Cisco PERFORM ADD-ON SUBR - 5 ALTEON VAS/VADCS
This 5-year Cisco PERFORM ADD-ON subscription ensures continuous support and access to critical features for your 5 ALTEON VAS/VADCS, maintaining optimal application performance and availability.
- Access to Technical Support: Entitlement to expert assistance for troubleshooting and issue resolution, minimizing downtime.
- Software Updates & Patches: Coverage for the latest software releases, security patches, and bug fixes to keep your system secure and efficient.
- Hardware Replacement: Protection against hardware failures with timely replacement of covered components, ensuring business continuity.
- Entitlement to New Features: Access to new functionalities and enhancements released by Cisco for the supported Alteon platforms.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco PERFORM ADD-ON SUBR is a 5-year subscription service designed to provide ongoing support and maintenance for your Cisco Alteon Application Delivery Controllers (VAS/VADCS). This subscription ensures your critical application delivery infrastructure remains operational, secure, and up-to-date with the latest software releases and patches.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who rely on Cisco Alteon for high-performance application delivery. It integrates into your existing network infrastructure, providing a safety net of support and ensuring that your application delivery controllers function without interruption.
- Extended Support Term: A 5-year subscription provides long-term peace of mind and predictable operational costs.
- Performance Optimization: Access to expert support helps maintain peak performance of your application delivery infrastructure.
- Security Assurance: Regular software updates and patches protect against emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
- Business Continuity: Ensures rapid response and resolution for any issues, minimizing potential downtime.
- Compliance Readiness: Helps maintain compliance with industry regulations by keeping systems updated and supported.
This Cisco subscription is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking reliable, long-term support for their essential application delivery infrastructure.
What This Enables
Ensure Continuous Application Availability
Enable teams to maintain uninterrupted access to critical business applications. Streamline issue resolution with direct access to Cisco's expert support engineers for rapid problem-solving.
On-premises data centers, hybrid cloud environments, business-critical application hosting, network infrastructure management
Maintain System Security and Compliance
Automate the process of receiving and applying critical security patches and software updates. Protect against emerging threats and ensure your application delivery infrastructure meets regulatory requirements.
Regulated industry deployments, secure network architectures, compliance-driven IT operations, vulnerability management programs
Optimize Application Delivery Performance
Streamline network performance by ensuring your Alteon devices are running the latest optimized software. Access expert guidance to fine-tune configurations for maximum application responsiveness.
High-traffic web applications, performance-sensitive services, load-balanced environments, enterprise resource planning systems
Key Features
5-Year Subscription Term
Provides long-term operational certainty and predictable budgeting for critical infrastructure support.
Cisco Technical Support
Ensures rapid access to expert assistance for troubleshooting and issue resolution, minimizing business disruption.
Software Updates and Patches
Keeps your Alteon devices secure and performing optimally with the latest software releases and fixes.
Hardware Support
Protects against hardware failures by providing timely replacement of covered components, ensuring business continuity.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and secure application delivery to support trading platforms, customer portals, and internal operations, making continuous support critical for compliance and performance.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers depend on reliable access to patient data, electronic health records, and telehealth services, necessitating robust application delivery with minimal downtime and strict security protocols.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups rely on application delivery controllers for e-commerce platforms, point-of-sale systems, and customer-facing applications, where performance and availability directly impact revenue and customer satisfaction.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations often depend on specialized applications for supply chain management, production control, and enterprise resource planning, requiring consistent uptime and performance to maintain operational efficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco PERFORM ADD-ON SUBR?
This is a 5-year subscription service from Cisco that provides ongoing technical support, software updates, and maintenance for your ALTEON VAS/VADCS units. It ensures your application delivery controllers remain operational and secure.
What does 'PERFORM' mean in this context?
PERFORM typically refers to Cisco's support and maintenance offering that ensures the optimal performance and continued operation of your hardware and software. It includes access to technical expertise and necessary updates.
How does this subscription benefit my organization?
This subscription provides peace of mind by ensuring access to expert support for troubleshooting, timely software updates to maintain security and performance, and hardware replacement in case of failure, all contributing to minimized downtime and business continuity.
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.