Cisco ACI with VMS Starter Pack 3
This Cisco SolutionsPlus subscription provides a starter pack for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) with Virtual Machine Supervisor (VMS) capabilities, enabling advanced network automation and visibility for your business operations.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to Cisco ACI and VMS features, ensuring continuous updates and support.
- Platform Coverage: Applies to Cisco's ACI platform, integrating virtual machine management for enhanced network control.
- Key Value: Unlocks advanced automation, policy-driven network management, and improved visibility into virtualized environments.
- Compliance & Operation: Maintains software compliance and ensures continued access to critical network management features.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering is a Cisco SolutionsPlus subscription license for the Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) platform, specifically bundled with a Virtual Machine Supervisor (VMS) starter pack. It provides the necessary licensing to enable advanced network automation, policy enforcement, and visibility within your data center environment, particularly for virtualized workloads.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this license to gain granular control over their network infrastructure. It integrates seamlessly with existing Cisco ACI deployments, allowing for streamlined management of both physical and virtual network resources from a central point.
- Automated Network Provisioning: Enables rapid deployment and configuration of network services for applications.
- Policy-Driven Management: Allows for consistent application of network policies across the infrastructure.
- Enhanced Visibility: Provides deep insights into network traffic and application performance within virtualized environments.
- Simplified Operations: Reduces manual configuration tasks and operational complexity.
- Subscription Value: Ensures access to the latest software features, security updates, and ongoing technical support.
This Cisco ACI with VMS Starter Pack subscription is designed for businesses seeking to modernize their data center network with enterprise-grade automation and control without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Automated Network Deployment
Enable teams to rapidly provision and configure network services for new applications. Streamline the deployment lifecycle by automating policy creation and enforcement across the data center.
virtualized data centers, private cloud environments, hybrid cloud deployments, application-centric networking
Enhance Network Visibility and Control
Streamline the monitoring of network traffic and application performance within virtualized infrastructure. Automate the collection and analysis of network telemetry for faster issue resolution.
complex network topologies, multi-tenant environments, performance-sensitive applications, security operations
Simplify Policy Management
Enable teams to define and enforce network policies consistently across physical and virtual network resources. Automate compliance checks and ensure adherence to organizational security standards.
regulated industries, security-focused IT teams, standardized operational procedures, large-scale network deployments
Key Features
Cisco ACI Platform
Provides a centralized, policy-driven approach to network automation and management for data centers.
Virtual Machine Supervisor (VMS) Integration
Enables seamless integration and management of virtual machine networking within the ACI framework.
Subscription Licensing
Ensures continuous access to the latest software features, updates, and ongoing technical support.
Policy Automation
Reduces manual configuration errors and accelerates application deployment through automated policy enforcement.
Enhanced Network Visibility
Offers deep insights into network traffic and application behavior, facilitating faster troubleshooting.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly secure, automated, and compliant network infrastructure to manage sensitive data and ensure high availability for trading and transactional systems.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to strict regulatory compliance standards like HIPAA, necessitating robust security, data privacy, and reliable network performance for patient care systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation and visibility to manage complex operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, ensuring uptime for production lines.
Education & Research
Educational institutions often manage large, dynamic networks with diverse user needs, requiring scalable and efficient solutions for research computing and student services.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco ACI?
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is a software-defined networking solution that automates and secures the data center network. It uses a policy-based model to manage network resources.
What does the VMS Starter Pack include?
The VMS Starter Pack provides the necessary licensing to integrate and manage virtual machine networking capabilities within the Cisco ACI environment, enabling automated policy application to virtual workloads.
Is this a perpetual or subscription license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning you pay a recurring fee for access to the software, updates, and support 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.