Cisco ACI Fixed 10G XF Premier Previous NXOS Advantage Platform License
This Cisco ACI Fixed 10G XF Premier Previous NXOS Advantage license provides essential software capabilities for your network infrastructure, ensuring compliance and continuous operation.
- Access to: Advanced network automation and policy enforcement features for your Cisco Nexus 9000XF platform.
- Coverage for: Continued software updates and technical support, maintaining optimal performance and security posture.
- Protection against: Licensing lapses and non-compliance penalties, ensuring your network adheres to vendor requirements.
- Entitlement to: Access to the latest NX OS features and critical security patches for your data center network.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) Fixed 10G XF Premier Previous NXOS Advantage platform license. It unlocks advanced software features and ensures continued support for your Cisco Nexus 9000XF series switches, providing essential capabilities for modern data center networking.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who manage their own IT infrastructure. It ensures their Cisco Nexus switches are compliant, up-to-date, and fully supported, integrating into their existing data center or network closet environments.
- Enhanced Network Automation: Automate network provisioning, configuration, and management tasks.
- Policy-Driven Control: Implement consistent network policies across your infrastructure.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain software compliance and avoid penalties with active licensing.
- Continuous Operation: Benefit from ongoing software updates and critical security patches.
- Premier Support: Access to Cisco's advanced technical support for rapid issue resolution.
This Cisco ACI license is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to optimize their data center network operations and ensure ongoing compliance.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate complex network provisioning and configuration tasks across their data center. Streamline operations and reduce manual errors by implementing policy-driven network management.
data center operations, network virtualization, private cloud deployments, infrastructure automation
Ensure Software Compliance and Support
Streamline the process of maintaining active software licenses and vendor support agreements for critical network hardware. Automate compliance checks and ensure access to essential software updates and security patches.
IT asset management, regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, infrastructure lifecycle management
Enhance Network Policy Enforcement
Enable teams to define and enforce consistent network policies across the entire infrastructure, regardless of physical location. Automate policy deployment and ensure security and segmentation requirements are met.
network segmentation, security policy management, multi-tenant environments, application-aware networking
Key Features
Cisco ACI Software License
Unlocks advanced automation and policy management capabilities for Cisco Nexus switches.
Premier NXOS Advantage
Ensures access to the latest NX OS features, security patches, and ongoing software updates.
10G XF Platform Support
Specifically designed for Cisco Nexus 9000XF series switches with 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.
Subscription Billing
Provides predictable operational expenses with a recurring subscription model.
Compliance and Entitlement
Guarantees software compliance and entitlement to vendor support, avoiding operational disruptions.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security, compliance with regulations like PCI DSS, and high availability for trading and transactional systems, all supported by advanced network automation.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to strict data privacy regulations such as HIPAA, necessitating secure, compliant, and highly available network infrastructure for patient data management.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand reliable and secure network connectivity for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, requiring automated policy enforcement and consistent performance.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse networks with varying security needs and require scalable, automated solutions to efficiently support research, administration, and student access.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco ACI?
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is a software-defined networking solution that automates and centrally manages network resources to support application requirements. It provides a policy-based approach to network management.
What does 'Premier Previous NXOS Advantage' mean?
This indicates a specific tier of support and software entitlement for Cisco's NX OS. 'Premier' typically signifies a high level of support, and 'Advantage' suggests access to specific features or benefits within that support contract, often related to software updates and maintenance.
What hardware does this license apply to?
Based on the MPN (E2N-N9300XF-B5-P), this license is intended for Cisco Nexus 9000XF series switches, particularly those supporting 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10G) fixed configurations.
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.