and improving operational efficiency.
Enhanced Visibility
Provides clear insights into virtual machine network status and behavior, aiding in troubleshooting and security posture management.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security and compliance for their cloud deployments, making automated policy enforcement critical for regulatory adherence and risk mitigation.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict data privacy and security standards (like HIPAA) for patient data in cloud environments, necessitating robust and consistent network policy management.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers increasingly use cloud for operational technology (OT) and IT integration, requiring secure and reliable network connectivity for distributed systems and data analysis.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle sensitive client data and require secure, compliant cloud infrastructure to protect confidential information and ensure business continuity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco ACI Essentials Cloud for Cloud APIC?
It is a subscription license that extends Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) capabilities to cloud environments, focusing on managing virtual machine network policies.
What does 'Per Cloud VM License' mean?
This license is priced based on the number of virtual machine instances you are managing within your cloud environment using the Cloud APIC.
Is this a one-time purchase or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, providing ongoing access to features and updates 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.