Cisco Advanced Slicing Over Consumption Licensing
Gain access to advanced network slicing capabilities with Cisco's Advanced Slicing Over Consumption licensing, ensuring flexible capacity management for your critical operations.
- Flexible Capacity: Access dynamic resource allocation for network services based on real-time demand.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain adherence to licensing terms and avoid penalties with precise consumption tracking.
- Feature Enablement: Unlock advanced functionalities for network segmentation and traffic prioritization.
- Operational Efficiency: Optimize resource utilization and reduce over-provisioning costs.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco platform software license, CC-U-ADVSLC-O, provides advanced slicing and over-consumption capabilities on a subscription basis. It enables businesses to dynamically manage network resources, ensuring that critical applications receive the necessary bandwidth and prioritization, even during peak usage periods.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license integrates into existing Cisco network infrastructures. It is particularly valuable for environments requiring granular control over network traffic and performance, such as those supporting diverse business applications or fluctuating user demands.
- Advanced Network Slicing: Create and manage dedicated network segments for specific applications or user groups.
- Over Consumption Flexibility: Scale resource usage beyond initial allocations with transparent tracking.
- Subscription Billing: Predictable costs with a recurring subscription model.
- Performance Optimization: Prioritize critical traffic to ensure application performance and user experience.
- Resource Management: Gain visibility and control over network resource consumption.
This Cisco licensing solution empowers SMB and mid-market teams to achieve enterprise-grade network agility and control without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable dynamic network resource allocation
Enable teams to create dedicated network slices for critical applications, ensuring guaranteed performance and bandwidth. Streamline resource management by allowing consumption to scale dynamically based on real-time business needs.
virtualized environments, multi-application networks, fluctuating user loads, performance-sensitive workloads
Automate traffic prioritization
Automate the prioritization of business-critical traffic across the network, ensuring that essential services remain accessible and performant. Streamline operations by reducing manual intervention in traffic management during peak periods.
high-availability networks, service-level agreement (SLA) driven operations, converged network infrastructure
Ensure licensing compliance and cost control
Enable teams to maintain strict adherence to Cisco licensing agreements by accurately tracking resource consumption. Automate the process of managing over-consumption, preventing unexpected costs and potential compliance issues.
subscription-based IT, audited environments, capacity planning initiatives
Key Features
Advanced Slicing Technology
Allows for the creation of isolated network segments to guarantee performance for critical applications.
Over Consumption Model
Provides flexibility to scale network resource usage beyond initial allocations, adapting to fluctuating business demands.
Subscription Licensing
Offers predictable operational expenses with a recurring billing model for continuous access to features.
Traffic Prioritization
Enables the prioritization of essential data traffic, ensuring optimal performance for key business services.
Consumption Tracking
Provides visibility into resource usage, facilitating better capacity planning and cost management.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and performant networks to support real-time trading, transaction processing, and secure data handling, making advanced slicing crucial for performance guarantees.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers depend on uninterrupted network access for critical patient care systems, medical imaging, and telehealth services, where performance and availability are paramount.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations often involve real-time control systems and IoT devices that demand consistent network performance and low latency, benefiting from dedicated network slices.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses need to manage fluctuating network loads from point-of-sale systems, customer Wi-Fi, and inventory management, requiring flexible capacity and traffic prioritization.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Advanced Slicing?
Cisco Advanced Slicing allows for the creation of virtual network segments, each optimized for specific applications or services. This ensures dedicated resources and performance for critical business functions.
How does 'Over Consumption' work?
The 'Over Consumption' aspect of this license means you can exceed your initially licensed capacity. Usage is tracked, and costs are adjusted based on actual consumption, providing flexibility during peak demand.
What type of billing model is this?
This is a subscription-based license. You pay a recurring fee for access to the advanced slicing and over-consumption features over a defined 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.