Cisco Advanced IP License for Full Scale VRFs
This Cisco Advanced IP License enables full-scale Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instances on your 48-port 10G/1G SE LC platform, enhancing network segmentation and control.
- Feature Unlock: Gain the capability to deploy extensive VRF instances for advanced network segmentation and traffic isolation.
- Scalability: Supports a full scale of VRFs, allowing for complex routing policies and granular control over network traffic.
- Compliance: Facilitates adherence to regulatory requirements and internal security policies through robust network isolation.
- Operational Efficiency: Simplifies management of diverse network services and customer traffic on a single platform.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Cisco Advanced IP License subscription that unlocks the full-scale Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) capability for your 48-port 10G/1G SE LC platform. It provides the necessary software entitlement to implement advanced network segmentation, allowing multiple routing instances to coexist on a single physical router.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this license to create isolated network segments for different departments, applications, or security zones. It is essential for environments requiring granular traffic control, enhanced security, and efficient resource utilization on their core networking infrastructure.
- Full-Scale VRF Deployment: Enables the creation and management of a comprehensive set of VRF instances.
- Enhanced Network Segmentation: Isolates traffic and routing tables for different network segments, improving security and performance.
- Advanced Routing Control: Supports complex routing policies and configurations across multiple virtual routing domains.
- Platform Specific: Designed for Cisco's 48-port 10G/1G SE LC platform, ensuring seamless integration.
- Subscription Based: Provides ongoing access to features and updates under a defined subscription term.
Equip your business with advanced network segmentation and routing control, ensuring security and efficiency without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Segmentation
Enable teams to create isolated routing instances for different business units or applications. Streamline network management by consolidating multiple logical networks onto a single physical infrastructure.
multi-site operations, segmented application hosting, security zone isolation, compliance-driven network design
Support Complex Routing Policies
Streamline the implementation of intricate routing policies across diverse network segments. Automate the configuration of virtual routing domains to meet specific traffic engineering and quality of service requirements.
performance-sensitive workloads, traffic engineering requirements, multi-protocol routing environments, granular traffic control needs
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the isolation of sensitive data and critical applications from less secure network segments. Enable teams to enforce strict access controls between virtual routing instances, reducing the attack surface.
regulatory compliance mandates, sensitive data handling, multi-tenant environments, zero-trust network architecture
Key Features
Full-Scale VRF Support
Allows for a comprehensive deployment of virtual routing instances, providing extensive network segmentation capabilities.
Advanced IP Routing
Enables sophisticated routing policies and traffic management across isolated network domains.
Platform Specific Integration
Ensures seamless compatibility and optimal performance with the specified Cisco 48-port 10G/1G SE LC hardware.
Subscription Licensing
Provides access to features and ongoing support under a flexible subscription model, ensuring continuous compliance and access to updates.
Network Isolation
Enhances security and stability by preventing traffic and routing conflicts between different virtual networks.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network segmentation to comply with strict data privacy regulations like PCI DSS and to isolate trading platforms from corporate networks.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must segment networks to protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and comply with HIPAA regulations, ensuring secure communication between medical devices and systems.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle confidential client information and need to maintain strict network isolation to prevent data breaches and ensure client confidentiality.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often require separate networks for operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) to enhance security and prevent disruptions to production systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is VRF and why is it important for my business?
VRF, or Virtual Routing and Forwarding, allows a single physical router to act as multiple virtual routers. This is crucial for businesses needing to segment their network for security, compliance, or to support different applications and departments independently.
What specific Cisco hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically designed for Cisco's 48-port 10G/1G SE LC platform, ensuring compatibility and unlocking its full VRF capabilities.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, providing ongoing access to the full-scale VRF features and any associated software 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.