Cisco ASR 9000 Advance Edge 100G Upgrade License
This Cisco ASR 9000 Advance Edge 100G Upgrade License unlocks critical high-speed networking features for your edge infrastructure, ensuring enhanced performance and capacity.
- Enhanced Throughput: Gain access to 100 Gigabit Ethernet capabilities, significantly boosting data transfer rates at the network edge.
- Feature Enablement: Unlock advanced routing, traffic engineering, and Quality of Service features essential for modern network demands.
- Network Scalability: Prepare your network for future growth by enabling higher bandwidth services and supporting increased user traffic.
- Operational Efficiency: Ensure your network hardware operates at peak performance with the latest software features and optimizations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco ASR 9000 Advance Edge 100G Upgrade License is a platform software subscription that enables 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and advanced features on your Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. This license is crucial for organizations looking to upgrade their network edge capacity and performance.
This subscription license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies who manage critical network infrastructure. It integrates directly with existing Cisco ASR 9000 deployments, providing a pathway to higher bandwidth and advanced service delivery without a full hardware replacement.
- 100G Interface Support: Enables the use of 100 Gigabit Ethernet line cards and interfaces.
- Advanced Feature Set: Unlocks sophisticated routing protocols, traffic management, and security features.
- Subscription-Based: Provides access to features and updates on a recurring billing cycle.
- Platform Specific: Directly applies to Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers.
- Compliance and Performance: Ensures your network meets modern bandwidth requirements and regulatory standards.
This Cisco upgrade license is the ideal solution for mid-market organizations needing to scale their network edge performance and capabilities efficiently.
What This Enables
Enable High-Speed Edge Connectivity
Enable teams to deploy 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on their Cisco ASR 9000 routers. This significantly increases the data throughput capacity at the network edge, supporting more demanding applications and services.
Service provider edge, enterprise data center interconnect, high-performance computing clusters
Unlock Advanced Network Features
Streamline the activation of advanced routing protocols, traffic engineering capabilities, and Quality of Service (QoS) policies. This allows for more intelligent traffic management and better application performance prioritization.
Networks requiring granular traffic control, networks with diverse application traffic, networks prioritizing service level agreements
Future-Proof Network Infrastructure
Automate the process of scaling network bandwidth to meet future demands without immediate hardware overhauls. This license provides a clear upgrade path for existing ASR 9000 deployments, ensuring long-term viability.
Organizations planning for growth, businesses anticipating increased data consumption, networks with evolving service requirements
Key Features
100 Gigabit Ethernet Support
Significantly increases data transfer rates and network capacity at the edge.
Advanced Edge Features
Unlocks sophisticated routing, traffic management, and QoS capabilities for optimized performance.
Subscription Billing
Provides flexible, recurring access to features and updates, aligning costs with usage.
Cisco ASR 9000 Platform Specific
Directly enhances the capabilities of your existing Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers.
Scalability and Performance
Prepares your network for future growth and ensures optimal operation under heavy loads.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high-speed, reliable network connectivity for trading, transaction processing, and secure data transfer, making 100G upgrades essential for their edge infrastructure.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle massive amounts of sensitive data, including large medical images and genomic sequences, necessitating high-bandwidth connections for efficient data access and research.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Modern industrial operations rely on real-time data from IoT devices and automated systems, demanding high-capacity edge networks to process and transmit this information without latency.
Education & Research
Universities and research institutions often require significant bandwidth for data-intensive research, large file transfers, and supporting a high density of connected devices and users.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco ASR 9000 Advance Edge 100G Upgrade License?
This is a software subscription license that enables 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and advanced features on Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers. It is designed to enhance network edge performance and capacity.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically for the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. It enables specific hardware capabilities related to 100G interfaces.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis, providing continuous access to the enabled features and software updates.
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.