Cisco Ansible Automation Platform Premium Subscription
Cisco Ansible Automation Platform Premium Subscription provides a 3-year entitlement for automating IT infrastructure and applications across your organization.
- Platform Access: Entitlement to the Ansible Automation Platform Premium software.
- Subscription Term: Covers a 3-year period, ensuring continuous access to features and updates.
- Server Coverage: Applicable to a single Cisco UCS server environment.
- Value Proposition: Enables consistent, repeatable IT operations and reduces manual effort.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a 3-year subscription license for the Cisco Ansible Automation Platform Premium, designed to automate IT infrastructure and application deployments. It unlocks advanced capabilities for managing complex environments, ensuring consistency, and reducing operational overhead.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this platform to streamline workflows, from initial provisioning to ongoing management and compliance. It integrates into existing data center or cloud environments, providing a centralized control plane for automation.
- Automation Engine: Core capabilities for defining and executing automation workflows.
- Content Management: Tools for managing automation content, playbooks, and roles.
- Orchestration: Ability to coordinate complex multi-tier application deployments.
- Analytics & Reporting: Insights into automation execution and performance.
- Premium Features: Access to advanced features and support included in the Premium tier.
This Cisco subscription is ideal for businesses seeking to enhance IT efficiency and reduce manual intervention without the complexity of enterprise-scale deployments.
What This Enables
Automate Infrastructure Provisioning
Enable teams to rapidly provision and configure servers, network devices, and storage. Streamline the deployment of new applications and services with consistent, repeatable automation.
On-premises data centers, hybrid cloud environments, virtualized infrastructure
Streamline Application Deployments
Automate the deployment and management of multi-tier applications across development, testing, and production environments. Reduce deployment times and minimize configuration drift.
DevOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, application modernization initiatives
Enhance Configuration Management
Maintain desired state configurations for all IT assets, ensuring compliance and security. Automate patching, updates, and policy enforcement across your infrastructure.
Server and network device management, compliance auditing, security hardening
Key Features
Ansible Automation Engine
Execute complex automation workflows reliably and efficiently across your IT infrastructure.
Ansible Content Collections
Access pre-built automation content for various technologies, accelerating deployment and management.
Automation Controller
Provide a centralized interface for managing, scheduling, and monitoring automation jobs.
Role-Based Access Control
Securely manage who can access and execute automation tasks, enhancing governance.
Analytics and Insights
Gain visibility into automation performance and identify areas for optimization.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly automated and compliant IT environments to manage sensitive data and ensure regulatory adherence, making automation platforms critical for efficiency and security.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict data privacy and availability, benefiting from automation to manage complex IT systems, ensure compliance with HIPAA, and support critical patient care applications.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on IT systems for operational efficiency and supply chain management, using automation to streamline IT deployments, manage industrial control systems, and ensure system uptime.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage diverse IT needs for students and faculty, leveraging automation to efficiently deploy and manage resources, support research computing, and maintain secure network environments.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ansible Automation Platform Premium?
Ansible Automation Platform Premium is a software subscription from Cisco that provides advanced capabilities for automating IT infrastructure and application deployments. It includes features for content management, orchestration, and analytics.
What does the 3-year subscription cover?
The 3-year subscription provides continuous access to the Ansible Automation Platform Premium software, including updates, patches, and technical support for the duration of the term. It ensures your automation capabilities remain current and supported.
What is a UCS server?
A UCS server refers to Cisco's Unified Computing System, a converged infrastructure solution that integrates computing, networking, and storage resources. This license is tied to managing automation for a single UCS server environment.
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.